It began, as so many Nigerian aviation grievances do, in the early hours of a Monday morning. Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong arrived at Terminal One of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, at around 5:50 am on 21 September 2026, ready…
Egypt remains Africa’s single largest borrower from the International Monetary Fund, carrying outstanding credit of approximately SDR 7.86 billion — equivalent to $10.76 billion, or roughly ₦14.30 trillion — as of 15 September 2026. The latest IMF figures show that…
Nigeria’s equities market added N297.21 billion to investors’ wealth on Tuesday, 22 September 2026, as buying pressure across blue-chip and mid-cap stocks pushed the NGX All-Share Index up 0.18% to close at 250,614.66 points — lifting the market’s year-to-date return…
A Market That Should Be Cheaper Walk into any building materials market in Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt, and the price of a 50kg bag of cement will still make you wince. At up to ₦15,000 per bag, it is…
What has actually happened? Commercial tricycle operators — known widely as keke riders — across the Federal Capital Territory have raised their fares by between N100 and N200 on multiple routes. The trigger is straightforward: petrol prices at filling stations…
The dispute over Anambra State’s finances has been running for years, but it sharpened considerably in September 2025 when the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Izuchukwu Okafor, declared that Governor Charles Soludo’s administration was still servicing debts linked to Peter Obi…
Paying your taxes does not mean your business is fully compliant with Nigerian law. That is the blunt message from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), and it is one that far too many business owners are still getting wrong. The…
It was one short caption, four words, and it set Nigerian social media alight. On Thursday, 17 September 2026, the singer and entrepreneur Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade — better known as Mr Eazi — posted a video to his Instagram page…
The Official Rate Slips Again The naira edged lower against the US dollar at the official foreign exchange market, closing at N1,329.15 per dollar — a drop of N2.85, or roughly 0.21%, from the previous session’s close of N1,326.30 The…
A Royal Endorsement on the Trading Floor When the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, walked into the Nigerian Exchange Group headquarters in Lagos on Monday, 14 September 2026, he did not come merely to observe. He came to…