• As output surpasses World Bank, IMF projections • Self-employed jobs jump to 85.6 per cent • Rising debt poses major risk to private sector growth, says Muda Yusuf Notwithstanding the high inflation rate, rising interest rates and company closure, escalating energy, insecurity and several other headwinds have impacted the economy, the National Bureau of…

The defection of 27 lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has left Rivers State in political turmoil and drawn condemnation from elder statesman Edwin Clark, who described the move as unconstitutional. Amid an escalating rift between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and former Governor Nyesom Wike, allegations of judicial compromise…

No fewer than 1.6 million out of the two million people living with HIV in Nigeria are currently receiving treatment, the Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Temitope Ilori, has declared. Ilori made the declaration at a press conference in Abuja, yesterday, ahead of the 2024 World AIDS Day,…

Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday, called for the adoption of technology-driven strategies to combat terrorism, cybercrime and border security challenges facing Nigeria and Africa. According to Shettima while Africa and Nigeria are navigating some of the most troubling times in security and economy, the challenges requires innovative solutions. The Vice President, speaking during a courtesy…

Amidst doubt over the increase in Nigeria’s oil production to 1.8 million barrels per day, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has insisted that there is no disparity between the figures being announced in the country. In recent times, there have been about three different figures being paddled as Nigeria’s production out. Minister of Petroleum…