In Focus

Climate

Nigeria floods claim 269 lives across states

Olawale Afolabi -
Heavy rains have devastated 30 of Nigeria's 36 states, with the government reporting 269...
Food

Mass screening shows one in four children in Zamfara is malnourished

Plu Team -
One out of every four children under the age of five is malnourished in...
Nation

NLC president held, SERAP raided as Nigerian govt targets critics

Olawale Afolabi -
Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) has arrested Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigeria...
Food

Inside the malnutrition epidemic ravaging Nigeria’s Yobe state

Kunle Sanni -
In the crowded backyard of Dogon-Azare Primary Health Care Centre in Potiskum, Yobe state,...
Climate

Climate Change costing Africa billions: 2-5% of GDP spent yearly

Eric Ojo -
African countries are losing between two and five percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
Economy

NNPC raises petrol price, deepening hardship for Nigerians under Tinubu

Olawale Afolabi -
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd. has raised the price of petrol from...
Energy

NNPC blames “financial strain” for petrol scarcity, a hint price may rise

Plu Team -
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd. says it is facing a “financial strain”...
Health

Nigeria is first African country to receive mpox vaccines

Jane Kalu -
Nigeria has become the first African nation to receive mpox vaccines, a crucial step...
World

Russia sees advantage in Nigeria’s planned gas-run auto industry

Olawale Afolabi -
Russian carmakers will have an advantage when entering the Nigerian market due to the...
Nation

Floods in Nigeria claim 49 lives and displace thousands

Olawale Afolabi -
At least 49 people have lost their lives, and thousands have been displaced due...
Health

UNICEF warns of rising mpox cases among children in Africa

Jane Kalu -
Children and vulnerable communities are at the sharp end of an expanding outbreak of...
Economy

Nigerian companies predict naira decline in coming months

Plu Team -
Nigerian businesses expect a decline in the value of the naira from now until...
Cost of Living

Nigerians struggle as cooking gas prices surge by 47% in last year

Olawale Afolabi -
Soaring cooking gas prices are compounding the suffering of millions of Nigerians facing the...
Policy

Tinubu buys $100 million jet as Nigerians suffer severe hardship

Plu Team -
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has acquired a new private jet, an Airbus A330 business...
Health

Mpox threat rises as WHO declares global health emergency

Plu Team -
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the rapid spread of Mpox in African...
Banks

Bank group opposes Nigerian govt’s “ill-timed” dollar windfall tax

Olawale Afolabi -
The Bank Directors Association of Nigeria (BDAN) has opposed a newly imposed 70% windfall...
Nation

Outrage as Nigerian police kill protesters, attack journalists

Olawale Afolabi -
Nigerians have reacted with anger after police killed protesters demonstrating over economic hardship in...
Nation

Police use teargas as Nigerians protest cost of living crisis

Olawale Afolabi -
On Thursday, thousands of Nigerians took to the streets across the country to protest...
Nation

Tinubu offers Niger Delta youth stipend as Nigeria faces mass protest

Jane Kalu -
The Nigerian government will pay a monthly stipend of N50,000 for 10,000 youth in...
Economy

Tinubu and labour unions set minimum wage at N70,000

Eric Ojo -
President Bola Tinubu has approved a new minimum wage of N70,000 for Nigerian workers,...
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