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Escalating tensions in the Middle East have placed Africa in a precarious position, with military installations in the Horn of Africa emerging as potential targets for Iranian retaliation and the continent’s economies bracing for fallout from disrupted global trade and soaring energy costs. The continent remains “structurally exposed” to the ongoing war, according to…
Nigeria’s foreign reserves received a notable addition as the Central Bank of Nigeria incorporated responsibly sourced gold refined to international standards, elevating its total gold holdings to $3.5 billion and advancing efforts to diversify away from traditional assets amid global economic shifts. The move, part of an ongoing reserve diversification strategy, involves gold aggregated…
Nigeria’s Federal Government has announced plans to introduce routine hearing checks in primary schools and scale up newborn hearing screening across the country, in a move aimed at improving early detection of hearing impairment and building more inclusive learning environments for children. The announcement was made as Nigeria joined the rest of the world…
FIFA has officially confirmed the six-team line-up for the inter-confederation play-off tournament that will determine the final two spots at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with DR Congo named as Africa’s representative and Nigeria’s last avenue to the tournament firmly closed. The world football governing body issued an accreditation notice to journalists on Wednesday,…
NIPCO Gas Limited, one of Nigeria’s foremost downstream gas companies, has announced an ambitious infrastructure programme that includes the construction of 20 compressed natural gas stations across the country, two major compression hubs in Lagos State and Ogun State, an 80-kilometre natural gas pipeline linking Sagamu to Ibadan, and additional gas distribution infrastructure connecting…
Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital has publicly defended the professional conduct of its medical director and two other doctors facing interim suspension over the death of 21-month-old Nkanu Nnamdi Esege, the son of renowned author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, while raising serious concerns about procedural irregularities and confidentiality breaches during the regulatory investigation. The Medical and Dental…
The World Bank has projected that Nigeria and other developing economies may face a jobs deficit of approximately 800 million positions over the next decade and a half, as rapidly expanding youth populations outpace the creation of formal employment opportunities in a trend the institution describes as a looming national security threat. In an analysis…
United States President Donald Trump has declared he is unconcerned about whether the Iranian national football team participates in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as escalating military conflict in the Middle East throws Tehran’s involvement into serious doubt. In an interview with Politico on Tuesday, President Trump was unequivocal when asked about Iran’s place in…
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission has thrown its weight behind an international enforcement framework targeting the proliferation of deepfakes and synthetic media, as global regulators move to close privacy gaps opened by generative artificial intelligence technologies. Nigeria has formally aligned with more than 60 data protection and privacy regulators worldwide in endorsing new international standards…
The Federal Government has prohibited the use of roadblocks for tax collection across Nigeria as part of a sweeping reform of informal sector taxation, introducing presumptive tax regulations designed to bring millions of small businesses into the tax net while exempting the poorest enterprises. The Joint Revenue Board, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry…
