Nigeria’s e-commerce industry has been forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.82% to $14.92bn in 2029. The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years, driven by factors like increasing internet penetration, smartphone adoption, and a growing young population. Edenlife, the food retail business of Nigerian home concierge startup, gave this forecast […]
The Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST), has settled capital market disputes valued at N1 trillion since its inception in 2003, the Chairman of the tribunal, Mr. Amos Azi, has disclosed. He told journalists in Abuja, yesterday, that the tribunal has provided comfort and boosted investor confidence in the market as it continued to amicably resolve disagreements […]
The Federal Government, yesterday, withdrew the three-count terrorism charge it entered against the detained President of Miyetti, Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo. Bodejo was arrested at the Miyetti Allah’s office in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, shortly after he unveiled a vigilante group. Federal Government alleged that he established an ethnic militia in […]
The Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has raised alarm over the rate of reported cases of molestation and harassment of female travellers plying the Lagos-Abidjan trade corridor through the Seme border post. It was alleged that female travellers and traders on the route were being dragged into the bush by some security […]
The Enugu State Government has clarified that it did not declare today as a public holiday or sit-at-home day, as being speculated in public spaces. This is even as Anambra and Imo states Police commands said they have deployed their men to offices and schools to counter any threat to lives and property by hoodlums. The statement […]
Dealers in food items in selected markets across Lagos State have rejected the widespread accusations that they manipulate and inflate prices of food items indiscriminately. They have, rather blamed the skyrocketing prices of food items on insecurity in many parts of the country which they said had hampered supplies from farmers across the country. The […]
President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, assessed his performance in the last 366 days and gave himself a thumbs up, saying his government is walking the talk. Tinubu, who also hailed Nigerians for 25 years of unbroken democratic rule, urged the citizenry to build a nation for generations unborn. He, however, warned against risking the nation’s democracy, […]
GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, unveiled the first solarized PSA medical oxygen plant in the health sector in Africa and a level 2 newborn unit at the Jericho Specialist Hospital as part of interventions to ensure equitable health care services to save mothers and new babies from dying. He also launched the five-year Oyo State […]
THE Oyo State Government has declared that the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine for girls has been in existence for decades and is not aimed at reducing the population of Africa, contrary to insinuations. The Executive Secretary of the Oyo State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Muideen Olatunji, speaking to the media in Ibadan at a […]
The Permanent Representative of Centre for Convention on Democratic Integrity (CCDI) to the United Nations, Mr Olufemi Aduwo, has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the political crisis in Rivers, urging him to “call Wike to order” over his feud with Governor Fubara. The CSOs warn that Wike’s actions could plunge Rivers State […]
