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NBS Measures Over 40 SDG Indicators Nationwide in Nigeria

28.01.2026
Nigeria is conducting one of its most expansive social surveys in decades, gathering data on more than 40 Sustainable Development Goal indicators nationwide, the Statistician-General of the Federation, Adeyemi Adeniran, has said. Adeniran said this to The PUNCH during a field visit to enumerators in the Idi-Oro Mushin area of Lagos on Monday, alongside officials...
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NLC urges accountability with new Nigeria tax reforms

28.01.2026
The Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has welcomed Nigeria’s newly implemented tax reforms but emphasised that workers will only benefit if government revenues are properly managed to deliver public services. “The new tax regime is a good step in the right direction,” Chairperson of NLC Lagos Funmi Sessi told The PUNCH. “However,...
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MAN urges FG to halt NAFDAC’s sachet alcohol ban

28.01.2026
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to intervene in the renewed implementation of a ban on sachet and small PET-bottled alcoholic beverages by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. MAN warned that NAFDAC’s campaign is disrupting businesses and creating confusion due to multiple and conflicting directives....
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2 billion informal workers lack social protection, says ILO

28.01.2026
The number of informal workers worldwide is rising, with 2.1 billion people expected to hold jobs lacking social protection, security, and labour rights by 2026, according to the latest report from the International Labour Organisation. Informal jobs are not regulated by government rules, meaning workers often lack legal benefits, contracts, and workplace protections. The Employment...
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FG Vows Zero Tolerance for Unsafe Workplaces in Nigeria

28.01.2026
The Federal Government has warned employers nationwide that unsafe workplaces and practices that endanger Nigerian workers will no longer be tolerated, declaring that job creation must never come at the cost of human lives. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, issued the stern warning on Tuesday in Abuja at the NSITF–NECA...
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Nigeria’s blue economy gets N149bn budget boost

28.01.2026
The Federal Government has earmarked N145m in the 2026 Appropriation Bill for the construction of 10-tonne capacity local fish feed mills across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, The PUNCH reports. This comes as the government allocated a total of N149.24bn for Nigeria’s Marine and Blue Economy, with N136.4bn directed towards capital expenditure, signalling an aggressive push...
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Govt Budgets N87.3bn for Aviation Industry Upgrades

28.01.2026
The Federal Government has allocated N580m for the procurement of chillers and software upgrades at airports. This forms part of the total budget of N87.3bn earmarked for the aviation industry in the 2026 proposed budget. The specific software was not specified, but the budget document showed that the chillers were meant for the Lagos airport...
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Nigerian Workers Protest NAFDAC’s Sachet Alcohol Ban

28.01.2026
Employees of companies producing sachet alcohol, alongside some civil society organisations, have hinted at the possibility of a nationwide protest if the ban on sachet alcohol beverages and PET bottles below 200ml is not reversed. The employees made this known on Monday when they stormed the Lagos office of the National Agency for Food and...
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Group demands probe into alleged 2025 tax law forgery

28.01.2026
Citizen advocacy group, Citizen Monitors, has called for a probe into allegations that the 2025 Tax Law was forged, warning that the development poses a serious threat to constitutional governance and public trust. In a press statement issued by its spokesperson and Head of Communications, Olajumoke Alawode-James, on Monday, the group condemned what it described...
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Nigeria’s 2026 Economic Growth Threatened by Local Risks

28.01.2026
Analysts have highlighted stalled budgetary progress and pre-election politicking as some of the top risks to the upward review in the growth projections for Nigeria in 2026, as done by the International Monetary Fund in the past week. The PUNCH reported that the International Monetary Fund projected that Nigeria’s economy will grow by 4.4 per...
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