Economy
Incense no longer the sweet smell of success
For more than a thousand years incense, popularly called “Ka’aji” in Kanuri and also known as “Turaren Wuta”, has been used by the Kanuri and Shuwa Arab people – and […]
We are not thieves
Steel traders – popularly known as Ajaokuta – say people look down on them and think they are thieves. Umar Muhammed, a trader, told RNI that he was worried about […]
Cybercrime escalating in the time of COVID-19
Beware! The prevalence of cybercrime in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic is escalating – and it’s mostly affecting young people who think they are tech savvy. Some are targets […]
Buhari in France for African Finance Summit
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is in Paris attending the four-day African Finance Summit, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. The summit is expected to focus on reviewing the African economy, […]
Northern traders have had enough of vicious attacks in the south
Businesses will go downhill fast if attacks on northern traders in the southern part of the country continue. Export and import traders in Maiduguri said they had had enough of […]
Border closures might have been counterproductive, say analysts
When Nigeria closed its land borders with Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger in August 2019, the aim was to curb the escalation in the trade of illicit drugs and to […]
Children learn to keep the wolf from the door
The unemployment rate in Nigeria has risen to 33.3%, up from 27.1% in the second quarter of 2020, according to a report published by the National Bureau of Statistics. A […]
Males more likely to take bribes than females
Bribery and corruption remain major problems in Nigeria. But better use of technology could help to stem these crimes. Mohammed Nur Shettima, a computer scientist in Maiduguri, said technology could […]
High Number of Sickle Cell Babies in Nigeria
Professor Nnodu Obiageli, the Director Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Disease Research and Training, University of Abuja, says that an estimated 150, 000 babies were born with sickle cell […]
