How Nigeria’s Agorra AI is helping organisations streamline their sustainability reporting

Nigerian startup Agorra AI is an AI-powered environmental, social and governance (ESG) automation and simulation platform that helps organisations streamline sustainability reporting and simulate climate strategies. Founded in 2023 after the founders met …

NIGERIA DAILY: Are GMOs Threatening Nigeria’s Food Future?

More Podcasts Download Here: In Nigeria’s farming communities, more farmers are turning to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for better yields, raising debates about their long-term effects. While some experts see the move as a positive development, …

NASENI lauds Tinubu’s ‘Nigeria First Policy’

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for launching the “Nigeria First Policy,” describing it as a bold and visionary move toward accelerating Nigeria’s industrial transformation …

Informal sector seen fuelling Nigeria, Africa’s inclusive growth

Inspired by insights from Zainab Usman’s “The End of the Global Aid Industry” (Foreign Affairs, May 2025) For over six decades, many African countries have run on the engine of foreign aid. From mosquito nets in rural clinics to textbooks in underfunded …

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Nigeria’s crude output hits 2-month high, but short of OPEC quota

Nigeria’s crude oil production climbed to a two-month high in April, signaling modest recovery efforts in Africa’s largest oil producer, but remained below the country’s official quota set by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). …

Owerri makes history: Inaugural Hajj flight from South-East Nigeria takes off, by Shafii Sani Mohammed

A new chapter in Nigeria’s religious and aviation history was written last week Friday as the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri, Imo State, hosted the first-ever Hajj inaugural flight from the South-East and South-South regions of Nigeria. …

Nigeria posts fastest GDP growth in decade: World Bank

File photo of Naira bank notes. Lagos: Nigeria's economy grew at the fastest rate in a decade last year, the World Bank said Monday, thanks to the reforms introduced by the government, but it warned inflation remains high. "Real GDP increased by 4 …

Nigeria: At least 23 killed in attacks in Benue State

The city of Makurdi, capital of Benue State, Nigeria, in September 2017. ASHINZE / CC BY-SA 4.0 Gunmen killed 23 people in four separate attacks in central Nigeria's Benue state, a Red Cross official said Sunday, May 11, the latest flare-up of …

Attacks in Nigeria Leave Many Dead

(MENAFN) Nearly 23 individuals lost their lives and numerous others sustained injuries following a series of armed assaults in Nigeria’s Benue State, according to an official statement made on Sunday. The attacks were allegedly carried out by gunmen, …