In a development highlighting the mounting challenges faced by multinational corporations in Africa’s most populous nation, the global healthcare titan, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines (J&J), is poised to cease its operations in Nigeria. The anticipated departure, as revealed by a credible source to the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN), is […]
Nigeria’s trade affiliations within Africa experienced a significant transformation in the second quarter of 2025, with Togo eclipsing South Africa to ascend as the nation’s foremost African trading partner. This development is chronicled in the most recent Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics report issued by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS […]
Nigerian billionaire and founder of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, is set to earn a record N216.7 billion in dividend income following shareholder approval at the fourth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of BUA Foods Plc. The meeting, which held on Thursday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, saw shareholders endorse a dividend of N13 […]
The federal government has introduced digital drug inventories to check shortages of essential drugs in hospitals. This initiative was introduced during a stakeholders’ engagement in Abuja, as detailed in a statement by Alaba Balogun, Deputy Director and Head of Information & Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, on September 13, […]
The political rivalry between the First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs. Nonye Soludo, and former senator Uche Ekwunife has taken a dramatic turn, as Mrs. Soludo has publicly challenged the ex-lawmaker to present her children for an all-expense-paid DNA test. The challenge comes amid an intensifying war of words between the two prominent women, […]
An Abuja-based legal practitioner, Stan Alieke, has cautioned Nigerians against attempting to replicate the revolutionary movement that swept through Nepal, stressing that the scars of the Nigerian Civil War are still visible more than sixty years after its end. Alieke, in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday, noted that Nigeria’s fragile unity […]
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has described the conviction of the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, in the United States of America as “an ugly development” and directed the state’s Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to urgently wade into the matter. The governor’s directive, issued on Friday through the Commissioner […]
Kylian Mbappe once again proved decisive as Real Madrid secured a hard-fought 2-1 win away at Real Sociedad in La Liga on Saturday, despite being reduced to 10 men for over an hour. First-half goals from Mbappe and Arda Güler set Los Blancos on course for their fourth straight victory of the season, maintaining […]
The political rivalry between the First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs. Nonye Soludo, and former senator Uche Ekwunife has taken a dramatic turn, as Mrs. Soludo has publicly challenged the ex-lawmaker to present her children for an all-expense-paid DNA test. The challenge comes amid an intensifying war of words between the two prominent women, […]
As Israeli forces stepped up their offensive in Gaza City on Saturday, civilians caught in the crossfire painted a grim picture of displacement, overcrowding, and relentless air strikes, warning that fleeing south has offered little safety. The Israeli military announced that more than 250,000 residents had left Gaza’s largest city “for their own safety” since […]
