30 Mar, 2026
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Dangote, Adenuga, Rabiu, Otedola named in Forbes’ 2025 African billionaires list

Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Abdulsamad Rabiu and Femi Otedola have been named in Forbes’ 2025 billionaires list in Africa. There are only four Nigerians named in the list published on Saturday. Forbes said Africa’s 22 billionaires saw their fortunes rise to $105 billion from $82.4 billion that it was in 2024 for 20 billionaires. According […]

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MusiciansMEET Tour Kicks Off in Ilesa to Empower Music Creatives

The much-anticipated MusiciansMEET Tour is set to launch in Ilesa on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at Great House Christian Centre, Imo, Ilesa, by 10 AM. This transformative music conference, hosted by renowned music coach Akinmade, aims to equip, inspire, and elevate music creatives, helping them grow in skill, influence, and impact. Having successfully hosted seven […]

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PROFILE: Meet new Rivers Sole Administrator Vice Admiral Ibas

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday March 18, appointed Vice Admiral Onok Ete Ibas as sole administrator of Rivers State. The appointment followed the declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State. By the declaration, he suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara for an initial period of six months. He said: “In the meantime, I hereby […]

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Lagos becomes Africa’s  2nd-largest city economy as GDP hits $259 billion

Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, has made another economic leap, as its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose to US$259.75 billion based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), cementing the state’s position as one of Africa’s economic forces. The new economic milestone was announced during the official launch of the Lagos Economic Development Update (LEDU) 2025 on Wednesday, […]

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Japa: Nigerian professionals will start returning soon, says Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu on Monday assured that Nigerian professionals who left the country for greener pastures abroad would soon start returning home. The president while speaking at the inauguration of the National Youth Confab Planning Committee in Abuja said the emigration of Nigerians from the country can be reversed once the economy improves. He assured […]

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Gold card sale will go live soon – Trump says immigrants can buy US citizenship at $5m

The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has revealed that his administration’s fresh immigration initiative, Gold Card, would be on sale very soon. Trump disclosed this in his joint session address at US Congress on Wednesday. According to him, the Gold Card would provide a US citizenship path for immigrants at a […]

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Immigration not recruiting, says spokesperson

Nigeria Immigration Service has warned the public against fraudulent recruitment advertisements, saying no recruitment is currently ongoing. A statement by the NIS Spokesman, Akinsola Akinlabi on Friday in Abuja said that recruitments were conducted in a transparent, free, and merit-based manner. Mr Akinlabi said that vacancies were advertised through the NIS website, official government channels, […]