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Nigeria’s competition watchdog has accused local cement manufacturers of manipulating market prices despite holding massive production surpluses. The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission uncovered the price distortion following a three-month cross-border investigation. Retail prices for a 50-kilogramme bag climbed from roughly 9,500 naira in January to 15,000 naira by July. The price surge occurred…
Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday. The five-time Grammy winner becomes the first African musician and the first Black African to earn a place on the Los Angeles pavement. Her plaque sits at 7011 Hollywood Boulevard as the 2,854th star in the recording category. The honour…
Iranian authorities are rolling out emergency economic measures as Washington prepares a fresh round of trade and financial sanctions. The clerical state is shifting toward a wartime economic model after five months of active conflict with America and Israel. Inflation across domestic food markets has already crossed 128 percent, turning basic groceries into luxuries for…
Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms, went before a federal jury in Oakland, California, on Tuesday to defend claims that it deliberately built Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children and misled the public about the risks, in a trial legal observers describe as one of the most consequential tests yet of Big Tech’s…
Human rights activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore has criticised the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for destroying two cannabis plantations in Edo State, arguing that Nigeria should legalise and regulate the crop rather than continue burning what he described as economically valuable produce. In a post on X on Tuesday, Sowore, a former…
The daughters of veteran Yoruba actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known by his screen name Ogogo, have made separate emotional appeals for urgent medical help for their 66-year-old father, who they say is battling stage-four cancer after hospitals reportedly declined to continue his treatment. In videos posted on Instagram on Monday, Lima and Kira Taiwo…
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s Special Adviser and Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, has pushed back against suggestions that Osun State residents were blindsided by the governor’s endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid, insisting the endorsement predates Adeleke’s own victory at Saturday’s governorship poll. Rasheed made the clarification on Arise Television on Tuesday, responding to questions…
In the agrarian expanses of Benue, Niger, and the broader North Central belt, the harvest season no longer brings relief; it marks the arrival of tax collectors carrying automatic rifles. Across these food baskets, armed non-state actors have established a formalised extortion regime, demanding mandatory access fees, often starting at N500,000 per community or individual…
Gunmen raided the Binper community in Plateau State’s Mangu local council, killing more than 20 sleeping villagers. The attackers stormed the farming settlement between midnight and dawn, forcing their way into private homes. Several other residents suffered critical gunshot wounds during the coordinated assault. The midnight bloodbath adds another grim chapter to the long security…
FIFA has dismissed its Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Lamour, barely three weeks after he publicly broke ranks with President Gianni Infantino over a now abandoned plan to sell a stake in the body that would have managed the commercial and ticketing rights of FIFA competitions. FIFA confirmed the exit in a statement issued on…
