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The underperformance of Nigeria’s manufacturing and agricultural sectors is significantly weakening the country’s industrialisation efforts. Industry stakeholders attributed the real sector’s underperformance to multiple challenges constraining the realisation of its huge potential. These include persistent structural challenges, including an unreliable power supply, inadequate infrastructure, limited access to affordable finance, regulatory bottlenecks, and the significant reduction […]

I have had the privilege of knowing Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) for about 30 years. As a young reporter, I observed from a working distance thek metamorphosis of a military administrator who was unlike any other—an enigma committed as much to his work as to becoming a paragon of excellence in public administration. […]

The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated a whopping N3.7 trillion revenue in the last 16 months. The command also intercepted contrabands worth several billion naira in the months under review. This was disclosed in a document made available to journalists on Thursday  to analyse ACG Babatunde Olomu’s tenure as the […]

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, will tour Nigerian Navy installations as well as NIMASA facilities in Lagos during his three-day working visit to Nigeria from October 2nd to 4th, 2025. The director general of NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, made the disclosure […]

PepsiCo and DP World have expanded their partnership with WaterAid in Nigeria to drive inclusive, sustainable value for the communities they serve. As part of this expanded partnership, DP World, PepsiCo, and WaterAid will launch a climate-resilient water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programme in Lagos. The programme aims to improve living conditions for more than […]

The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has strongly supported President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s suspension of raw shea nut exports, describing the move as a strategic turning point in Nigeria’s industrialisation drive. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, the Council’s director general, Prof. Nnanyelugo Ike-Muonso, said the six-month suspension would reposition the country […]

Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court has ordered the temporary forfeiture of a hotel, Extended Stay Hotel, located in the Lekki area of the state, allegedly acquired with the proceeds of drug trafficking. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) told the judge that the hotel allegedly belongs to the head of a […]

A former senior special assistant to the Governor of Lagos State on Christian Religion Matters, Rev. Sam Ogedengbe, has applauded Nigeria’s first lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, for making remarkable strides in advancing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, with programmes that cut across the six geopolitical zones and touch millions of lives. Ogedengbe stated […]

Director of Rooms, Lagos Continental Hotel, Cuthberga Onuoha, has stressed the need for holistic wellness and consistent physical fitness, which are crucial for a balanced lifestyle and disease prevention. Onuoha, who stated this in a chat with journalists in Lagos, said the hotel has positioned itself as a leader in wellness tourism, offering a state-of-the-art […]

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State yesterday protested the alleged victimisation of one of its lawmakers, Ibraheem Shittu, who leaked the N300 billion fresh loan approved by the state’s House of Assembly for Governor Seyi Makinde. The protest, which started in the early hours at the APC Secretariat in Oke Ado area of Ibadan, […]