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Nigeria's economic crisis is hitting renters in Lagos hard as landlords pass down the costs of spiralling inflation -- pushing residents further out, upending children's education and adding to workers' already infamous commutes. With a population of more than 20 million, the country's sprawling, ever-growing economic capital has for years struggled to keep up with…
14 Feb
The Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has announced the creation of a task team focused on property and land ground rents to ensure thorough audits across the Federation’s states. Dr Shuaib Belgore, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, revealed this initiative during a meeting with Housing Controllers from all 36 states and the Federal…
14 Sep
Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has attributed the rising cost of housing accommodation in FCT to market forces. Wike stated this in Abuja on Saturday when he visited Zeberced Limited Quarry, Kubwa-Abuja on Saturday, to see what the company was doing. While responding to questions from journalists on what the…
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Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has returned to Instagram with a noticeable change. She removed her billionaire husband Ned Nwoko's name from her bio and deleted all pictures of him from her page, stirring reactions online. The actress deactivated her Instagram account on Monday. She made her comeback on Friday with a fresh update. Her return…
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Bitcoin and its cryptocurrency peers have slumped in value over recent days as tariff threats from US President Donald Trump and new scandals affecting the sector shake confidence in volatile assets. Bitcoin dived Friday to trade under $80,000 for the first time since November. Its low of $78,225.84 was more than 25 percent off levels…
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The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, has said that Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has enjoyed more privileges than any other senator in the tenth National Assembly. “The truth is, Senator Natasha has gotten the most privileges among all four of us (female senators). The seat I sit on now has been moved four…
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The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, United Kingdom (UK), and the United States of America (USA) chapters have frowned at the appointment of Oba Oladipo Olaitan as the acting leader of the group by the followers of late Chief Ayo Adebanjo. While describing the move as misleading, the frontline Yoruba group, in a statement signed by…
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A new report released by Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), a non-governmental organisation, has revealed that at least 91,740 Nigerians lost their lives to insecurity between 2011 and 2024. The study, conducted under the Illuminating New Solutions and Programmatic Innovations for Resilient Spaces (INSPIRES) project also linked the rising insecurity in the country to a shrinking…
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No fewer than 60 people were burnt to death in an auto crash at Oko-Olowo, along Ilorin-Jebba expressway, Ilorin, Kwara State on Friday. Sources said the victims were traveling from northern part of the country. According to an eyewitness, the auto crash occurred when a trailer carrying fertilizer and petrol laden truck collided while overtaking,…
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The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Sen. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has decried the enormous economic cost of malnutrition on the Nigerian economy, which he said is estimated at $56 billion annually, equivalent to about 12.2 per cent of the country's Gross National Income (GNI). The Minister made this disclosure at a was ably represented…
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The Rivers State Government said it will decide next step when it gets details of the Supreme Court judgment that ruled on the lingering political crisis in the State on Friday. The State Commissioner for Information, Joseph Johnson, in a statement said, the state government has taken note of reports in the media regarding the…
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The Saudi Royal Court has declared Saturday March 1, 2025 as the first day of the month of Ramadan 1446H. The announcement follows the successful sighting of the Ramadan crescent, signal the beginning of the Islamic fasting period. Saudi Gazette reports that the Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia has urged residents to observe the sighting…
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President Bola Tinubu has implored new graduates of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) as well as other policy makers in Nigeria to take the lead in driving the nation’s digital transformation and tech-driven economic growth. This, he explained, is premised on plans by his administration to revitalise NIPSS, "fully digitising its…