Goddy Ikeh
The Nigerian Exchange closed negative on Wednesday, marking its second decline in August, as the All-Share Index fell by 191.11 points, or 0.13 per cent, to close at 145,864.78 points.
Every day in West Africa, thousands of women walk through border posts carrying produce like cassava, tomatoes, or maize to sell in neighbouring countries. They are unrecognized, but vital parts of the region’s food systems and economies.
The Nigerian authorities’ persistent failure to address the security crisis in the country’s South-East region has created a free-for-all reign of impunity in which numerous state and non-state actors have committed serious human rights violations and killed at least 1,844 people between January 2021 and June 2023, Amnesty International said today.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has unveiled the findings of a first-of-its-kind study mapping women entrepreneurs’ associations across 16 African countries, revealing significant capacity gaps that hinder their economic impact.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) training initiative to advance the implementation of Africa’s continental development blueprint, Agenda 2063: “The Africa We Want.”
The UBA Foundation, which is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa Plc, has extended its generosity to the less privileged in Lagos through its charity outreach programme.
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources in charge of Gas, Mr. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring a steady gas supply from Nigeria to Togo, Benin Republic, and Ghana in a bid to tackle energy deficit and promote economic prosperity in the West African sub-region.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says that capital inflows into Nigeria maintained strong upward momentum in the first quarter of 2025 with total foreign investment climbing by 67.12% to $5.64 billion.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has said that human capital is Nigeria’s greatest asset and not its natural resources.
The Director of Programmes, British Council Nigeria, Chikodi Onyemerela, has emphasised the impact of long-term, skills-based development initiatives: