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Access Holdings' nine-month profit dips 6% as cost of funds erodes earnings

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- Access Holdings saw its net profit for the year to September drop 5.9 per cent, compared to the same period last year, hammered by soaring cost of funds, even though revenue came ou... Read More


Nigeria needs N104bn yearly for health security plan - NCDC

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has revealed that Nigeria requires an average of N104.4 billion annually to implement its National Action Plan for Healt... Read More


US suspends South Africa, Rwanda from AGOA

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The US government has said it is suspending South Africa and Rwanda from its duty-free trade programme under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). US Trade Representative ... Read More


US suspends South Africa, Rwanda from AGOA trade

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The US government has said it is suspending South Africa and Rwanda from its duty-free trade programme under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). US Trade Representative ... Read More


Police uncover indoor cannabis farm in Lagos, arrest Polish, Nigerian nationals

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered an indoor cannabis farm in a residential property in Apapa and arrested two men, a Polish national and a Nigerian. The suspects, Thomas... Read More


How I'll start Ibom Deep Seaport construction within 90 days if elected - NDC gov candidate

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Akwa Ibom State, Michael Enyong, has promised to commence construction of the long-delayed Ibom Deep Seaport w... Read More


Former Miss Taraba Comfort Williams dies

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- Comfort Williams, the 10th Miss Taraba, has died, the management of Prime Planet Event Managers, organisers of the Mr and Miss Taraba pageant, has announced. The organisation discl... Read More


Edo spends N14.5bn on security, starves security ministry of capital funding

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The Edo State Government spent N14.48 billion on security votes and related services in the first nine months of 2026 but released no capital funds to its Ministry of Public Securit... Read More


Voters, media, CSOs urged to pay more attention to state elections, politics

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- As political activities gather momentum ahead of the 2027 elections, two political and civil society figures have called for greater scrutiny of governorship candidates, particularl... Read More


One severely injured as arsonists raze diesel site in Anambra

Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- One person was severely burnt when a diesel storage site caught fire in Uruagu, a community in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident happened on Sunday e... Read More