Tag: NIGERIA
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Recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that Nigeria’s headline inflation rate decreased to 18.02% in September 2025 from 20.12% in August 2025, marking a significant 2.1 percentage point drop. This is the sixth consecutive month of declining inflation since April 2025, following earlier statistical adjustments…
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Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the nominees for the 2025 CAF Women’s Awards, featuring top players, coaches, and teams across the continent. In the African Player of the Year category, Nigeria’s Rasheedat Ajibade and Esther Okoronkwo join reigning champion Barbara Banda, Tabitha Chawinga, Ghizlane Chebbak, Portia Boakye, Mama Diop, Sanaa Mssoudy, Temwa Chawinga,…
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Senior adviser to the U.S. President Donald Trump on Arab and African affairs, Massad Boulos has dismissed claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria. Speaking after meeting President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, Boulos said terrorism in Nigeria affects all groups regardless of religion or ethnicity, noting that Boko Haram and ISIS have killed more Muslims…
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President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero has called for collective efforts to promote labour justice and strengthen industrial harmony in Nigeria. Speaking at the 2025 Annual Public Lecture of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), themed “Labour Law and Labour Law Education,” Ajaero criticized the use of judicial processes to suppress…
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World Bank has stated that Nigeria’s goal of achieving single-digit inflation in the short term is unrealistic, highlighting that Nigeria remains among a few African countries—alongside Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, and others—still experiencing double-digit inflation through 2025. While most African nations are expected to reduce inflation to single digits by 2026, Nigeria’s ongoing structural challenges, such…
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Team Brazil has secured their first victory in the all-electric powerboat series by winning the inaugural E1 Lagos GP in Nigeria, marking Africa’s first hosting of the event. Leveraging their pole position and strong performance throughout the race weekend, they finished ahead of Team Blue Rising and Team Drogba Global Africa. The win earned them…
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President Bola Tinubu has addressed Nigerians at 7 a.m. today Wednesday to mark the 65th Independence Day, his third such address since taking office in May 2023. The speech was broadcasted live on national television and via other media platforms. The celebration theme, “Nigeria @ 65: All Hands on Deck for a Greater Nation,” emphasizes…
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President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed Nigeria’s readiness to partner with credible global investors, particularly in oil, gas, and infrastructure, to drive sustainable growth. In a post on X, Tinubu revealed he met in Lagos with top Nigerian investors Hakeem Belo-Osagie (Metis Capital) and Bayo Ogunlesi (Global Infrastructure Partners & BlackRock). Discussions focused on unlocking…
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Federal Government has rejected recent claims by international platforms and online commentators that terrorists in Nigeria are systematically committing genocide against Christians. In a Sunday statement, Minister of Information Mohammed Idris called these allegations false, baseless, and divisive, emphasizing that they misrepresent Nigeria’s complex security issues. He warned that framing the fight against terrorism as…
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Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has warned that Nigeria’s solid minerals sector is underperforming, contributing only 0.83% of GDP in 2023 despite vast deposits of lithium, cobalt, and gold. It urged urgent reforms, including passing a new Solid Minerals Reform Act within 12 months, creating a National Minerals Development Council, deploying digital licensing,…
