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Passenger Bus Crashes Under Bridge on Lokoja-Okene Highway

KEY POINTS A passenger bus travelling from Jos to Lagos crashed under a bridge on the Lokoja-Okene highway, killing 16 people. FRSC blamed excessive speed and driver fatigue for the accident, which occurred near Osara in Kogi State. Six injured passengers were rescued and...
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13 Killed in Fresh Midnight Attack on Plateau Community

KEY POINTS Suspected gunmen killed at least 13 people in a midnight attack on Ngbra Zongo community in Plateau State. Residents said the attackers shot victims, used machetes, and moved from house to house during the assault. Community leaders condemned the killings and called...

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Sunbeth’s Owoyemi unveils cocoa, cashew plants for 2027

Olasunkanmi Owoyemi's Sunbeth Global Concepts will commission a 70,000-tonne cocoa plant and 80,000-tonne cashew facility in March 2027, deepening Nigeria's agro-processing capacity.
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Shell Q1 profit jumps 19 percent on Middle East war prices

Wael Sawan's Shell posted a 19 percent jump in first-quarter net profit to $5.69 billion as the Middle East war pushed global oil prices higher.
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Access Holdings: BOFIA rule, not earnings, paused dividend

Access Holdings said a BOFIA limit on its foreign banking subsidiaries, not weak earnings, paused 2025 dividend payments; CEO Innocent Ike pledged a resumption.
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Dangote cement exports jump 71.6 percent, Q1 profit N421bn

Dangote's cement business posted a 71.6 percent jump in exports and 35 percent profit surge in Q1 2026, lifting African capacity to 55 million tonnes.
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Elumelu firms link with MoMo PSB for cardless payments

United Bank for Africa, Heirs Holdings-backed Redtech and MoMo PSB launched a cardless payment partnership, enabling wallet payments across 55,000 RedPay terminals nationwide.
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Cardoso warns bank directors to strengthen governance or face regulatory action

CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso has warned Nigerian bank directors to strengthen corporate governance or face decisive regulatory action following the recent recapitalization exercise.
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Investors gain N26.5trn on Nigerian Exchange in April

Nigerian stock investors pocketed 26.5 trillion naira in April as the All-Share Index surged 20.13 percent and market cap climbed to a record 155.7 trillion.
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Dangote pledges 95,000 jobs as refinery scales to 1.4m bpd

Aliko Dangote has pledged 95,000 skilled jobs as his Lagos refinery scales from 650,000 to 1.4 million barrels per day, set to overtake India's Jamnagar.
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Dangote crosses $30 billion on Forbes list for first time

Forbes has valued Aliko Dangote at $30.3 billion for the first time as his now operational Lagos refinery closes the gap with Bloomberg's wealth tracker.
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3MTT Impact Challenge Announces Winners Driving Real Solutions Across Nigeria

Nigeria's 3MTT programme has announced winners of its inaugural National Impact Challenge, spotlighting digital fellows solving real-world problems across all 36 states.
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Rabiu tells Tutu Foundation fellows Africa’s greatness is built one day at a time

BUA Group founder Abdul Samad Rabiu urged young African leaders at the Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town to build Africa's greatness intentionally.
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Nigerian investors gain N5.5 trillion as banks, industrial stocks rally

KEY POINTS Nigerian stock investors gained 5.5 trillion naira last week as the All-Share...
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Passenger Bus Crashes Under Bridge on Lokoja-Okene Highway

KEY POINTS A passenger bus travelling from Jos to Lagos crashed under a bridge...
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13 Killed in Fresh Midnight Attack on Plateau Community

KEY POINTS Suspected gunmen killed at least 13 people in a midnight attack on...
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Otedola scores N49.6bn paper gain as FirstHoldCo Q1 profit jumps 72 percent

Femi Otedola added N49.6 billion to his paper wealth as FirstHoldCo's stock jumped 10 percent on a 72 percent leap in Q1 profit.
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How Otedola’s bad-loan cleanup powered FirstHoldCo to $233m Q1 profit

FirstHoldCo's Q1 2026 profit jumped 72 percent to N321 billion, vindicating Femi Otedola's N830 billion bad-loan cleanup and lifting the bank above GTCO and Access.