A looming food and security crisis is unfolding in northern Nigeria, where unpredictable rainfall patterns and escalating insecurity are severely disrupting agricultural production and threatening the livelihoods of millions. This is not simply a seasonal setback, for it represents a complex and deepening emergency with far-reaching consequences for the region’s role as Nigeria’s breadbasket. In…
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s non-oil exports have risen sharply to $3.225 billion in the first half of 2025, representing a 19.59 per cent increase from the $2.696 billion recorded during the same period last year, according to the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC). Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the NEPC, Nonye Ayeni, announced…
Dennis Gabriel in Abuja The founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Innovate Africa Corporation, a pan-African social and economic growth sustainability platform, Uloma Onyebuchi, has unveiled plans to hold the 2nd edition of the “Re-Imagining Africa’s Leadership & Investment.” The two-day 2025 Conference will take place between October 23 and 24, 2025, in Abuja, Nigeria….
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sounded a strong alarm over the growing menace of counterfeit medicines and contaminated food in Nigeria, following the interception of 16 containers of unregistered pharmaceutical products and spoiled tomato paste at the Onne Port in Port Harcourt. The contraband, estimated to be worth…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has announced that his tenure will officially end at 8:00 a.m. on September 1, 2025, bringing to a close ten impactful years at the helm of Africa’s foremost financial institution. Speaking during the groundbreaking of the Oyo State Special Agro-Industrial Processing…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Defence Headquarters says troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria recorded significant gains in the ongoing military operations across various theatres in July, including the elimination of top terrorist commanders, arrest of hundreds of suspects, rescue of kidnapped victims, and disruption of oil theft activities worth over ₦1.3 billion. Director…
President Bola Tinubu has extended the tenure of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, which is due to expire on August 31, 2025. The president extended the Customs’ boss tenure by one year. This was disclosed on Thursday in a State House Press Release signed by the President’s special…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano A heavy downpour on Wednesday morning led to the collapse of eight buildings and displacement of several residents in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The rain, which began around 6:15 a.m. and lasted over three hours, flooded communities including Bulumkutu Abuja, Moduganari, Ngomari, and other low-lying areas. “I started seeing water…
The seven-day warning strike by the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), has grounded social and health activities across Nigerian hospitals. Agency report said that hospitals have been rejecting patients for fresh admission as of Wednesday. Another agency report observed that the Adeoyo Hospital in Ibadan has discharged patients who were admitted following…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have smashed multiple drug trafficking rings across the country between Monday 21 and Saturday 26 July 2025, intercepting tonnes of cannabis and thousands of opioid pills. Spokesman Femi Babafemi disclosed in a statement on Sunday, that on Wednesday, 23 July, officers stopped one Chidi Agbafo…
