Business Day
Commuters stranded as floods cut off Agbarho/Ughelli road
•Traffic grinds vehicles to a halt in Ughelli •Julius Berger urged to maintain alternative roads By Akpokona Omafauire AGBARHO—THE three days heavy downpour has caused severe flooding of parts of
Nigeria Hosts Creative Africa Nexus in Nov, Targets Global Markets With Creative Economy
• Lagos to deploy health, traffic, emergency measures for 10,000 participants •All 36 states to showcase culture, products, investment opportunities Deji Elumoye in Abuja Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment,
Amid Stronger Buffers, CBN Mandates Banks to Observe Sound Risk Controls
Warns against profit-driven regulatory breaches Declares recapitalisation must drive lending, support $1 trillion economy Ndubisi Francis, Eromosele Abiodun, James Emejo and Nume Ekeghe in Abuja Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
63 Lagos MDAs Receive Certificates for Compliance with Mandatory Health Insurance
Ayodeji Ake Sixty-three Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Lagos State Government have received Certificates of Compliance for meeting requirements under the state’s Executive Order on mandatory subscription to
Nigeria Moves to Strengthen Health Research Sovereignty Amid Global Aid Decline
Ayodeji Ake As Nigeria is moving towards greater national ownership of health-financing research as declining global development assistance, economic pressures and geopolitical shifts reshape the global health landscape. The move
Two weeks in the life of AI, by Okoh Aihe
The past two weeks have been most consequential for AI, which remained at the centre of discourse in very high places. Oh, you are saying, “How can AI have life
Why President Bola Tinubu’s yea should be yea, by Rotimi Fasan
I think it is legitimate to ask if the controversy that trailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s so-called working vacation was inevitable. I personally don’t think so. The problem was as
Naira rises, now N1,370/$ in parallel market
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,370 per dollar from N1,375 in the parallel market on Wednesday. But, the naira depreciated to N1,329 per dollar in the Nigerian
Traditional institutions must evolve or die off
By SUNNY IKHIOYA Anniversaries are always a time for reflection. At 65 years as a nation, where are we? Where are we supposed to be? Where are we falling short
Cracking down on fuel pump fraud
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority’s (NMDPRA) latest crackdown on fuel under-dispensing is unquestionably necessary, though it is a sporadic routine that is never sustained. Its directive that
