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A report by a data technology company Statisense has revealed that Nigerian mobile users made over 83 million visits to two of Nigeria’s betting sites on their mobile phones in June 2024. The data analysis site, which relied on a keyword research tool, Semrush, says the top five most visited sites on mobile phones by […]

On this day, May 29, President Bola Tinubu took oath of office as Nigeria’s president. May 29, 2024, makes it exactly a year in office when he announced that, “Fuel Subsidy is gone”, triggering an immediate hyperinflation of goods and services. Data collated from different sources such as Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Debt

There are 17.81 million out-of-school children in Nigeria, according to 2023 data by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Northern Nigeria accounts for 15.23 million while the southern part accounts for 2.58 million of the affected children. In another data, the Global Education Monitoring Report of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) put the global

Organised labour led by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress recently proposed a N615,000 living wage demand, which they later reduced to N497,000. However, the Federal Government slashed the labour demand by more than 92%, by pushing forward N48,000 per month. The government later jagged it up to N57,000. While the government

A publication by the Transport for London (TfL) has revealed that High Commissions and Embassies owe a total of £143,527,113 as a congestion charge to the UK government. What is it? A £15 is a daily charge as a Congestion Charge if you drive within the Congestion Charge zone 7:00-18:00 (Monday-Friday) and 12:00-18:00 Saturday to Sunday and bank

The helicopter crash on Sunday, May 19, 2024, which led to the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has joined the list of aviation accidents that have claimed the lives of the Presidents or Heads of State of countries around the world. The Iranian President wasn’t the only one aboard when his helicopter crashed. Along

In terms of consumption of goods and services, total investment, net exports, and government spending, the 36 states in Nigeria are not equal. All these economic indicators put together contribute to states’ Gross Domestic Product. This table lists Nigeria’s 36 states by their estimated total GDP in 2021 according to a 2022 report by BudgIT, Nigeria’s civic organisation that uses technology to

Over 1.94 million candidates registered and sat the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said in Abuja on Monday, April 29, 2024 He stated this while releasing important data regarding the exam, where he also hinted how students can check their results on their mobile phones. Registration data

After completing his second term as Kogi State governor on January 27, 2024, Yahaya Bello has been on the radar of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency for alleged corruption, embezzlement, and mismanagement of the state’s funds. In one particular instance, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede, alleged that the former

There is so much fuss about the recent announcement about the hike in electricity tariff for areas that enjoy a minimum of 20 hours of power supply per day (BAND A) while other areas struggle to get two hours of interrupted power supply in 24 hours. The old tariff for BAND A was N68, they