Goddy Ikeh
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has said global food commodity prices increased in April, driven by higher cereal, meat and dairy product prices that outweighed falls in sugar and vegetable oils.
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr. Jide Idris, says that Nigeria has so far recorded 169 deaths from Lassa fever, Mpox and cholera this year.
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has called for revitalization of Nigeria-Brazil trade relations rooted in shared historical and cultural ties.
Ahead of this year’s World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has launched an informative visual brief to highlight the urgent need for responsible and ethical deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in journalism, especially within Nigeria’s media landscape.
Dr. Patrick Nomo has resumed his role as Chief Director of the Ministry of Finance, two years after his transfer to the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation.
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a new five-year Country Strategy Paper for Nigeria, committing about $650m annually between 2025 and 2030 to drive economic transformation, build resilience, and foster broad-based prosperity.
Germany’s strategic support through Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit in empowering Nigeria’s emerging exporters under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was showcased in Lagos with the launch of the inaugural edition of TradeConnec.
Electricity subsidy by the Nigerian government has increased to about N762bn in the first four months of 2025, according to the figures from various reports of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urges the Federal Government of Nigeria to raise the retirement age for all civil servants to 65 years or 40 years of service, aligning with conditions already granted to select sectors.
The public will be better protected from fraud as law enforcement collaboration between the UK and Nigeria is stepped up under a new joint fraud action plan agreed between the two countries today.