Month: September 2025

Nigeria, China trade hits $15.48bn in H1’25

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Compared to the same time in 2024 (H1’24), the amount of commerce between Nigeria and China grew by 34.7% to $15.48 billion between January and July 2025 (H1’25). This was revealed by Yan Yuqing, China’s consul general in Lagos, at a reception honouring the Mid-Autumn Festival, Nigeria’s 64th anniversary of independence, and China’s 76th anniversary of establishment. During the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit, Yuqing announced that Nigeria is now China’s second-largest trading partner in Africa. He credited the increase in trade to the upgrading of bilateral relations to…

Lufthansa Announces 4,000 Job Cuts as Part of 2030 Strategy

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The German airline company Lufthansa announced on Monday that it would lay off 4,000 employees, or about 4% of its staff, highlighting the downturn that is affecting the biggest economy in Europe. According to Lufthansa, the bulk of the layoffs will occur in Germany by 2030 and will primarily affect administrative rather than operational roles. The group, which has about 103,000 employees, consists of the recently purchased Italian flagship carrier ITA Airways, as well as Eurowings, Austrian, Swiss, and Brussels Airlines. With unemployment at a ten-year high, Germany is experiencing…

EPL: Man Utd ‘broken’, needs new engine — Rooney

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Wayne Rooney, the former captain of Manchester United, claims that the team’s identity and spirit have vanished and that he does not believe manager Ruben Amorim can restore things. United’s all-time top scorer called the team “broken” and said that he now goes to games expecting them to lose in an interview with BBC Sounds’ most recent episode of The Wayne Rooney Show. After Manchester United’s 3-1 loss to Brentford on Saturday, they have 34 points from Amorim’s 33 league games in charge and have yet to win back-to-back games,…

ADC’s Demand: Atiku Must Get Membership Card by Deadline

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal, and other high-profile members of the African Democratic Congress have been given a deadline by the party to register in their respective wards by the end of the year or risk losing their membership status. Shehu Yohanna, the Adamawa State Chairman of the ADC, stated in an exclusive interview that the party has released its membership list and emphasised that only individuals with current membership cards would be recognised. Babachir should register in his ward…

Osun PDP, APC Clash Erupts Over Release of LG Allocations

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The Federal Government has released the withheld six-month allocations for the state’s local government areas, the All Progressives Congress branch in Osun State confirmed on Sunday. However, the APC disputed that the money was transferred into the personal bank accounts of council chairmen who were chosen in October 2022 on the party’s platform. According to the statement, the money was sent “into the local government councils’ accounts.” The ruling PDP, however, insisted that the APC reveal the specifics of the accounts into which the cash were deposited, claiming that it…

Cardi B Lands Second No. 1 Album Debut, Breaking Records

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Cardi B, an American rapper, is the only female rapper to have both of her studio albums debut at the top of the Billboard 200 chart. Following the historic success of her debut album, Invasion of Privacy (2018), which also opened at number one, her sophomore album, Am I The Drama?, debuted at the top spot with 200,000 equivalent album units in its first week. “Cardi B scores her second No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as ‘AM I THE DRAMA?’ debuts atop the tally,” said the official Instagram post…

FG Moves to Avert Fuel Crisis, Assures Supply Stability

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In response to worries about the Naira-for-crude oil deal and conflicts surrounding the Dangote Refinery, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FG)  promised Nigerians on Sunday that the supply of refined petroleum products would not be disrupted. The government emphasised that energy security and stability in the downstream oil industry remained a high priority in a statement released by the Ministry of Finance following a meeting of the Steering Committee of the Domestic Crude Oil and Refined Products Sales in Local Currency Initiative. The recent rumours that the Dangote Refinery had…

Ogun State Blasts Gbenga Daniel Over Sagamu Road Stop-Work Order

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Senator Gbenga Daniel has come under fire from the Ogun State Government for criticising Governor Dapo Abiodun after he issued a stop-work order on the ongoing repair of Sagamu’s 260-meter Paddy Arikawe Oye-Igbimo Road. The senator was accused by the administration of purposefully misrepresenting facts and agitating the public with untrue statements, calling his remarks “reckless and misleading.” The state government said that Daniel enjoys igniting controversy rather than upholding due process in a statement released on Sunday by Kayode Akinmade, the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor. Adherence…

Independence Day: Akume Urges Nigerians to Support National Development

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As Nigeria celebrates its 65th anniversary of independence, Senator George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has urged the populace to actively assist the government in promoting national development, emphasising that both the people and leaders must work together to achieve progress. Speaking at an interdenominational church service on Sunday at the National Ecumenical Christian Centre in Abuja, Akume called for Nigerians to be unified and dedicated to creating a brighter future, calling government a “shared responsibility.” His media assistant, Yomi Odunuga, signed a statement that said…

Dangote ‘Fumes’ as PENGASSAN Orders Refinery Shutdown

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The $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery is experiencing a severe labour crisis as a result of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria ordering its members from seven different oil and gas companies to stop supplying the enormous facility with gas and crude oil. However, the refinery criticised the decision, calling it economic, criminal, and unlawful sabotage. The 800 workers who were fired for exercising their constitutional right to join PENGASSAN, according to the union, are at the centre of the situation. The refinery allegedly brought in…