Kenya will become the first African nation to host the World Athletics Championships after Nairobi beats London, Munich and Rome in bidding for the 2029 event.
Former France international Patrick Vieira, a World Cup winner in 1998, says taking charge of Senegal, the nation of his birth, is an "honour".
A mans hospital visit took a bizarre turn when testing revealed multiple foreign bodies lodged in his heart, abdomen,
The Plateau State Police Command has arrested one Adam Mohammed for allegedly r@ping a 23-year-old woman in her grandmothe
Personal transfers from Nigerians in the diaspora rose to $5.82 billion in the second quarter of 2026, helping to drive read more Remittances climb to $5.82bn as Nigeria’s current account surplus widens
President Bola Tinubu on Friday ordered a full and transparent investigation into the deaths of suspected illegal miners detained by read more Tinubu orders probe of 37 dead illegal miners at NSCDC custody
The plan would move Nigeria beyond simply owning and operating satellites towards making some of the equipment needed to turn them into connectivity services.
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Increasingly severe drought conditions mean Africa is in a race against time to deploy technology to boost resilience.
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two suspects over the alleged theft of eight underground irrigation water pi
Agribusiness value chains and strategic investments in energy infrastructure have the potential to offer the fastest path to mass employment read more Agribusiness, energy investment seen driving mass employment in Nigeria
Personal transfers from Nigerians in the diaspora rose to $5.82 billion in the second quarter of 2026, helping to drive read more Remittances climb to $5.82bn as Nigeria’s current account surplus widens
Nigeria’s tilting dependence on domestic borrowing is creating an increasing contest for bank credit, raising anxieties that government’s capacity to offer attractive yields on its securities could inhibit the flow of affordable credit
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Morocco’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating at BB+ with a Stable Outlook, citing the Kingdom’s sound macroeconomic policies, adequate external liquidity buffers and strong support from official creditors. The af
FCMB Capital Markets Limited acted as a Joint Issuing House and Bookrunner on the ₦274.19 billion Series 1 Development Bond issued by the Bank of Industry (BOI), one of the largest sub-sovereign bond issuances through the Nigerian capital
The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) has announced the appointment of Mrs. Arese Ugwu as its new Acting Managing Director. The post NASD appoints Mrs. Arese Ugwu as new Acting Managing Director appeared first on Nairametric
Nigeria's equity mutual fund segment pulled back to a net asset value (NAV) of N230.50 billion as of August 28, 2026, down 4.51% from N241.38 billion recorded at the end of July, as renewed market volatility eroded part of the gains recorde
Spot gold rose 0.8% to $4 326.57 an ounce at 12:25 p.m. in Singapore.
The price of a tonne of copper had also risen during the week of September 7–12, 2026, reaching $14,461.25, compared with $14,350.20 the previous week, an increase of 0.77% per tonne.
Copper edged up 0.2% to trade at $14 032 a ton on the LME at 10 a.m. in Singapore.
