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A Costly Smuggling Circle

As insecurity keeps farmers away from their land and naira depreciation sustains incentives for petrol diversion, Festus Akanbi examines how smuggling exploits Nigeria’s economic difficulties while…

  • Nigeria's smuggling crisis stems from economic struggles and insecurity.
  • Over 2,500 seizures valued at N7.28 trillion occurred in 2025.
  • Smuggling costs ripple through the economy, affecting multiple sectors.

Japan apologises after false 9.9-magnitude earthquake alert triggers millions of phone alarms

JAPAN’S Meteorological Agency (JMA) has apologised after mistakenly issuing an alert for a 9.9-magnitude earthquake, triggering emergency alarms on millions of mobile phones before the warning was…

  • Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a false 9.9-magnitude earthquake alert.
  • The alert caused millions of mobile phones to receive emergency notifications.
  • The actual earthquake had a magnitude of 6.9 near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

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