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NAMA Warns Nigeria Risks Airspace Safety Breach Over Obsolete TRACON Equipment

NewsDeskNgApr 10, 2026April 10, 20260

NAMA says ageing TRACON system threatens airspace surveillance, warns Nigeria may fall short of ICAO safety standards without urgent upgrades. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) Farouk Ahmed Umar has warned the country is at the risk of losing its airspace surveillance service due to the...

Unilever Nigeria Faces Major Shift As Parent Company Moves To Merge Foods Business With McCormick

NewsDeskNgApr 9, 2026April 9, 20260

Unilever Nigeria faces restructuring impact as parent company plans global foods merger with McCormick. Unilever Nigeria Plc says it may lose control over its foods business following a major global restructuring plan announced by its parent company, Unilever Plc, which is set to merge its global food segment with McCormick...

Report: Nigeria’s Elite Carry On In ‘Business As Usual’ Manner Despite Deepening Hardship

NewsDeskNgApr 9, 2026April 9, 20260

BTI report says political elite maintain status quo as inflation, poverty rise, weakening trust in institutions and worsening economic conditions nationwide. Nigeria’s political and economic elite have largely continued to operate in a “business as usual” manner despite worsening living conditions for the majority of citizens, according to the Bertelsmann...

Nigerian Airlines Hold Fares Steady Despite Soaring Aviation Fuel Costs During Easter Travel Surge

NewsDeskNgApr 7, 2026April 7, 20260

Nigerian airlines keep fares stable during Easter despite rising aviation fuel costs, absorbing losses as operational pressures continue mounting. Domestic airlines did not increase fares during the Easter holiday despite the high cost of aviation fuel, which rose from N995 per litre in January to between N2, 700 to N3000...

ExxonMobil Set To Approve $10bn Nigeria Deepwater Projects, Targets 250,000bpd Output

NewsDeskNgApr 6, 2026April 6, 20260

ExxonMobil nears FID on $10bn projects, targeting 250,000bpd output increase in Nigeria within five years through new investments. American oil giant, ExxonMobil has indicated its plan, in collaboration with its joint venture partners, to soon declare readiness to proceed with the Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) on some major deep-water projects...

Budget Minister: Youth Understanding Key To Ending Insurgency In Nigeria

NewsDeskNgApr 1, 2026April 1, 20260

Budget Minister Bagudu says educating youths on conflict drivers is essential to tackling insurgency and violent extremism in Nigeria. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has said Nigeria’s efforts to defeat insurgency and violent extremism will depend largely on how well young people understand the underlying drivers...

Teachers Union Blasts Nigerian States Failing To Pay N70,000 Minimum Wages

NewsDeskNgApr 1, 2026April 1, 20260

Nigeria Union of Teachers threatens action against states yet to implement N70,000 minimum wage, urging prompt payment nationwide. The National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Audu Amba, has expressed deep concern over the purported defaulting of some states of the federation to implement payment of the...

Nigeria Uses Identity Number To Track Rehabilitated Terrorists, Military Says

NewsDeskNgMar 31, 2026March 31, 20260

Military says FG deploys NIN system to track rehabilitated terrorists, prevent recidivism and strengthen post-reintegration monitoring framework. The Nigerian military has disclosed that the Federal Government is using the National Identity Number (NIN) system to monitor rehabilitated and reintegrated former terrorists as part of efforts to prevent a return to...

Nigeria Sees LNG Demand Surge As Global Energy Disruptions Persist, Fast-Tracks Oil Output Approvals

NewsDeskNgMar 30, 2026March 30, 20260

Nigeria sees rising LNG demand amid global crisis, accelerates oil approvals as buyers shift from Middle East suppliers. Nigeria is seeing stronger demand for its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cargoes as energy disruptions from the war in the Middle East have opened commercial opportunities for the West African producer, Executive...

Nigeria Exports Nearly Half Of Gas Output While Domestic Domestic Shortages Deepen Power Crisis

NewsDeskNgMar 30, 2026March 30, 20260

Nigeria exports over 45 percent of gas despite shortages, worsening power crisis as domestic supply drops and producers favour exports. Nigeria exported an average of 45.8 per cent of its utilised gas in January and February 2026, even as domestic gas supply to tens of its thermal power plants weakened...