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Nigeria’s newly introduced National Single Window (NSW) portal has processed 39,039 trade applications within the first eight weeks of its phase-one deployment. The Director of the NSW Secretariat, Tola Fakolade, disclosed the early milestone in Lagos, tracking the platform’s performance since its March launch. The electronic portal aims to consolidate the fragmented regulatory landscape by…
The United Nations has warned that nearly 35 million Nigerians face acute food insecurity as the annual agricultural lean season approaches. The UN Humanitarian Country Team disclosed that one in seven citizens will struggle to find food between June and August. These projections position Nigeria among the largest hunger crises globally, with the deficit concentrated…
Former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has positioned himself as the most viable presidential candidate for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 general election. Speaking in Abuja following his successful clearance by the party’s screening committee, the former Minister of Transportation argued that his extensive administrative track record makes him the best…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has returned a batch of 497 stranded Nigerian migrants from the neighbouring Niger Republic. The repatriated citizens arrived at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano aboard a chartered aircraft early this week. Officials executed the evacuation operation in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) under…
The Federal Government has launched a nationwide distribution of emergency obstetric and newborn care equipment to 252 health facilities across 30 states. Administered under the Sector-Wide Approach programme, the intervention earmarks roughly $200,000 worth of specialized medical hardware for each participating state. Abuja designs the initiative to curb Nigeria’s stubbornly high maternal and infant mortality…
The United Kingdom has tightened its borders to international students, driving visa rejections to their highest level in a decade, just as global application numbers collapse. Newly released Home Office data shows that the government granted only 35,625 sponsored study visas between January and March. This first-quarter total is the lowest since the pandemic disruption…
A 30-year-old schoolteacher and church choir master, Nathaniel Baiyegun, faces murder charges after allegedly kidnapping and killing his 16-year-old former student in Ogijo, Ogun State. Operatives from the Anti-Kidnapping Section of the Ogun State Police Command arrested the suspect following weeks of investigation into the disappearance of the teenager. The victim had approached her former…
The World Health Organization confirmed that a twelfth person has contracted hantavirus in the Netherlands following a luxury cruise ship outbreak. Global health body Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued an international appeal urging countries to monitor all individuals who recently travelled on the vessel. The localized cluster originates from the Dutch-registered cruise liner MV Hondius,…
The Federal Government expects a thorough revision of the National Telecommunications Policy to bring in N1.6 trillion in tax revenue and create two million new jobs by 2028. The Nigerian Communications Commission unveiled the targets during an industry stakeholder workshop in Lagos. Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Dr Aminu Maida, noted that deeper sectoral…
More than 2.1 million pregnant women now access antenatal care services across Nigeria under new federal healthcare reforms. The Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative aims to fix systemic gaps in governance, infrastructure, and workforce distribution. National coordinator for the Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp), Muntaqa Umar-Sadiq, announced the milestone during a progress briefing on Friday. The…
