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Rising Rents Outpace Incomes, Forcing Tenants to Make Tough Choices
• Property owners adopt strategies to eject tenants, raise rents• Landlords lament economic hardship, cost of maintenance• Tenants opt for outskirts as transport costs erode savings• Transportation becoming extension of housing burden• Experts urge serviced public land, waivers for affordable housing projects For millions of Nigerians living in fast-growing cities, the challenge is no longer…
Okonjo-Iweala Recalls Threats, Mother’s Kidnap Over $2.4bn Fuel Subsidy Fraud Probe
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has recounted how a probe into an alleged $2.4bn fuel subsidy fraud led to threats against her and the kidnapping of her mother. Okonjo-Iweala said the abductors demanded that she resign as finance minister and leave the country in exchange for her mother’s…
NAFDAC Destroys ₦2.6bn Worth of Fake, Substandard Products in Rivers
Operatives of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Tuesday, during the operation at the Zamfara Plaza, BBA Trade Fair Complex, along the Badagry Expressway, Ojo, Lagos State, on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed products worth ₦2.6 billion…
Police Arrest Two Suspects, Recover Drugs, Cables in Akwa Ibom
The police in Akwa Ibom State recovered a quantity of suspected Indian hemp and cable wires allegedly linked to theft. Operatives of Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested two suspects in separate operations in Uyo, recovering a quantity of suspected Indian hemp and cable wires allegedly linked to theft. The arrests were made on…
Youngsters Edge Palace Chiefs 1-0 in Novelty Match as Oba Ewuare II Marks 10th Coronation Anniversary
The match, one of the key events lined up for the historic anniversary, kicked off in royal splendor after Oba Ewuare II performed the ceremonial kick-off. The Benin Palace playfield in Benin City came alive on Friday evening as youthful exuberance triumphed over experience in a high-stakes novelty football match held to commemorate the 10th…
Obi of Onitsha Urges South-East Residents to Participate in 2027 Elections
The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe. The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, has urged residents of the South-East to participate actively in the 2027 general elections, warning that low voter turnout could weaken the region’s political influence. The monarch made the call on Friday during this year’s Ofala Festival at Eze…
Rivers Monarch Gives NGC 24 Hours to Address Damage From Pipeline Explosion
The explosion occurred at about 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, damaging houses and vehicles and reportedly injuring residents. The King of Eleme in Rivers State, Emere Dr Philip Osaro Obele, has given the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) 24 hours to address damage caused by a gas pipeline explosion in Aleto community, threatening mass protests…
World’s Leading Cocoa Producer Seeks Climate-Resilient Beans as Farmers Adapt Planting Methods
Geneticist Caudou Trebissou measures cocoa pods on trees in a cocoa seed field belonging to the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) near Divo, on September 15, 2026. (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) Kofi Alexis Amani has watched the trees on his cocoa plantation wilt and sometimes wither as rains became unpredictable and less…
NESG Urges FG to Lower Production Costs and Attract Foreign Investment to Curb Inflation
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in September 2026 reduced its benchmark interest rate from 26.5 per cent to 23 per cent. The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has called on the Federal Government to focus on reducing production costs and increasing productivity. It said further interest rate cuts might not be enough to bring…
Advocates Raise Concerns Over Stigma and Barriers to Family Planning in Lagos PHCs
Minister of Health, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate. Urge LASG to restore safe-abortion guidelines Women’s health advocates have raised concerns over stigma and barriers to family planning services at Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in Lagos State. They, therefore, urged the state government to improve access to reproductive healthcare and restore its suspended guidelines on safe termination…
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