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The United States has launched a formal trade investigation into Nigeria and 59 other countries, accusing them of failing to prohibit imports of goods produced with forced labour and thereby granting unfair competitive advantages to manufacturers who exploit forced workers in global supply chains. The Office of the United States Trade Representative initiated the…
North Korea launched approximately 10 ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, according to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, in what analysts describe as a calculated provocation timed to coincide with ongoing US-South Korea military exercises and heightened global tensions in the Middle East. The missiles were fired from the Sunan area…
NATO air and missile defence assets deployed in the eastern Mediterranean have intercepted a third ballistic missile fired from Iran that entered Turkish airspace, Turkey’s defence ministry confirmed on Friday, marking an escalation in spillover threats from the ongoing Middle East conflict. “A ballistic munition launched from Iran and entering Turkish airspace was neutralised by…
The Bank of England has announced plans to remove Winston Churchill from the £5 banknote, replacing the wartime leader with images of British wildlife including badgers, otters, and barn owls in a sweeping redesign that has triggered fierce criticism from senior parliamentarians. The decision, revealed on Thursday, forms part of a broader move to…
Nigeria has announced a sweeping set of initiatives to bolster women’s economic inclusion and social safety nets at the 70th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). Addressing the summit in New York, the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, revealed that the country’s social protection coverage has scaled from one million households…
Nigeria’s correctional system has long been a space where the state’s obligations to those in its custody receive little public scrutiny. That reality is now being forced into view. President Bola Tinubu has approved the deployment of 50 medical doctors and 100 nurses to hospitals inside the country’s correctional centres, a direct response to…
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has raised the ex-depot price of petrol to ₦1,175 per litre. This marks the third price increase in a single week. The refinery communicated the new gantry rate to marketers on Monday morning. This latest jump represents an 18 per cent surge in just three days. It follows a Friday adjustment…
A fire outbreak at the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation building in Abuja on Monday morning triggered significant traffic gridlock around the Federal Secretariat complex, forcing numerous commuters to abandon vehicles and trek to their destinations. The incident, which occurred at approximately 8:00 a.m., sent thick plumes of…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has petitioned the Federal Government over what it described as a planned ₦20bn “emergency refurbishment” contract within the Transmission Company of Nigeria, warning that the move could drain public resources and further weaken the country’s already fragile electricity transmission infrastructure. In a letter dated Sunday and addressed to the Minister…
A recent media brief from the Federal Ministry of Finance has revealed a sobering reality for Nigeria’s national budget: over the last two years, the cost of paying back debt has systematically starved capital projects of funding. Between 2024 and 2025, the Federal Government spent ₦27.2tn on debt servicing, outstripping capital expenditure by ₦3.9tn. While…
