Prices of some food items have increased by 42% year-on-year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics in its new report titled "Selected Food Price Watch for the month of April 2022"

Chess master Tunde Onakoya broke the Guinness World Record for the longest ever chess marathon, for a noble cause; at the iconic Times Square in New York, Onakoya hit the extraordinary 60-hour mark of non-stop chess against NM Shawn Martinez on 19 April

18 new Innovation Hubs in all tertiary institutions will be established in 2025 to strengthen Nigeria's research and innovation; plans have been announced by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund

'Dream Count', the latest book by renowned Nigerian-American writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has been included in the official shortlist of the international Women's Prize for Fiction 2025

The headline inflation rate fell by 10,32% to 24,48% in January 2025 from 34,8% in December 2024 after rebasing the Consumer Price Index and the food inflation rate to 26,08% from 39,84 - figures have been released by the National Bureau of Statistics