Telecoms Investment Hits $75bn as Data Consumption Surges
Cumulative investment in Nigeria’s telecommunications industry has surpassed 75 billion dollars, marking an extraordinary journey…
Telecoms Investment Hits $75bn as Data Consumption Surges
Cumulative investment in Nigeria’s telecommunications industry has surpassed 75 billion dollars, marking an extraordinary journey from state monopoly to essential economic utility. Bismarck Rewane, managing director of Financial Derivatives Company and chairman of FCMB, highlighted the milestone during an industry review on Wednesday, 16 September 2026. The capital deployed across the sector stood at barely…
West Africa Advances Biometric ID as Travel Shifts
West African governments are accelerating the rollout of the ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card to dismantle chronic border friction across the region. Seven member states have deployed the card to replace obsolete paper documents, migration officials confirmed at a workshop in Lagos on Wednesday, 16 September 2026. The participating nations include Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Benin,…
The Quiet Medical Crisis Claiming Young Women’s Lives
An investigative look at rising ectopic pregnancy fatalities reveals how legal restrictions and institutional gaps are turning routine first-trimester medical emergencies into preventable tragedies. When a tiny spark of life misses its home, it can quietly become a ticking time bomb inside the human body. Picture walking through a hospital corridor with pain slicing through…
From the Shadows of Lagos to Global Campaigns
Once dismissed by elders and chased away by security, a determined group of Lagos street skaters turned late-night practice into a global movement, building a sanctuary for Nigeria’s youth. Late into the night, in an apartment block in Lagos, a seventeen-year-old teenager crept outside into the dark. He carried a wooden board mounted on four…
Trump Claims Direct Tehran Talks as War Nears End
Donald Trump declared on Thursday, 17 September 2026, that the United States is rapidly approaching the end of its military confrontation with Iran. Speaking to reporters as he stepped off Air Force One, the American president asserted that Washington and Tehran are now engaged in direct negotiations to halt the hostilities. The claim represents a…
Labour, Opposition Mount Pressure on Tinubu Over Fuel
Nigeria’s organised labour and main opposition leaders mounted fresh pressure on President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, demanding urgent relief after petrol pump prices hit fresh peaks across the federation. The Nigeria Labour Congress called on the federal government to grant immediate wage awards to workers and supply crude to domestic refineries in…
Why Inter-Agency Oil Audit Battles Never Produce Refunds
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has reopened one of the most familiar battlegrounds in Nigerian public finance, summoning the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and 146 downstream petroleum marketing firms to account for ₦432.07 billion in unpaid regulatory obligations. The disputed liabilities, tracked in successive annual reports by the Auditor-General for…
INEC Defends Amupitan’s Absence on Official Foreign Duty
The Independent National Electoral Commission moved swiftly on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, to quell mounting opposition hysteria regarding the whereabouts of its chairman, Joash Amupitan. Official spokesmen confirmed that the electoral boss travelled outside Abuja on an approved international mission to represent Nigeria at an institutional conference. The clarification directly answers a barrage of questions…
CBN Begins Work on Fresh Financial Inclusion Strategy
The Central Bank of Nigeria has started drafting a new policy blueprint to drag more citizens into the formal financial net. Governor Olayemi Cardoso announced the birth of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy 4.0 on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, during the launch of the Access to Financial Services Survey in Abuja. Aisha Isa-Olatinwo, who directs…
BRICS Advances Payment Platform to Challenge SWIFT
Leaders of the expanded BRICS club resolved to speed up investment in BRICS Pay at their eighteenth summit in New Delhi on 13 September. The platform seeks to link the domestic payments systems of member states and let them settle trade in their own currencies. By avoiding the American dollar, the group hopes to…