Nigeria must grow beyond banking to achieve $1tn economy – Afrinvest

The Federal Government has been advised that for the country to achieve the projected $1tn economy, it needs to grow beyond the banking sector. This was stated by the Group…

NLC threatens showdown as gov says Gombe can’t pay N70,000

The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Wednesday, threatened a showdown as the Governor of Gombe State, Muhammad Yahaya, declared that the state would not be able to pay the N70,000  new…

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Vision 2050: Unlocking Tanzania’s billion-dollar migration potential

Vision 2050 is about thinking outside the box to unlock untapped potential for Tanzanians.

Legal debate intensifies on citizens’ right to protest

As the #EndBadGovernance protest begins today, legal experts, among others, react to the recent Lagos State High Court ruling restricting the protest in the state to certain locations, writes ONOZURE…

Banks, others shut as hunger protest holds

Banks and other financial institutions in the country will be closed on Thursday, August 1, 2024, as the planned hunger strike begins across the country. While none of the banks…

Ogunsemilore couldn’t prove her innocence — NOC

Nigerian boxer Cynthia Ogunsemilore was sent parking from the Olympic Games Village in Paris 2024 after failing to prove her innocence in a doping case, Nigeria Olympic Committee Media Officer…

#EndBadGovernance and danger of misplaced anger

Today is the set date for the Nigerian citizens to unleash their pent-up anger and frustration against their political leaders, nay the President Bola Tinubu government, through a channel popularised…

CBN advances: Opposition, OPS oppose higher borrowing limit for FG

Both chambers of the National Assembly have raised the threshold for the Ways and Means advances by the Central Bank of Nigeria to the Federal Government from five per cent…

Monthly power subsidy soars by 151% to N211bn

The electricity subsidy obligation of the Federal Government rose from N252.76bn to N633.30bn in the first quarter of 2024, a report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has disclosed. The…

Falcons crash out of Paris 2024

Clinical Japan beat Nigeria 3-1 in the final Group C women’s football event at the Paris Olympics to send the African giants home, The PUNCH reports. First-half goals from Maika…

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