Naira posts marginal loss after CBN tightens remittance rules

The naira weakened slightly against the dollar in the official foreign exchange market on Wednesday, a day after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) introduced new measures to tighten oversight of remittance... Read more »

Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce set to bridge N25 trillion gap between S/West and oil region

-R: Boma Iyaye (NDDC executive director, finance and admin), Samuel Ogbuku (NDDC CEO), Simbi Wabote (keynote speaker), Idaere Gogo-Ogan (NDCCITMA board chairman), during the Niger Delta Business Roundtable held in Port Harcourt... Read more »

Beyond Defections, Nigeria’s Deeper Problem Is Absence of Ideology – THISDAYLIVE

By Joy Akut In recent months, opposition figures and political actors have raised the alarm, warning that Nigeria is drifting toward a one-party state under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Yes, the defections... Read more »

Period Summit 2026: Inside Safety For Every Girl’s Partnership With MTN Nigeria, A National Blueprint For Women’s Safety

Safety For Every Girl’s Period Summit brings together top female storytellers, filmmakers, and advocates to advance safety for girls and women in Nigeria. What began in 2024 as the world’s first-ever Period... Read more »

End Extrajudicial Killings in Niger

MOST Nigerian security agents are yet to learn the rules of engagement. There are Standard Operating Procedures to which they must adhere. But the manner in which some of them open fire... Read more »

Drug trafficking rising in Kano as Police profile 2,000 dealers, addicts

Drug trafficking and addiction are said to be on the increase in Kano State, North-West, Nigeria, as cases of drug abuse spread like wide fire, cutting across the nooks and crannies of... Read more »

Entrepreneurs champion women’s economic empowerment at West Africa Business Summit

Entrepreneurs and industry leaders have urged governments and investors to strengthen policies, boost investment and provide focused support to drive women’s economic empowerment across West Africa. They made the call at the... Read more »

INTERVIEW: Nigeria needs fresh leaders, not expired political elites – Adebayo

Ahead of the 2027 presidential elections, a chieftain of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has declared that what Nigeria needs are fresh leaders... Read more »

ABAN CEO thinks African angels can deploy $80 million a year

Before the venture capitalists write the big cheques and the headlines follow, someone has to take the first bet on a startup. Angel investors, often with less capital and certainty but more... Read more »

Legend Internet, Spectranet merger is a strategic accelerator for our long-term vision  – Bada

Legend Internet Plc, a Nigerian broadband operator listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) is in advanced stages of a merger with Spectranet, one of Nigeria’s most established internet service providers. Ahead... Read more »