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Afrobeats heavyweight David Adeleke, professionally known as Davido, has released his highly anticipated single, “I Know Who I Be.” The track dropped on Friday morning across major streaming platforms, marking the pop star’s first official musical offering of 2026. To deliver a distinct cross-border sound, the singer collaborated with emerging South African musical acts Jazzwrld…
A federal judge has sent prominent political activist and online publisher Omoyele Sowore back to prison. The Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his immediate remand at the Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Mohammed Umar handed down the directive following a series of dramatic legal skirmishes regarding the defendant’s compliance with prior court orders. The move…
Nigerian troops successfully neutralized an armed abduction attempt and rescued 22 hostages during dual tactical operations across Sokoto State. The coordinated counter-terror strikes, executed by the joint task force under Operation Hadarin Daji, targeted known bandit strongholds in the North-West zone. Major General Bamidele Alabi, the Commander of the Joint Task Force, confirmed the operational…
The Recording Academy has expanded the Grammy Awards with five new categories to debut at the 2027 ceremony. The newly created fields include Best Asian Pop Music Performance, Best Latin Song, Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, Best R&B Collaboration or Duo/Group Performance, and Best Traditional Folk Album. This restructuring represents the latest institutional effort by…
Widespread violent conflicts and rising insecurity are severely depressing household consumption and trapping millions of families in chronic poverty across northern Nigeria. A comprehensive study jointly conducted by the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network at the Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom, and Nigeria’s Development Research and Projects Centre revealed these stark economic realities. The year-long…
Africa’s persistent reliance on raw material exports leaves the continent dangerously exposed to global price volatility, geopolitical friction, and supply-chain chaos. The African Export-Import Bank delivered this sobering assessment in its latest Trade and Development Finance Brief. The report details a familiar structural flaw. Most African nations continue to ship out agricultural goods, crude oil,…
Nigeria faces a crippling fiscal squeeze despite maintaining technically sustainable levels of public debt. The International Monetary Fund warns that the federal government will spend roughly 50 percent of its tax revenues solely on interest payments between 2025 and 2028. While Abuja is not at immediate risk of systemic sovereign default, this massive debt-servicing burden…
Foreign capital flows into Nigeria’s manufacturing sector plummeted by 50.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter to 152.27 million dollars in the first quarter of 2026. The latest Capital Importation Report from the National Bureau of Statistics reveals a severe cooling of investor appetite for domestic industrial production. This sharp drop from the 308.93 million dollars recorded in…
The Nigerian naira maintained its resilience against the United States dollar on Monday in both official and parallel markets. Data from the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market showed the domestic currency trading at 1,357.26 naira per dollar at the official window. This figure represents a slight appreciation from the 1,361.05 naira recorded during previous trading sessions…
Nigeria’s data protection regulator has launched a sweeping sector-wide investigation into 1,369 domestic firms. The Nigeria Data Protection Commission suspects the targeted entities of systemic non-compliance with statutory privacy laws. The massive enforcement operation puts several prominent digital banks, insurance brokers, and gaming firms under intense regulatory scrutiny. It represents the largest coordinated crackdown on…
