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UK to raise minimum PhD stipend to £21,805 from October
The United Kingdom will increase the minimum stipend paid to PhD students from October 1, raising annual support to £21,805 for the next...
NDLEA arrests Lagos businessman at Kano airport for swallowing 95 wraps of cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a Lagos‑based businessman Nwabueze, Nicholas Izueke, for attempting to traffic 1.589 kilograms of cocaine by...
NDLEA busts Colorado cannabis lab in Ibadan, seizes drugs nationwide
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intensified its nationwide crackdown on illicit drug production and trafficking, with the arrest of a...
Lagos seals Ladipo market over environmental violations
The Lagos State Government has sealed the Ladipo Spare Parts Market along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road on the Apapa–Oshodi Expressway over...
Nollywood: Top 10 highest-grossing lead actors/actresses in 2025
West Africa’s cinema industry closed 2025 on a historic high, and Nollywood’s stars were firmly at the centre of that success.With the regional...
Nigeria’s tax reform may strain financial Inclusion gains
When Okonkwo Azuka, an Abuja-based furniture maker, got his first contract of the year, the work itself was not the problem; payment was.
Mr...
CPPE warns against compulsory domestic value addition
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has cautioned against compulsory domestic processing of primary commodities without adequate local capacity.
The body...
CAC deregisters over 400,000 inactive, non-compliant companies in 2025
The Corporate Affairs Commission deregistered over 400,000 companies in 2025, citing prolonged inactivity and failure to meet statutory compliance requirements.This was disclosed by the Registrar-General...
Tinubu to meet King Charles in Nigeria’s first state visit in...
President Bola Tinubu will pay a state visit to the United Kingdom in March 2026, marking Nigeria’s first such visit to the UK...
The Ledger of the invisible: How N1.2 quadrillion in e-payments is...
For decades, the narrative of African growth has been trapped in the “Official GDP” cage – a metric built to measure annual value added, yet...
