Month: April 2025

‘Nigerians Spend 50.1% Of Income On Food,’ SEID’s 2025 Consumer Outlook Report Reveals Damning Data

Ganiyu Amodu

Nigeria’s economic landscape is undergoing rapid transformation, with inflation, policy shifts, and global uncertainties, significantly altering consumer behaviour across Africa’s largest country. To critically understand the factors responsible for the changes in consumer behaviour in the country, SEID, a reputable Marketing Communications Firm in Lagos, Nigeria, has launched its first-of-a-kind report titled ‘Nigerian Consumer Outlook Report 2025 (NCOR 2025)’. Platforms Africa reports that the Outlook offers insight into consumer behaviour in one of the continent’s most dynamic markets with xx that can steer international investors in the right direction and…

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How Liverpool Defeated West Ham 2-1

Ganiyu Amodu

. The Reds are now within six points of winning the Premier League title   Virgil van Dijk’s thumping header kept Liverpool on course to win the Premier League title moments after Andy Robertson’s own goal looked to have earned West Ham a point at Anfield. Van Dijk rose highest to score in front of the Kop and extend Liverpool’s lead in the Premier League to 13 points, salvaging what had turned into a frustrating afternoon for the Premier League leaders. Van Dijk’s clearance had rattled into Robertson in the…

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Release Investigation Dossiers On Tinubu, US Court Orders FBI, Anti-Drug Agency

Ganiyu Amodu

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered top US law enforcement agencies to release confidential information generated on President Bola Tinubu during a “purported federal investigation in the 1990s.” The judge, Beryl Howell, made the order on Tuesday, saying that protecting the information from public disclosure is “neither logical nor plausible.” An American, Aaron Greenspan, had filed a suit in June 2023 under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) against the Executive Office for US Attorneys, Department of State, Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI), Internal Revenue…

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Japa-da: Nigerians Abroad Return Home Amid Dashed Expectations

Ganiyu Amodu

An increasing number of Nigerians who previously migrated in pursuit of better opportunities have started returning home, citing unmet expectations and depression in their host countries. The development is a reversal of the popular “Japa” trend, which has seen millions of Nigerian youths migrate to Europe, America and Asia in search of better living conditions and job opportunities. The Japa trend In 2023, the International Organisation for Migration reported that approximately 260,000 Nigerians approached them for assistance to migrate, with the United Kingdom being the primary destination of 80 per…

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‘Crazy Billing Angers The gods,’ Masquerade Leads Protest Against IBEDC

Ganiyu Amodu

Residents of Omu-Aran, a community in Kwara State’s Irepodun Local Government Area, took to the streets in protest on Friday, led by traditional masquerades, over contentious electricity billing issues. The protest centered around the sudden reclassification of their community’s electricity billing from Band C to Band A, resulting in significantly increased bills for March 2025. Protesters, adorned in traditional attire alongside placards bearing messages such as ‘Omu-Aran Says No to Band A’ and ‘Bring Us Back to Band C’, gathered at Bareke Roundabout amidst chants and traditional war songs. According…

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US Embassy Releases New Visa Interview Requirements For Nigerians

Abibat Babalola

The United States mission has announced changes to its visa interview requirements for Nigerian travellers. According to a statement on the mission’s site on Friday, the new requirements take effect on April 22.Based on the release, visa applicants in Abuja and Lagos must take along a DS-160 visa application form with a confirmation/barcode number that begins with “AA” followed by two zeroes. The US mission said the code must match the one used to schedule their appointment online.It warned that the failure to verify the alignment will result in denial…

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‘Casualty Figure Uncertain,’ As Tanker Explosion Rocks Ibadan

Abibat Babalola

Barely 24 hours after a market fire destroyed goods and property worth millions of naira in Ibadan, the Oyo state Capital, another fire disaster has been recorded. This time, a petrol tanker exploded at the Tollgate end of the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway of the state capital leaving the destruction of property worth millions of naira in its wake. The explosion reportedly started around 3 pm along Lead City University Road with business owners and car owners within the vicinity suffering huge losses. READ ALSO: LCCI Group, SIAO Ink Human Capital Devt…

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LCCI Group, SIAO Ink Human Capital Devt Deal

Abibat Babalola

The members of the LCCI Professional Practice Group (PPG) have joined forces with SIAO for human capital development. This deal, a statement from the LCCI group showed, is to enhance their Workshop and Symposium activities for 2025. Engr. Prisca Kanebi, Chairman of the group and National Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Petroleum Engineers, paid a courtesy visit to SIAO to explore opportunities for deeper cooperation and mutual understanding. READ ALSO: MAPOLY Mass Comm Ex-Snr Lecturer, Taiwo Otunba, Is Dead Why £4.2 Billion Africa’s Creative Economy Must Be Empowered –…

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MAPOLY Mass Comm Ex-Snr Lecturer, Taiwo Otunba, Is Dead

Ganiyu Amodu

A former senior lecturer at the department of Mass Communication, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Hajj Taiwo Otunba, is dead. Platforms Africa reports quoting a statement from the Otunba extended family of Owu Dynasty in Egba to have confirmed that the former communication teacher died on Friday, April 11, 2025. Why £4.2 Billion Africa’s Creative Economy Must Be Empowered – Fagbohun Former Super Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu, Is Dead “Alhaji lived an exemplary life worthy of emulation, and I am proud indeed to be well associated relative Alhaji being a cousin…

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Why £4.2 Billion Africa’s Creative Economy Must Be Empowered – Fagbohun

Ganiyu Amodu

  Oluwole Fagbohun, an Artificial Intelligence Strategist and Creative Technologist speaks on sundry issues in the creative industry and how his product, PlotWeaver, can be a support system. Excerpts;   What inspired the development of Plotweaver, and how does it address the needs of the creative economy in Africa? PlotWeaver was born out of a simple but powerful question: “What if we could make African stories bankable?” For too long, creatives across the continent have struggled not because of a lack of talent, but due to the absence of structure,…

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