The Maritime Workers’ Union just threw its biggest year-end party ever. Under their President-General, Francis Bunu, they handed out a bunch of cash prizes to members for things like being on time and dressing sharply. The Deputy Secretary-General for Administration, John Ekpo, got one hundred thousand naira for punctuality. Another deputy, Kenneth Ibanga, and the Dockworkers Branch General Secretary, Mathew Adele, each got the same amount for best-dressed honors.
They gave the same cash award to several women in the union, including accounts staffer Akala Mistura and an assistant secretary-general named Funke Apesin. The union’s head driver, John Kessy, and a dockworker's assistant secretary, Rotimi, also scored punctuality prizes. In...
President Bola Tinubu gave a major boost to data privacy here by signing a new law back in 2023. That is according to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission, whose boss, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, has been pushing the policy ever since. They claim the move made Nigeria a leader in Africa on this issue, attracting attention and even foreign delegations from eight other countries, like Uganda and Botswana, who came to study their system.
The commission says it has been cracking down, keeping banks, telcos, and hospitals on their toes with sanctions for leaks. They also started a local certification program for Data Protection Officers, training over five hundred people to avoid spending foreign currency on international credentials. Olatunji...
A bigwig from the Delta State APC, former Finance Commissioner Olorogun Bernard Okumagba, put out a statement praising the new NUPRC boss. He congratulated Mrs Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan on her gig leading the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, nodding to her past role as Executive Vice President for Upstream at the NNPC. Okumagba also gave a shoutout to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for making the pick, saying Eyesan seems determined to shake things up.
He specifically highlighted her focus on digitization and automation, stuff she talked about during her Senate vetting. Okumagba argued the country needs way better systems for tracking oil and gas production, pushing for high-tech monitoring to boost transparency and follow...
Knorr's big holiday campaign is hitting markets across Nigeria to hand out free food and prizes. The seasoning brand's "Share the Good" event just wrapped its first wave in places like Enugu, Anambra, and Ibadan, with plans to hit thirty communities total. They set up in busy markets, bringing cultural performances and giving away things like microwaves and gas cookers in raffles. A company lead, Dami Dania, said the point is to use food to bring people together during the holidays.
The main attraction was a live jollof rice cook-off between local market women, with the winners getting cooking pots and special gift boxes. Crowds gathered to watch the competition, which turned regular shopping days into a party. The brand served its own...
Farmland is getting stupid expensive, to the point where regular farmers might get totally priced out. A top guy from the All Farmers Association, Otunba Oke Babafemi, says an acre around Epe now costs around six million naira. Prices are blowing up everywhere, from two million to eight million an acre, depending on the spot. A plot near Abuja or off the Lagos-Ibadan expressway shows you can only find somewhat affordable land way out in the sticks. This whole squeeze is scaring off new farmers and wrecking the chances for small-scale food production.
An industry expert, Debo Thomas from Hastom Food & Farms, says this is just the start. He points out that Nigeria's population is huge, but the actual land area is surprisingly small...
The African Development Bank and Nedbank Group just inked a major two-part deal. It involves a 2.5 billion rand social bond and a 60 million dollar trade finance agreement, both aimed at South Africa and wider continental trade. The bond, listed in Johannesburg, will fund affordable housing, specifically targeting women, first-time buyers, and green building projects. The separate trade pact is designed to backstop Nedbank's work with local banks across Africa, especially in poorer nations, to close the big trade finance gap and boost business between countries.
AfDB director Kennedy Mbekeani called it a key moment in their long partnership with Nedbank, focusing on financial access and better living conditions. Nedbank's CEO, Jason...
Qualcomm's big mentorship program for African startups just wrapped up its third year. A VP from the company, Elizabeth Migwalla, said this year's groups showed great skill at turning tough problems into tech solutions that could actually help the continent's economy and society. Their program, called Make in Africa, picked ten startups from Nigeria, Kenya, Tunisia, Benin, and Senegal. These companies are working on stuff like AI drug discovery, virtual rehab, automated fish farming, and flood prediction.
A partner from the African Telecommunications Union, John Omo, also talked up the need for wider backing. He said that while they are trying to standardize policies and data rules, real change needs governments, schools, and investors...
Prince Samuel Joseph Samuel, who runs Origin Automobile Works, wants a wild new rule for government bigwigs. He says ministers and commissioners should be forced to own a farm or partner in one just to keep their jobs. He argued this during a Lagos event for his company's 25th year, claiming Nigeria's food problems come from leaders who are totally disconnected from the dirt of farming. His logic is simple: if they have skin in the game, they will finally understand the sector and use their power to fix it.
He also blasted the lack of a real equipment leasing system, calling it a huge hole in agriculture. He pointed out that just handing out tractors fails without training, maintenance, and insurance. The logistics are broken too, with...
A government minister gave major props to a local Emir for keeping things chill around a big sugar operation. Senator John Enoh, the Minister of State for Industry, specifically praised the Emir of Lafiagi, Alhaji Mohammed Kudu Kawu, and the whole town for their support of the Lafiagi Sugar Company, known as LASUCO. He said that out of all the sugar projects in Nigeria, this one has the fewest problems with the surrounding community. Enoh made these comments during a visit to the Emir's palace before touring the massive sugar estate, which is owned by the BUA Group.
Enoh stressed that traditional leaders and local residents are key to making these huge agricultural investments work. He mentioned that he always hears positive reports...
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