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Criminal networks have turned Nigeria’s telecom towers into open-air warehouses for theft, looting 656 critical power assets across 14 states in 2025 alone and keeping up the pace in early 2026. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) data showed the haul included 152 generators and 504 batteries stolen from mobile sites last year. At the same […]

A wave of coordinated violence has once again swept across Nigeria’s northern landscape, claiming the life of a high-ranking military officer in Borno State and leaving a trail of carnage in a rural Kebbi community. The dual-theatre offensive underscores the persistent volatility of the security situation as insurgents intensify their strikes against both state forces

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When Adebayo Adelabu took office as Nigeria’s Minister of Power in August 2023, he promised that the country would reach 6,000 megawatts of electricity generation by the end of that year. He stated that the lights would come on. Nigerians, used to broken promises from a sector that has disappointed every administration for decades, waited.

Nigerian poultry are increasingly opting to ditch commercial feed suppliers and switch to homemade blends, thereby cutting costs and boosting margins in a sector that has been battered by high input prices. Despite a 62.5 percent plunge in maize and soybean costs – key inputs in poultry feed formulations – millers slashed prices by only

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The ongoing recapitalisation programme triggered by the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act has begun to reshape the structure of the sector in ways that were perhaps inevitable but also deeply revealing. While some operators insist they have met the new capital thresholds, a growing number are quietly restructuring their businesses (selling portfolios, shedding licences and

The opposition parties in Nigeria are lamenting. Being Africans, they see so much correlation with their challenges in the adage, “if an evil bird cries in the night and a child dies in the morning, the cause of the death is not far-fetched.” It would seem that a brood of descendants of Balaam has invaded

The Mayor of Housing is a very busy man, hard to track down, as he is meeting with the busiest men and women and on call with industry leaders in most state capitals and countries. On this Easter Sunday, however, My-ACE China, the Mayor of Housing, was traced to Plot 11 Miracle Estate, Girl School

…Deep study reveals how to take RSU to top 10 Nigerian universities …Focus to be on research, innovation, and entrepreneurship The Rivers State University (RSU), Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, formerly the University of Science and Technology (UST), has unveiled a new vision that may require N110bn in the next five years. The vision is aimed at