Nigeria

A new national minimum wage for Nigeria was approved, more than doubling the current monthly minimum wage; a promise was also made to review the minimum wage law every three years

Google will help train 8.000 young Nigerians in creative industries through Engage Nigeria, a programme that has already trained 20.000 Nigerians in digital technology last year

The Nigerian government will create its own blockchain to save and improve national security and data protection

$59 billion will be spent on the construction of rural roads and farmers' markets thanks to a World Bank loan of $500 million to the federal government

Old national anthem, abandoned by the military government in 1978, has been reinstated by President Tinibu, sparking heated debate with many complaining that the country has more pressing problems such as insecurity, rising inflation and a currency crisis

Young Jubrin Musa has developed a drone to deliver medicine and medical supplies to patients in rural areas of north-western Nigeria; he has been working on the project for 12 years and his goal is to extend the serve in more areas

Death penalty for traffickers of hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin has been established as extreme measure, passed by Senate, in a radical move to combat drug trafficking

Chess in Slums, Africa operates in the slums of Lagos and other Nigerian cities, and aims to teach a pastime that makes children aware of their intellectual abilities, making them more confident and equipped to go back to school

March average daily crude oil production declined to 1,2 million barrels from 1,3 in February, continuing last year's trend; Nigerian oil production faces crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism causing huge losses and incalculable environmental damage

The Censorship Unit of Nigeria's Muslim-majority northern state of Kano has let it be known that filmmakers and film productions in the state that depict scenes of violence or in which the protagonists are in disguise risk imprisonment

President Bola Tinubu wrote to the Senate calling for the repeal of the Higher Education Access Act of 2023, otherwise known as the Student Loan Act, and submitted a new bill to be enacted into law