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The Director General, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Olawale Fasanya has said that over two million businesses in Nano, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (nMSMEs) subsector died between 2017 and 2021 alone, pushing more than six million Nigerians into unemployment market. He said the death of the businesses was largely caused […]

A Texas man was sentenced to 70 years in prison on Wednesday for spitting at Lubbock police officers during an arrest last May. Cops picked up Larry Pearson, 36, on domestic violence charges after he allegedly hit a woman several times in the face, leaving her with “multiple visible injuries,” according to EverythingLubbock.com. Pearson allegedly got […]

The naira, on Wednesday, appreciated to N737 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market, popularly called the black market. The figure indicates a N9 or 1.2 percent gain compared to the N746 it traded three weeks ago. The currency had maintained stability against the U.S dollar in the past couple of weeks […]

The UK is set to be one of the worst performing major economies in the world this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It says the UK economy’s performance in 2023 will be the worst among the 20 biggest economies, known as the G20, which includes sanctions-hit Russia. The IMF predicts the UK […]

The United Kingdom Government has barred active recruitment of health workers from Nigeria by health and social care employers in the UK. The UK disclosed this in its updated ‘Code of Practice’ for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel’ posted on its website. Nigeria has now been included in the red list […]

KPMG has stated that the Nigerian unemployment rate had increased to 37.7per cent in 2022 and will further rise to 40.6per cent, due to the continuing inflow of job seekers into the job market. The multinational consulting firm, in a newly released report tagged ‘KPMG Global Economy Outlook report, H1 2023,’ said unemployment will continue […]

The fortunes of Nigeria’s senior men’s football team has plummeted the more as the Super Eagles have dropped lower in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday. The latest position occupied by Nigeria represents the team’s lowest position since June 2019, when the Eagles were ranked 45th in the world. It will be recalled that […]

The naira lost 10.2 per cent of its value in 2022, according to the World Bank. This came as rising food and fuel prices were responsible for high inflation in the country in 2022. The global bank revealed this in its latest Africa’s Pulse report for April 2023. It explained that the worst-performing currency in […]

The candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has said leaked audio of an alleged conversation between him and the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, is fake. The audio allegedly had Obi telling Oyedepo that the presidential election was a religious war and that the […]