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Impactful yet invisible: How data-driven systems underplay Africa’s informal economy
Ziggy Ojiegbe More than 80 percent of employment in Nigeria and several fast-growing African economies is informal. Around 90 percent of consumer spending is conducted in cash. Nearly 60 percent of enterprises are owned by women. Yet an estimated 83…
Scribblers submit 223 entries as NLNG’s Literature Prize enters adjudication
The 2026 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature has entered its adjudication phase after 223 submissions were officially handed over in Lagos on Monday. The entries, submitted under this year’s poetry category, reflect steady participation from writers across the…
Book Reading Series: NCDMB restates commitment to intellectual convergence
Ziggy Ojiegbe The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has restated its resolve to provide veritable platform for intellectual convergence in the petroleum and linkage industries in Nigeria. Executive Secretary, Engr Omatsola Ogbe, declared at the weekend that raising…
Technical, funding gaps threaten Africa’s integrated rail network agenda
Ziggy Ojiegbe Ambitious plans are underway to build a high-speed rail network across Africa, connecting countries, regions and creating a transcontinental beltway that can transport people at up to 320 kilometers per hour (199 mph) and freight at up to…
Study links long-term cannabis use to brain changes, reduced motivation
Frank Okon Long-term cannabis use may alter brain structure and affect motivation and decision-making, according to new research presented at a major European psychiatry conference. The study, conducted by scientists at the Fidmag Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, found that prolonged…
Stranded W. African migrants toil in Moroccan farms
By Frank Okon Migrants from West Africa are increasingly becoming the backbone of Morocco’s agricultural workforce, stepping into jobs left vacant as local laborers move to cities in search of better opportunities. Across key farming regions in Morocco, migrants now…
OPEC reports sharp drop in Middle East oil output amid Iran war
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has reported a significant decline in crude oil production among its member states, citing the ongoing conflict involving Iran as a major disruptor to supply across the Middle East. In its production…
Dangote warns rising oil prices may ground Nigerian airlines
Demands subsidies for farmers Ziggy Ojiegbe, with agency reports Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has called on the Nigerian government to introduce targeted subsidies for farmers, warning that surging global oil prices could cripple both agriculture and aviation…
NCDMB commends Shell, NNPC on UNILAG Geosciences Centre of Excellence
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has expressed excitement at the state-of-the-art Geosciences Centre of Excellence at the University of Lagos, declaring it as an enduring value that transcends mere infrastructural development. In a sector where…
Oil slumps as Strait of Hormuz reopens despite U.S. blockade on Iran
Ziggy Ojiegbe Iran said it has fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping, triggering a sharp drop in global energy prices and raising cautious optimism that tensions with the United States may be easing, even as Washington insists…
