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Dangote issues safety alert as leaking tankers flood refinery

The management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery has issued a stern warning to petroleum marketers over the growing number of leaking fuel trucks arriving at its loading gantry, calling the trend a serious safety risk to Africa’s largest refinery. In an internal circular seen by Sunday PUNCH on Friday, the refinery said it had recorded a […]

EU rules out fee for tech giants under digital markets act
Investment

EU begins €30m cultural partnership for Nigerian creatives

The European Union has unveiled the Africa–Europe Partnerships for Culture Nigeria Cluster, a major initiative aimed at empowering artists, broadening creative networks, and deepening cultural ties between the two continents. The €30 million programme, funded by the EU and implemented by the Goethe-Institut, is designed to support Nigerian creatives, cultural organisations, and professionals across both […]

Conferences

G20: Tinubu demands fairness to Africa’s minerals host communities

President Bola Tinubu has called for a global framework that benefits communities hosting critical minerals in Nigeria and Africa, ensuring value addition at the source. This comes as Nigeria simultaneously backed the creation of global ethical standards for Artificial Intelligence, aiming to accelerate development worldwide. President Tinubu made this call at the Third Session of […]

S.Africa signs wind energy deal to ease power outages
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Ramaphosa rejects handing over G20 presidency to US without Trump’s presence

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa will not hand the next presidency of the G20 to a US embassy representative after President Donald Trump refused to attend this weekend’s summit, the South African government said Saturday. The Trump administration has boycotted the Johannesburg meeting that wraps up on Sunday and said it would send the charge […]

Macron demands under-15s social media ban after school stabbing
Opinion

Macron warns G20 at risk as Trump boycotts summit

The G20 group of major world economies is “at risk” as it struggles to tackle international crises, French President Emmanuel Macron told a summit boycotted by the United States Saturday. Macron was among two dozen world leaders at South Africa’s G20 summit marked by the absence of President Donald Trump, who is at loggerheads with […]

Telecommunications

NAICOM orders NIN linkage for insurance policies

The National Insurance Commission, has issued a directive mandating individual customers of insurance companies to link their National Identification Number to their insurance policies by April 2026. NAICOM also directed corporate clients to provide Certificate of Incorporation documents before the deadline. The directive was contained in a circular with the number NAICOM/TD/MCCB/CIR/73/2025, titled “Mandatory Submission […]

Conferences

Fossil fuel disagreements stall COP30 talks in Brazil

Negotiations at COP30 climate talks in Brazil ran into overtime on Saturday with no agreement struck and delegates still locked in a bitter fight over whether to mention fossil fuels in the final text. The conference in the Amazonian city of Belem was supposed to wrap up on Friday evening at 6:00 pm (2100 GMT) […]

Aviation

NCAA orders Air Tanzania to look after stranded passengers

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has urged Air Tanzania to comply with its statutory obligations to passengers stranded in Dar es Salaam and Lagos following the airline’s inability to operate scheduled flights. In a statement issued on Saturday via his verified X handle, the NCAA’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, reminded […]

Nigeria remains World Bank's third-largest debtor with $18.2bn IDA loans
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Naira-dollar rate remains stable at ₦1,450 in official market

The dollar to naira exchange rate on November 22, 2025, in Nigeria’s official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market is stable around ₦1,450 per United States dollar. Meanwhile, the parallel market (black market) rates show the dollar trading between ₦1,460 (buy) and ₦1,474 (sell), reflecting a persistent premium due to demand and limited foreign exchange inflows. This […]

Oracle expands AI tools in NetSuite to streamline business processes
Tech

Ellison falls in world’s richest ranking amid Oracle stock slump

A wild, AI-driven surge in Oracle Corp. shares briefly made Larry Ellison the world’s richest person in September, but a sustained decline since then has erased those gains and more, slicing $130 billion off his net worth. Oracle’s slump has propelled Alphabet co-founder Larry Page past Ellison, placing him second on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index […]