FG blames pest outbreaks, poor storage for tomato imports

Federal Government has attributed the persistent importation of tomato concentrate and paste to poor local production capacity and threat from pest outbreaks. According to the Minister of Agriculture and Food…

Soldier to die by hanging over murder of girlfriend

A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu has sentenced a soldier, Private Adamu Mohammed, to death by hanging This was disclosed in a…

Sexual harassment: Natasha ‘apologises’ to Akpabio

SATIRICAL APOLOGY LETTER From the Desk of Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan Dear Distinguished Senate President Godswill Akpabio, It is with the deepest sarcasm and utmost theatrical regret that I tender…

BUA Cement grows revenue by 81% in first quarter

BUA Cement Plc has grown its quarterly revenue by 80.5 percent in 2025 first quarter, raking in N290.8bn compared to N161.1bn recorded in the corresponding period of 2024. The unaudited…

NDIC begins N46.6bn payment to Heritage Bank depositors

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, has started payment of N46.6 billion in liquidation dividends to depositors of the defunct Heritage Bank. This is contained in statement on Sunday by…

UBA 75: Shettima, Elumelu count gains as Bank’s assets hit N30.4trn

The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has extolled what he termed the staying power of the United Bank of Africa (UBA Group) in the past 75 years, describing the financial…

Transcorp Power records N105.4bn revenue in Q1

Transcorp Power Plc has recorded N105.4bn rrvenue the first quarter 2025, the company said in the unaudited interim financial statements to the Nigeria Exchange Limited. The revenue for the period…

Policy to stabilise food prices under way — Shettima

The Federal Government is set to launch the National Agribusiness Policy Mechanism (NAPM) to strengthen agricultural productivity, stabilise food prices, and drive economic growth. The NAPM is part of broader…

World Bank sees Nigeria’s economy grow by 3.6% in 2025

The World Bank report, Africa Pulse, has project a 3.6 percent growth for Nigeria in 2025, on the basis of improving non-oil sectors and stabilising economic environment. Earlier the International…

Akpabio leads Nigeria’s delegation to Pope Francis’s funeral

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a high-powered delegation to Vatican City to attend the burial of His Holiness, Pope Francis, on Saturday, April 26. According to the Presidency on…