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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has stated that it has not imposed a blanket ban on Uber, Bolt or other e-hailing services at airports under its control. The authority said ongoing discussions with the operators are intended to create a framework that prioritises passenger safety, security and orderly operations within airport premises. In…
Investigations across public secondary schools and the network of Federal Government Colleges, historically celebrated as Unity Schools, have exposed a startling reality in basic and secondary education. The functional majority of classroom instructors delivering daily lessons in core subjects, ranging from foundational mathematics and physical sciences to language arts, are not civil servants on the…
Atiku Abubakar has pledged to bring back petrol subsidies if voters elect him president in 2027. The former vice-president and perennial opposition candidate framed the move as an urgent rescue for households crushed by runaway living costs. He argued that the current administration rushed into price reforms without building viable social cushions for the poor. The…
Nigeria has taken its clearest step yet towards treating attempted suicide as a health emergency rather than a crime, with the Federal Executive Council approving an amendment to the National Mental Health Act that would end more than a century of colonial-era punishment for people in psychological distress. The Coordinating Minister of Health and…
Paid Mascots , The Transactional Face Of Nigeria’s 2027 Campaign Paid mascots parading pro-Tinubu banners across Abuja have become an early and telling image of Nigeria’s 2027 campaign season, which opened formally on 19 August after the Independent National Electoral Commission lifted its embargo on public campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly elections. Figures…
The Nigerian naira strengthened to 1,344.45 per US dollar on Thursday morning as foreign exchange liquidity improved across formal trading desks. Indicative pricing on the official market showed steady gains from earlier closes near the 1,350 mark. Street dealers in the parallel market sold the greenback for roughly 1,404 naira, leaving the gap between the…
A week of aggressive profit-taking and political unease wiped five trillion naira off the Nigerian Exchange. The sharp downturn snapped a historic rally that recently took total market capitalisation past the 160 trillion naira mark. Institutional desks and retail speculators dumped banking and industrial counters to lock in swift capital gains. The seven-day retreat exposed…
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate has paid 3.82 billion naira in pension arrears to 30,356 retirees under the Defined Benefit Scheme. The agency released the money after completing a nationwide audit of disputed calculations. Beneficiaries span parastatals, defunct agencies, and tertiary health and education departments. Senior citizens have waited years for the state to settle…
Russian ballistic missiles struck the Ukrainian capital early on Thursday, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 30. The overnight bombardment sparked major fires across multiple districts and cut electricity supplies to roughly 90,000 households. According to the Reuters News Dispatch, the missile salvo tore through residential tower blocks, industrial warehouses, an educational…
Nigeria’s energy inflation dropped to 4.37 per cent in July, marking its lowest reading in four months, according to the latest NBS Consumer Price Index Report. The moderation in energy price growth helped pull down the headline inflation figure to 15.43 per cent. Cheaper domestic fuel supplies and steady foreign exchange rates softened pump prices…
