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Fire razes over 500 stalls at Shuwaki market in Kano

Fire razes over 500 stalls at Shuwaki market in Kano

Africa-Press - Nigeria. A major fire outbreak on Wednesday destroyed more than 500 temporary stalls at the Shuwaki Market in Gari Local Government Area...
AI Market Can Contribute $15 Billion to Nigeria GDP

AI Market Can Contribute $15 Billion to Nigeria GDP

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has called on Nigerian universities to take decisive...
Naira Depreciates Against US Dollar Ending Negative

Naira Depreciates Against US Dollar Ending Negative

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The naira continued depreciation against the United States dollar on Friday at the official foreign exchange market to end the week...
Nigerian Discos Revenue Reaches N196.26 Billion

Nigerian Discos Revenue Reaches N196.26 Billion

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The eleven electricity distribution companies in Nigeria raked in N196.26 billion as revenue for September 2025. This is according to the Nigerian...
Budget 2026 Review Should Be Thorough and Transparent

Budget 2026 Review Should Be Thorough and Transparent

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has charged fellow lawmakers to be thorough and transparent...
NNPCL reveals reason behind N5.4trn profit after tax

NNPCL reveals reason behind N5.4trn profit after tax

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Bayo Ojulari, has explained that the state-owned firm’s N5.4...
Budget 2026 Review Should Be Thorough and Transparent

Budget 2026 Review Should Be Thorough and Transparent

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has charged fellow lawmakers to be thorough and transparent...
Ekiti government approves N9.8bn projects

Ekiti government approves N9.8bn projects

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Executive Council of the Ekiti State Government, under the leadership of Governor Biodun Oyebanji, has approved a total of N9.829...
YEDC announces week-long power outage across Adamawa, Taraba

YEDC announces week-long power outage across Adamawa, Taraba

Africa-Press - Nigeria. Business activities in Adamawa and Taraba states are expected to slow down next week as the Yola Electricity Distribution Company, YEDC,...
Nigeria’s VAT Revenue rises 32% to N2.06tn in Q2 2025 — NBS

Nigeria’s VAT Revenue rises 32% to N2.06tn in Q2 2025 — NBS

Africa-Press - Nigeria. Nigeria’s value-added tax (VAT) revenue collections rose to N2.06 trillion in the second quarter of 2025, according to a new report...