A major Chinese infrastructure firm is hiring in Abuja — and the announcement has already sparked debate online about professional standards and the place of Nigerian engineers on home soil. China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Nigeria Limited is no…
On the last trading day of July 2026, Nigeria’s naira closed weaker against the dollar at the official market, and the numbers told a familiar story. The currency settled at N1,368.22 to the dollar — a N1.49 slip from the…
President Bola Tinubu is preparing to announce a fresh round of salary increases for Nigerian military personnel, Defence Minister Gen. Christopher Musa (Rtd.) disclosed on Monday, 27 July 2026, during a government-organised welfare event in Abuja. The announcement signals a…
TikTok removed more than 4.8 million videos uploaded by Nigerian users between January and March 2026, making it one of the platform’s most aggressive enforcement periods in the country to date. The figures come from the company’s Q1 2026 Community…
With petrol prices still biting hard across Nigeria, one man has found a way to sidestep the pain at the pump entirely — and he is not keeping it to himself. A TikTok user who goes by Ray posted a…
A Nigerian man has set social media alight with a video showing a self-built generator he claims can run silently for a full 24 hours — without fuel or solar panels. The story begins simply enough. The TikTok user known…
Filling stations across Nigeria have raised pump prices for petrol, with motorists in some states now paying as much as N1,230 per litre — and the trigger is clear: private depot owners have pushed wholesale loading costs to around N1,200…
Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has directed that no retired civil servant in the state receive less than N50,000 per month, a move that raises the effective floor from a figure as low as N10,000 and marks one of…
A Viral Cost Comparison That Hit Home A UK-based Nigerian content creator known as Cynthia has gone viral on TikTok after urging fellow Nigerians planning to relocate to the United Kingdom to stock up on jeans before they leave —…
What happened in Abuja, and why does it matter? On Thursday, 16 July, a significant gathering of labour leaders, economists, civil society organisations and development experts convened in Abuja to deliver a blunt assessment of four decades of market-driven economic…