The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, will carry out a sensitization outreach and external court sessions in Lagos State, Nigeria, from 5 – 7 May 2025 and 8 – 16 May 2025 respectively. Sensitization outreaches and external court sessions are annual activities of the Court intended to create awareness about its mandate and jurisdiction as well as operations. It is also aimed at promoting cooperation between the ECOWAS Court and the national courts of Member States and to bring the Court closer to the Community citizens at the grass root. The Sensitisation Outreach programme in Lagos will hold from 5…
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The Nigeria Association of Small-Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Nasarawa State Chapter, is partnering with the Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) to drive fresh investment options in the State. With 68,000 hectares, the Dangote’s Nasarawa Sugar Company Limited (NSCL) in Tunga, is considered Nigeria’s biggest Backward Integration Policy (BIP) project in the sugar sector. The Chairman of NASSI in Nasarawa State, Nidan Sambo Manasseh, told journalists in Lafia, that the 2025 Trade Fair and Exhibition, scheduled for this Wednesday has provided the chance for the Dangote Group and NASSI to consider the numerous business opportunities in the State. He said, “We are actively…
Old Students of Mayflower School Ikenne are planning big for the school’s 70th anniversary next January. This was disclosed by the President of Mayflower Old Students’ Association (MOSA), Otunba Wale Abdul during the inauguration of event’s planning committee in Ikenne. He disclosed that this was in view of the impactful contributions of Mayflower to national development. According to him, the late Dr.Tai Solarin and his wife, Sheila through the initiative, gave humanity a priceless gift designed to positively impact the world. Abdul noted that this could be seen from the high pedestal achieved by old students of the school globally.…
Operatives of the Nigerian Police in Isiokolo, Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State, have arrested a woman for beating her one year old baby boy to death with a cane. The incident occurred in Kokori community. It was gathered that the beating was so severe that the little boy could not survive the beatings from the woman. Neighbours and residents of the area described the lady as a frustrated woman, and are accusing her of transferring aggression to the innocent child. It was learnt that the woman became frustrated after the father of the child, a suspected internet fraudster,…
The World Bank has disclosed that a staggering 75.5 per cent of rural dwellers now live below the poverty line in Nigeria. The Bank, which made this disclosure in its April 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief for Nigeria, paints a bleak picture of rising economic hardship, growing inequality, and persistent underdevelopment across large parts of the country. According to the report, while 41.3 per cent of Nigeria’s urban population lives in poverty, the situation is significantly worse in rural areas, where economic stagnation, inflation, and insecurity have combined to deepen hardship. “Based on the most recent official household survey data…
By Bayo Onanuga A few days ago, outgoing AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina claimed that Nigerians today are worse off than in 1960, basing his conclusion on figures that do not align with available data. According to Nairametrics, he claimed that Nigeria’s GDP per capita in 1960 was $1847 and that it is $824 today. The quoted figures are not correct. According to available data, our country’s GDP was $4.2 billion in 1960, and per capita income for a population of 44.9 million was $93, not even one hundred dollars. Our country’s GDP did not rise remarkably until the 1970s, when…
An 80-year-old Colombian man named Quesada Vanegas Ricardo Alfonso, was found dead in his room at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Festac Town, Lagos State. The lifeless body of Mr Alfonso was discovered at approximately 3:45 p.m. on Thursday, 1 May, 2025 in Room C85, located on the 8th floor of the hotel. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development, said homicide detectives and other officers were immediately dispatched to the scene following a distress call. According to Hundeyin, preliminary police investigations revealed that the deceased had been residing at the hotel for over four…
The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), has disclosed that the country’s external reserves grew by 5.6 per cent (approximately $2.2 billion) to reach $38.8 billion in 2024. The Apex Bank disclosed this in its recently released consolidated and separate financial statements for the year ended December 2024. This indicates a significant increase in the nation’s external reserves, rising from $36.6 billion in 2023 to $38.8 billion in 2024. According to CBN, the growth in Nigeria’s external reserves in 2024 was driven by improved inflows from portfolio investors, diaspora remittances, and federal government receipts. This was attributed to renewed confidence in the…
The immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, says he served with the fear of God and he is ready to give account his stewardship, just as he denied being in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) Since the major reshuffle in the oil firm, there have been different reports on the tenure of the former GCEO. According to a report, N80 billion was found in the account of one of the sacked refinery Managing Director who worked under Kyari. Bayo Ojulari, Kyari’s successor, had embarked on a major…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has stated that the threat by WhatsApp to exit Nigeria due to the Commission’s recent order will not exonerate the company from liability and from the outcome of a judicial process. The FCCPC’s Director, Corporate Affairs, Mr Ondaje Ijagwu , who made this disclosure in a statement issue in Abuja on Saturday,3 May, 2025, said the Meta Parties should take steps to comply with Nigeria’s law. Ijagwu described the threat as a calculated move aimed at inducing negative public reaction and potentially pressuring the FCCPC to reconsider its decision. FCCPC image-maker added that recent…