Dollar to Naira exchange rate for October 24, 2025
The naira held firm at the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) fixing while continuing to trade weaker on the parallel (black) market on Friday. At the NFEM (Investors &…
41% of women-owned informal businesses earn below N10,000 profit daily
A new report by Moniepoint has revealed that 41 percent of women-owned informal businesses in Nigeria earn less than N10,000 in daily profit. According to the Moniepoint Informal Economy Report…
Tinubu swears in Amupitan as INEC chair
President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Joash Amupitan as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Amupitan was sworn in at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday.…
Amupitan resumes as INEC chairman today
The newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, will formally assume office on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. According…
JUST IN: Police arrest Sowore in Abuja
Officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and publisher, in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Sowore was arrested on Thursday morning shortly after leaving…
BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer withdraws from trial
Lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, Kanu Agabi, has applied to withdraw from representing the detained IPOB leader, stating that the defendant had taken the case back from them. All the…
Nigeria Healthcare Crisis: A System in Terminal Decline
The quality of a nation’s healthcare system mirrors the commitment of its leaders to citizens’ wellbeing. In countries like Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Switzerland, robust funding and sound policies…
GSMA: Africa records world’s lowest mobile Internet use
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the world’s least connected region, with just a quarter of its population using mobile Internet, according to the latest GSMA report. The State of Mobile Internet Connectivity…
How Nigeria Is Failing Its Market Women With Broken Credit System
Markets, like nations, run on trust. They depend on the quiet assurance that money lent today will be repaid tomorrow, that goods bought today will still hold value next week.…
Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa still in Finnish prison
Some social media users claim that a Finnish court has ruled that Simon Ekpa, a pro-Biafra agitator, who was recently sentenced to prison, should be released. The claim was posted…
