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Nigerian Men See Women As Less Than Human’, Kate Henshaw Speaks On Systemic Gender Discrimination

Veteran Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, has delivered a scathing critique of the status and treatment of women in Nigeria, calling out societal, religious, and legal systems that she said continued to discriminate against women. In an interview on Arise News Channel on Saturday, Kate Henshaw lamented what she described as the pervasive dehumanisation of Nigerian...
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Can It Bridge Nigeria’s Trillion-Dollar Gap?

Two years into his administration, President Bola Tinubu is ramping up the nation’s infrastructure to drive development, despite decades of chronic underinvestment, writes LAOLU AFOLABI Nigeria, home to over 200 million people and one of Africa’s largest economies, faces a daunting infrastructure deficit that undermines its growth potential. Despite its vast resources, the country struggles...
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Fasehun Petitions IGP Over Ondo Land Ownership Crisis

A businessman, Olufemi Fasehun, has submitted a petition to the Inspector-General of Police, the Police Service Commission, and the Attorney-General of the Federation regarding a land ownership dispute in Ondo city. In a statement, it was noted that the businessman claimed that a parcel of land co-owned by himself, Orobola Fasehun, and the late Dr...
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Nigeria Real Estate at Crossroads Amid Economic Hardship

An estate surveying and valuation firm, Ubosi Eleh and Company, highlights that while households and businesses struggled under harsh microeconomic realities, the real estate sector found itself at a critical crossroads, grappling with weakened demand, rising costs, and uncertain investor confidence. It noted this in its annual publication, titled ‘The Nigeria Real Estate Report 2025’....
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Marketsquare Ranks Among Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies

Sundry Markets Limited, the operator of the popular Marketsquare supermarket chain, has been recognised by the Financial Times as one of Africa’s fastest-growing companies for the second consecutive year. In its 2025 edition, which is the fourth in the series, FT, in collaboration with Statista, ranked SML 47th out of 130 fastest-growing companies across the...
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McPherson VC Charges Cooperative Leaders on Integrity

The Vice Chancellor of McPherson University, Alapako, Ogun State, Prof Francis Igbasan, has charged the new executive members of the university’s cooperative society to embrace financial integrity and fairness in their dealings. Igbasan disclosed this during the Annual General Meeting of the association held at the university’s multipurpose hall on Friday. The association had earlier...
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3 Million Jobs at Risk as BDCs Face CBN Deadline

The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria has warned that about three million Nigerians were at risk of losing their source of livelihood if BDCs closed shop due to their inability to meet the new capital threshold. This was disclosed by the ABCON president, Aminu Gwadebe, in a chat with The PUNCH over...
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Inflation, others may undermine CBN gains – Moody’s

The global credit rating agency Moody’s Ratings has warned that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s ability to maintain a stable naira without draining reserves may be impacted by declining oil prices and stubborn inflation. This was disclosed in the rating action update shared on its website on Friday, where it upgraded Nigeria’s long-term foreign currency...
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