Lifestyle

Ram Prices Hit ₦700,000 in Kano as Buyers Stay Away Ahead of Eid-el-Kabir

Empty Markets, Full Pens Ram sellers across Kano are staring at one of their slowest pre-Eid seasons in years. With less…

Business

CBN Holds Interest Rate at 26.5% as Inflation Rises for Second Consecutive Month

The Central Bank of Nigeria's Monetary Policy Committee has voted to retain the Monetary Policy Rate at 26.5%, holding a…

Business

Nigeria’s Inflation Rises to 15.69% in April — Second Consecutive Monthly Increase

Nigeria’s inflation rate climbed for the second straight month in April, as stubbornly high food and transport cos…

Business

Rice Prices Jump 20.5% in One Month, 50kg Bag Now N112,000 — NBS

The cost of feeding a Nigerian household just got more expensive. According to new data from the National Bureau of Stat…

Business

NLC, TUC Push for Inflation-Proof Minimum Wage Formula in July Talks

Nigeria’s organised labour has signalled a fundamental change in strategy ahead of the next minimum wage review, a…

News

Workers’ Day 2026: NLC, TUC Say Nigerian Workers Are Getting Poorer Despite Wage Hike

Nigerian workers are marking Workers’ Day 2026 under conditions that make celebration feel hollow. The minimum wag…

Business

FG Green Tax: 2-4% Levy on High-Engine Vehicles From July 1 as Nigerians Push Back

Nigerians who drive vehicles with bigger engines are about to pay more at the point of import or purchase. The Federal G…

Business

Inflation Reverses Easing Trend, Rises to 15.38% in March — First Increase in a Year

After months of steady decline — from over 33% in late 2024 to 15.06% in February — Nigeria’s headline inflation r…

Lifestyle

From ₦750K to ₦1.8M Overnight: How Rent Hikes Are Driving Nigerians Out of Their Homes

A housing crisis is gripping Nigeria’s cities, and it has nothing to do with war or natural disaster. In Lagos, Ab…