Soaring food prices and record fuel costs are tightening the squeeze on Nigerian households, despite a marginal dip in overall inflation. Fresh data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
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Tricycles double fares, basic services become costlier as power outage and soaring petrol prices squeeze households and small businesses in Uyo and beyond. Residents and business owners across Akwa Ibom
Nigeria’s worsening fuel crisis has taken another dramatic turn as the retail price of petrol climbed to as high as N1,400 per litre, following a sharp increase in the gantry
Residents decry exploitative rent hikes as housing costs spiral beyond reach Lagos residents are raising alarm over a deepening housing crisis that has seen rents skyrocket to unprecedented levels —
Housing crisis in Nigeria deepens as stakeholders say cement prices, weak regulation and mortgage gaps — not VAT — are driving record rent increases Real estate stakeholders have dismissed suggestions
Anger is mounting among Nigerian bank customers following allegations that commercial banks are deducting double stamp duty charges on electronic transfers, barely weeks after the country’s new tax laws came
Rising inflation and a biting economic downturn are forcing Nigerian mothers to return to traditional baby-feeding methods, relying on homemade cereals and local foods as the cost of factory-produced baby
Federal workers across Nigeria have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to settle their outstanding three-month wage award and backlog of promotion arrears, describing the delay as unfair and
A fresh surge in petrol prices has hit filling stations across Nigeria following a temporary supply disruption at the Dangote Refinery — the country’s newest and largest fuel producer. Checks
Nigerian households got a measure of relief in August as the average cost of cooking gas dropped sharply by 21.42% compared with July, according to fresh figures from the National
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