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]]> Atletico Madrid have completed the signing of Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman from Atalanta in a deal worth an initial €35 million, with a further €5 million in potential add-ons. Contract Runs Until 2030 Lookman reportedly signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Atletico, keeping him at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano until June 30, 2030. Fenerbahçe Links […]

]]> Land in Nigeria’s major cities is today treated and priced like gold. In Lagos, the country’s commercial nerve centre, for instance, land is said to be an equivalent of an oil well, which is why the managers of the state are up and out looking for those who flout their land administration laws, wrong […]

]]> …Zero dividend in one year Nigeria’s oil revenue fell sharply in 2025, owing to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company’s (NNPC) failure to deliver up to 86 percent of the promised revenue to the federal government’s coffers, exposing the fragility of Nigeria’s oil-dependent economy. The state-owned oil company remitted just N604.61bn to the Federation Account Allocation […]

]]> Ogun-Osun River Basin orders installation of HarvestHarbor in 325 green houses  Driven by the mission to help Nigeria fight increasing post-harvest losses, running into N14.4 trillion, Olubunmi Akinola, Professor of Electronics and Control Systems at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has invented a smart storage that will preserve fruits and vegetables for about […]

]]> …Matriculates 9,097 Olayemi Akinwumi, vice-chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja (FUL), has said that any student with less than 75 percent class attendance would not be allowed to write any examination at the institution. Akinwumi made the statement on Friday during his last matriculation as the institution’s vice chancellor and the 14th matriculation of […]

]]> Hardly anyone disagreed that Nigeria needed a new tax regime. The erstwhile tax rules were complex and cumbersome, their administration ridden with corruption and inefficiency. So, when, in August 2023, barely four months in office, President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, he was on to something truly […]

]]> The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has approved the Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) request to change the venue for the 2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup third-round qualifier between Nigeria’s Falconets and Senegal. The first-leg match, slated for February 7, will now take place at the MKO Abiola Sports Complex in Abeokuta, Ogun State, […]

]]> The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has given all domestic airlines operating in the country a seven-day ultimatum to comply with regulations requiring the inclusion of a mandatory special needs or assistance request feature on their ticket reservation platforms. The directive, aimed at improving accessibility and inclusivity in air travel, was contained in a […]

]]> …MDAs to appear for budget defence Feb. 2 to 13 The Senate, through its Committee on Appropriations, has tentatively fixed Tuesday, March 17, for the final consideration and passage of the ₦58.47 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill. To meet the deadline, the committee, at a special session held on Friday, approved February 2 to 13, […]

]]> Nigerian female Afrobeat stars are gaining more prominence on the international music scene than in their home country, data analysed by BusinessDay shows. According to a 2025 review of airplay and streaming data by Turntable Charts, not a single female artist ranked among Nigeria’s top 20 most-streamed artists for the first time since tracking […]