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Rising costs of school graduations put parents under pressure

The excitement that usually comes with school graduations is increasingly being overshadowed by rising costs, as many Nigerian parents say celebrations have become a measure of financial strength rather than academic accomplishment. In Lagos, July marks more than the end of school. Families are scr…

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Let us pay attention, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi

When I was young, there was a family who lived close to us on our street in the Fadeyi area of Lagos. I will call the man of the family Mr Benson. He had a wife, Mrs Remi Benson. When they first arrived on our street, Mr Benson had a motorbike, and his wife would ride the bike with him on occasion.…

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5 days, 14 hours ago Business

No fool like an old fool!

By Bunmi Sofola ONE bitter pill we’ve all had to swallow is the fact that 419 operators are not only here to stay, their success within Nigeria and abroad has become a nightmare. A few months ago, Jade, a friend, called looking very sorry for herself. A fairly successful investor, she’s a celebrity…

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2 months, 2 weeks ago Business

Chad arrests, deports Nigerians fleeing jihadists

Hundreds of Nigerians living in Chad, seeking safety from a jihadist insurgency, were rounded up and deported last week, those arrested told AFP. Nigeria has been battling a jihadist insurgency for 17 years, since the 2009 Boko Haram uprising, which has spawned various factions of militants that ha…

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2 months, 2 weeks ago Business

OPay Leads the Conversation on Africa’s Next Financial Frontier at BusinessDay Fintech Summit 2026

Dotun Daniel Adekunle, COO/CTO, OPay, delivering the Keynote Presentation at the inaugural BusinessDay Fintech Summit 2026 held in Lagos. OPay, a leading financial technology company in Nigeria, took center stage as the Headline Sponsor of the inaugural BusinessDay Fintech Summit held on Wednesday,…

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2 months, 2 weeks ago Business

Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, April 28, 2026

The Nigerian Naira maintained a steady yet cautious position against the US Dollar as the market opened for trading today, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Financial analysts are observing localised fluctuations in liquidity across both the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel …

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3 months ago Business

World Bank advice risks dragging Nigeria back into fuel import trap — Energy experts

Energy experts have criticised recent recommendations by the World Bank urging Nigeria to deepen fuel importation and fully liberalise its downstream petroleum sector, warning that the advice is ill timed, economically regressive and in direct violation of th…

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3 months ago Business

Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, April 14, 2026

The Nigerian Naira showed signs of marginal recovery in the early trading hours of Tuesday, April 14, 2026, as the foreign exchange market reacted to mid-month liquidity shifts and ongoing central bank interventions. The post Dollar to Naira exchange rate tod…

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3 months, 2 weeks ago Business

NDLEA intercepts large consignment of cocaine at Lagos airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a large consignment of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Strategic Command, Lagos. A statement by the NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja said that the consignment was concealed in heads of im…

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4 months ago Business

Nigeria’s petrol consumption falls to 56.9m litres/day in February – NMDPRA

By Udeme Akpan Nigeria’s average daily consumption of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, dropped to 56.9 million litres per day in February 2026, down from 60.2 million litres per day in January. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) disclosed …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago Business

NRC digitises operations to curb vandalism, revenue leakages

Kayode Opeifa By Folarin Kehinde The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr Kayode Opeifa, has unveiled plans to deploy electronic and electrical systems across the nation’s rail network as part of a sweeping modernisation drive aimed at reducing vandalism, blocking revenue…

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4 months, 2 weeks ago Business

Group warns against politicising Southern Kaduna amid El-Rufai controversies

Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Southern Kaduna Professionals Forum (SKPF) has cautioned political actors against drawing the region into ongoing debates surrounding former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, insisting that the experiences of the people shou…

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