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United Airlines To Return To Nigeria After Four Years

United Airlines To Return To Nigeria After Four Years     Four years after halting its operations in Nigeria, US carrier, United Airlines, has announced its plan to return to the country. The carrier, which was operating between Houston and Lagos, stopped its operation in Nigeria over what...

Polio Eradication: Lest We Forget

Polio Eradication: Lest We Forget By Abdulhamid Babatunde     In the midst of the widespread national hysteria over the COVID 19 pandemic, news that Nigeria has finally achieved a polio-free status is indeed a silver lining that raises optimism about the ultimate victory of humanity in the...

NITDA: The Race against Cybercrimes in Nigeria

NITDA: The Race against Cybercrimes in Nigeria By Inyene Ibanga   Crimes and criminality have shifted from the physical environment to the cyberspace where criminals operate without any physical restrictions. Their footprints traverse the entire cyberspace. Individuals, businesses, corporate organizations as well as government public institutions have...

Nigeria Records N1.8trn Trade Balance Deficit In Q2 – NBS

Nigeria Records N1.8trn Trade Balance Deficit In Q2 – NBS     Nigeria recorded a trade balance deficit of N1.8 trillion at the end of the second quarter, making the third consecutive quarter of negative trade balance. The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed this in its ‘Foreign trade in goods...

Nigeria Spends N148bn On Refineries

Nigeria Spends N148bn On Refineries     Nigeria spent N148 billion in the last 13 months on three refineries but produced less than 40,000 metric tons of crude oil, a June report published by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has shown. It attributed the operational shortfall to the...

Nigeria Loses $55m Daily To Port Congestion

Nigeria Loses $55m Daily To Port Congestion     Widespread congestion at the Nigerian ports is costing the nation about $55 million (about N20.8 billion) per day, going by the latest report by Dynanmar. The Dutch consultancy firm said solutions to the persistent congestion at Nigerian ports are...