Obafemi Fawibe

Beijing, Abuja Brew Closer Ties via Tea

Beijing, Abuja Brew Closer Ties via Tea

China and Nigeria have expanded their bilateral relations through a cultural exchange programme centred on traditional tea heritage. The initiative gathered diplomats, artists, and government officials at the China Cultural Centre in Abuja on Wednesday. Dubbed the 2026 Maritime Silk Road Impressions salon, the gathering used the ancient beverage to anchor talks on people-to-people diplomacy….

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Iran Imposes Toll Regime on Strait of Hormuz

Iran Imposes Toll Regime on Strait of Hormuz

Iran has formalised its grip on the world’s most critical energy chokepoint by launching a new maritime regulatory agency to police the Strait of Hormuz. The Supreme National Security Council announced the creation of the Persian Gulf Strait Authority to manage the waterway. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy backed the announcement, confirming its direct…

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Government Clarifies New Forty Per Cent Pay Rise

Government Increases Allowances and Pension Benefits for Civil Servants

The Federal Government has approved a substantial rise in peculiar allowances and welfare benefits for civil servants. Didi Walson-Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, confirmed the reforms during a briefing in Abuja on Friday. The policy covers workers under both the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS) and the Consolidated Research and…

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Aliyu Aboki, executive secretary of the West African Telecommunications Regulators Assembly

West Africa’s $150bn Digital Economy Faces Connectivity Crisis

West Africa’s $150 billion digital economy rests upon a dangerously brittle foundation. Aliyu Aboki, executive secretary of the West African Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA), warns that inadequate submarine cable resilience now threatens the region’s primary growth engine. The 2024 mass cable failure, which slashed bandwidth across the region, proved that sheer capacity means little without…

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Pension Investments in Federal Debt Hit N16.9 Trillion

Employer Errors Trap N30bn Pension Savings

Nearly N30 billion in pension contributions sits in a financial purgatory. These funds belong to Nigerian workers but remain uncredited to their Retirement Savings Accounts. The National Pension Commission blames a messy cocktail of employer negligence and data blunders. Thousands of employees now face a future where their savings exist only on paper. The system…

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