Nigeria is set to host the African Union’s (AU) African Monetary Institute (AMI), as preparations intensify for the institute’s planned take-off in September 2026. The institute is part of measures to push for monetary cooperation, financial integration and single currency ...
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ITF, CTIN To Train 100,000 Artisans For Construction Sector
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF), in collaboration with the Cement Technology Institute of Nigeria (CTIN), have concluded arrangements to launch a landmark skills development programme aimed at training and upskilling 100,000 artisans in Nigeria’s construction sector. The programme that will ...
Read More »Local Airlines Threaten Nationwide Shutdown Over 300% Surge In Jet A1
Amid Middle-East Tensions that have made Aviation fuel also known as Jet-A1 experience over 300 per cent surge in price, domestic airlines under the umbrella of the Airlines Operators of Nigeria (AON) have issued a warning of a possible nationwide ...
Read More »N210trn Audit: Senate Gives NNPCL April 29 Deadline
The Senate, on Wednesday, through its Committee on Public Accounts, set April 29 as the deadline for the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to appear before it and account for the yet-to-be-explained N210 trillion contained in ...
Read More »SEC Orders Immediate Asset Freeze On 13 Terrorism-Linked Entities
Nigeria’s apex capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has directed an immediate freeze on the assets of 13 newly- designated terrorism-linked entities, intensifying efforts to disrupt financial networks tied to insecurity. The directive, titled: “Commission’s sweeping compliance ...
Read More »IMF Lowers Nigeria’s 2026 Growth Projections to 4.1% Over Rising Fuel, Fertiliser Prices
The IMF in its April 2025 World Economic Outlook revised downwards Nigeria’s 2026 growth from 4.4 per cent which it projected in January this year to 4.1 per cent while growth is expected to rise to 4.3 per cent in ...
Read More »Court Declares Compulsory Vaccination Order Unconstitutional
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos has declared that mandatory or coercive medical interventions, such as vaccination without voluntary consent, are constitutional. Justice Lewis-Allagoa made this declaration while delivering judgment in a fundamental rights enforcement suit ...
Read More »Digital Economy: Nigeria Building Globally Competitive Human Capital, Says NDPC Boss
The National Commissioner of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) Dr. Vincent Olatunji has said that Nigeria is building a pool of globally competitive human capital to support the country’s digital economy and create jobs in line with President Bola ...
Read More »Energy Experts Slam World Bank Fuel Import Advice As Violation Of Petroleum Law, Threat To Self-reliance
Energy experts have criticised the World Bank’s recommendation for Nigeria to deepen fuel importation and fully liberalise its downstream sector, calling the advice ill-timed, economically regressive, and in direct violation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). An energy economist and ...
Read More »Value Addition, Not Import-driven Solutions Will Sustain Nigeria’s Economy— Economist
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), has advised that the federal government should strengthen its fiscal reforms and boldly encourage local production to sustain economic growth and development. The Center argued that no economy will thrive on ...
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