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UAE Suspends Direct Employment Visa For Nigerians
The United Arab Emirates has suspended Direct Employment Visas for Nigerians over rising crime rates involving Nigeria’s nationals. Sahara Reports claims a reliable source revealed that Nigerians in the UAE are now being targeted and arrested in multiple raids by the UAE Police. The sources claimed the arrests are particularly persistent in Abu Dhabi, the…
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Levelling The Field: Improving Opportunities For Women Farmers In Nigeria
This story is a result of Orodata’s Micro-Grant support to journalists to produce in-depth investigative and data-driven stories on thematic areas like Development, Healthcare, Covid-19, and Covid-19 Vaccine. “The right resources could help rural women maximise economic opportunities, increase productivity, and improve food security, education and healthcare since women tend to reinvest in their households.”…
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How Inflation And Unemployment Is Fuelling Crime Rates In Nigeria
“We are all tired of the country. Nothing is working… most of our marketers cannot bring foodstuff because they are afraid of attacks. We now divide the yams into four to five pieces and sell one piece for N200 so people can buy. Let the government help us please” This is the plight of Adamu…
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COVID-19 And Its Impact On Rural Development In Zaria Local Government
This story is a result of Orodata’s Micro-Grant support to journalists to produce in-depth investigative and data-driven stories on thematic areas like Development, Healthcare, Covid-19, and Covid-19 Vaccine. Northern Nigeria is on the frontline of the Sahara Desert, where the effects of climate change manifest ominously as desert encroachment, erratic rainfall, and a drastic reduction…
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FG To Tax Global Digital Tech Companies Operating In Nigeria
The Vice president of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, has revealed the government’s new plan to begin the taxation of all global technology companies operating in Nigeria to expand the country’s income and tax net. Professor Osinbajo made this known during an interaction with a delegation from the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), led by…
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NNPC Partners Security Agencies to Control Smuggling
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it was collaborating with relevant law enforcement agencies to curb the menace of petroleum products smuggling and crude oil theft. NNPC, noting that the partnership was also with relevant downstream and upstream stakeholders, named the law enforcement agencies to include the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Department of…
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Nigeria Might Lose $34bn In Annual Export Earnings
Nigeria risks losing $34.3 billion in its annual export earnings, a new study by Standard Chartered has said. The study said the loss is inevitable if the country does not cut carbon emissions in line with the net-zero plans of the biggest multinational companies operating in the country. The study, titled ‘Carbon Dated’, was…
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Unemployment To Push More Nigerians Into Poverty
Many Nigerians are expected to fall into the poverty amid rising unemployment in the country, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group has said. The NESG, a private sector-led think-tank, noted in its economic report for the first quarter of 2021 that the country’s economic growth in the period under review was relatively weak. “Nigeria’s economic…
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Beans, Garri Prices Drove Annual Food Inflation
The National Bureau of Statistic has said in a new report that the prices of beans and garri drove annual food inflation in May 2021. According to the ‘Selected food prices watch for May 2021’, there was a general rise in food prices in the month under review. The report stated that the national bean…
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Cargo Value Increased In Three Months
The value of cargo throughput recorded by the different seaports in Nigeria increased in the first quarter of 2021. This is from N4.44 trillion in the first quarter 2020 to N6.85 trillion in the same period in 2021. According to the release by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on trade between Nigeria and foreign…