News & Updates

Hundreds of women across Lagos have taken to the football pitch in recent months through the Aya Women’s Socca League, a female-focused grassroots initiative sponsored by Aya Care and organised by The HIVE Leagues in partnership with Socca Naija. Now in its third year, the competition has continued to establish itself as one of Lagos’ […]

Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, a social media influencer and self-acclaimed relationship therapist, popularly known as Blessing CEO, has been arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged N36 million fraud. The anti-graft agency brought the defendant before D.I. Dipeolu, Justice of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, […]

President Bola Tinubu’s economic and investment drive received a further boost on Thursday, as world-class port operator APM Terminals pledged a $600 million investment in Nigeria’s maritime sector. Igor Van den Essen, the Regional President, APM Terminals Africa-Europe,  disclosed this when he led other executives, including Head of Investments, APM Terminals, Martijn Van Dongen, and […]

…experts warn delayed reports fuel corruption, erode public trust The Budget Office of the Federation has again failed to publish budget implementation reports for three consecutive quarters, extending a pattern of delays that critics say violates the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) and weakens oversight of government spending under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. This lapse comes […]

… Joanna Kolawole emerges star prize winner   The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has inducted 1,993 new members at its 77th induction ceremony held on Wednesday in Lagos. Haruna Yahaya, ICAN 61st president, encouraged the inductees to embrace lifelong learning and continuous professional development and make opportunities look for them. “You have […]

‎The Ondo State Government has called on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the state to conduct themselves peacefully and responsibly during the forthcoming party primaries scheduled for May 15, 18 and 20, 2026, for the House of Representatives, State House of Assembly and Senate, respectively.‎Ondo State Government, through the Commissioner for Information […]

South Africa’s unemployment crisis deepened in the first quarter of 2026, with more than 300,000 people losing their jobs as economic fragility, weak domestic demand, and rising geopolitical pressures compounded stress in Africa’s most industrialised economy. Data released on Tuesday by Statistics South Africa showed the unemployment rate rose to 32.7 percent in the three […]

…Laments Africa’s 2% share in global manufacturing value addition President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, revealed that Nigeria will spend about US$11.6 billion on debt service, about half of projected revenue, in 2026, blaming unfair global financial architecture for Africa’s poor economic development. He called for the  reversal of a global financial architecture that starves “African […]

Police in Anambra State have denied involvement of officers of the Command in the death of late Mr Paul Onwualu in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The 80-year-old deceased, said to be among aspirants to the Igweship throne in the area died following alleged beatings inflicted on him by Police officers […]

Petralon Energy, the indigenous Nigerian upstream operator, has commenced production on its second consecutive well at the Dawes Island Field in the Eastern Niger Delta, bringing DI-3 onstream in roughly five months after its predecessor, a pace that underscores a disciplined drilling cadence unusual among independent operators on the continent. DI-3 has delivered average incremental […]