World Bank’s October Nigeria Development Update said many state budgets set spending targets beyond what governments can realistically finance and implement.
Three Nigerian nationals have been arrested by the police in Ghana over alleged robberies targeting bank customers in Kumasi and its environs.
Nigerian-born American politicians have recorded victories in the U.S. November 3 midterm elections, with Will Jawando, Junior Ezeonu, Oye Owolewa and Carol Kazeem.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that the results of the United States midterm elections would usher in a new era in world relations.
Ron Cook, a 58-year-old man from Fresno, California, is an executive of Corporate America Lending, a lending company allegedly used to carry out a $65 million fraud scheme.
Organisers of the Ibadan Startup Festival announced plans to use the fourth edition of the annual event to drive startup growth, innovation and job creation in emerging markets.
The Nigerian government says it will distribute five million pairs of reading glasses and provide 25,000 subsidised cataract surgeries by 2027.
Other words shortlisted for the 2026 award include “carspreading,” “firewave” and “Manchesterism.”
The Gaya Emirate Council in Kano has suspended Shagogo village head Abbas Ibrahim over allegations of gross misconduct.
In separate interviews with journalists in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, poultry farmers described rising input costs as a serious threat to productivity.
Mr Afeni said the seizures included 5,986 parcels of cannabis sativa and indica, weighing 3,407.83 kilogrammes.
Ms Okafor told the court that the defendants criminally converted N30 million to their personal use.
Music star Innocent ‘TuFace’ Idibia is set to return with a new album, ‘Oldest Young Man’, after a six-year break from album releases.
Abdul El-Sayed has become the first Muslim senator in the U.S. after securing 2.2 million votes in Michigan to defeat Republican candidate Mike Rogers.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto dismissed his chief of staff, Listyo Sigit Prabowo, on Wednesday.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that the results of the United States midterm elections would usher in a new era in world relations.
Nigerian-born American politicians have recorded victories in the U.S. November 3 midterm elections, with Will Jawando, Junior Ezeonu, Oye Owolewa and Carol Kazeem.
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