The nation’s debt service to revenue ratio is over 60 per cent. Put differently, Nigeria spends more than 60 per cent of its revenue on servicing debts. This...
For the Nigeria Police Force to be able to perform at its optimum, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has demanded for 1000 Armoured Personnel...
Nigeria’s foreign reserves will be completely exhausted in four years time if the current depletion rate persists. The Nigerian external reserves status has become a national...
The Senator representing Gombe South Senatorial district, Amos Bulus, has stated that insecurity in Nigeria cannot be nipped in the bud without checkmating the cartels involved...
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has taken a sly dig at the electoral process in Nigeria stating that politicians need not...
Northern Nigeria produced 87% of Nigeria’s poor population in 2016, a recent report from the World Bank has said. The World Bank report titled “Advancing Social Protection...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has declared that Nigeria will not last the next five years...
Hello, and welcome to Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week -from the capital market, mainstream business activities while not...
Money lender Carbon, formerly operating as Paylater, has built its service App in a bid to extend its offering to waiting iOS users. This development is...
A fresh batch of 161 Nigerians stranded in Libya returned to the country on Thursday night. They were received at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja,...
The jerseys for Nigeria national football teams for the year 2020 have been unveiled by American sport wear manufacturer, Nike. The company made the announcement in...
The Federal Government on Tuesday unveiled its plan to take a $17 billion credit line from China-Exim Bank. Zainab Ahmed, the Finance Minister, made the disclosure...
Move to repatriate the $308 million looted funds traced to the late former Head of State, Sani Abacha from the United States to Nigeria has been...
The United States government on Sunday explained why it imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians and citizens of five other nations. Other countries affected by the new...
Nigeria, Eritrea, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania have been slammed with visa restrictions by the United States of America. This was announced on Friday night by...
Nigeria lost $408.28 million (about N148.002 billion) in capital flight arising from plunge in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) between June and September 2019 owing to insecurity...
Lassa fever, also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus, a member of the arenavirus family...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday warned Nigeria and other member countries to be ready to deal with possible outbreak of the coronavirus in their...
President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria from London, UK on Thursday night. Buhari was in London to attend the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020, which held from...
It is difficult to believe that it is over fifty years since the end of Nigeria Civil War, what with the scars and the wounds that...
The UK-Africa investment summit was inaugurated Monday in London, teed off by Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, in the full glare of 21 African Heads...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned the trial of James Nolan, a British national facing charges along with two companies, Goidel Resources Limited, and ICIL...
Nigeria is a tragedy “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common with unsuccessful men with talent....
As debate over the 2019 Financial Bill continues from last year, with experts expressing divergent views on the seemingly complex nature of Nigeria’s revenue and tax...
Nigeria’s daily oil output shortfall of 80,000 barrels was the biggest among the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for December 2019 according to ship-tracking data...
At least 30 people were killed in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno after an improvised explosive device detonated on a bridge, sources told Reuters on...
The Federal Government on Monday said the Managing Directors of the Rural Electrification Agency and the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company were sacked because they belonged...
The United States of America has issued a travel advisory to its nationals, asking them to reconsider travelling to Nigeria in the wake of last Friday’s...
Up to N2.2 trillion was spent by Nigeria on imports from China between April and September 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has confirmed. According...
The nation’s power supply has dropped from 3,993.65 Megawatts (MW) to 3,608 MW on Thursday, indicating a drop of 385.65 MW. The development, according to a...
The Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN) is pushing for the passage of a Rights and Privileges of Older Persons...
The Presidency said Sunday the United States’ decision to place Nigeria on its watch list did not make Nigeria a country of concern on religious freedom....
The United States government has included Nigeria in a list of countries that tolerated “severe violations of religious freedom.” The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo,...
Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Tuesday that total global debts soared by $3 trillion to $188 trillion by December 31, 2018 as Nigeria, China and other...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he would serve Nigeria with more vigour, in the remaining days of his administration, to make the country occupy its rightful...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has admitted that the country is far behind in the race to eradicate poverty. He added that the reason for this was...
Hello, and welcome to our Business Roundup this week. In case you missed out on details, here are the top highlights of events that happened during the week. Headlines: Chinese...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday announced that oil-dependent economies like Nigeria’s continued to perform worse than countries dependent on other exports. According to the...
The Federal Government has ordered the suspension of Turkish Airlines’ operations in Nigeria on account of “repeated cases of poor passenger treatment.” The directive, which was...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday the Federal Government would start issuing visa to persons with passports of other African countries at the point of entry...
A new public survey released today (Wednesday) by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) shows that corruption remains a serious problem in Nigeria. It also showed,...
The Nigeria Human Rights Commission, alongside other stakeholders, have resolved to report cases of human rights abuses in the country to International monitoring bodies. This was...
The Iranian government has started consultations with President Muhammadu Buhari over the case of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky....
Awaiting the Second Coming of Jesus Christ Gospel Church senior pastor, Adewale Giwa, on Sunday wondered if there was still a sitting president in Nigeria. He...
Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
Reno Omokri, ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria fit each other. He also said that his prayer was...
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has described Nigeria as a peace and justice loving country devoid of impunity....
Given the lull and uncertainty in the global oil market at the moment, the World Bank Group has forecast the emergence of another recession in Nigeria....
Nigeria has been ranked as one of five West Africa Countries topping the energy access status in the ECOWAS region with their population having access to...
Two policemen have been killed and seven other persons abducted in Mubi south local government area of Adamawa state. Ahmadu Dahiru, chairman of the local government,...
