The recently passed Finance bill will come into operation on the 2nd of January, 2020, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed has...
The North will likely rule Nigeria forever if Southerners continue to live in disunity, so says Doyin Okupe, former spokesperson on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck...
The agreement signed by the Nigerian Government and Russia on the resuscitation of the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company, will come under scrutiny, as the House of...
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) Mr. Uche Orji on Monday said there is no cause for alarm over the safety of...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) contributed 11.34 percent to Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product in the...
Investment inflow into the Nigerian economy declined by $460 million in the third quarter of 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. According...
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, said on Friday Nigeria and South Africa were considering the possibility of signing...
“Fulani extremists” accounted for more deaths in Nigeria in 2018 than the Boko Haram terror group, the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) says in its 2019 report....
The Federal Government and its Chinese counterpart are currently holding talks on possible construction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line. The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi,...
The German government will provide €18million grant for the development of border communities in Nigeria. The Coordinator of the GIZ ECOWAS Cluster, Mr. Ludwig Kirchner, who...
Nigeria’s U-23 national team failed to advance from the group stages of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. Having won only one game...
“The overall situation that I encountered in Nigeria gives rise to extreme concern. By many measures, the Federal authorities and the international partners are presiding over...
The former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has described as abuse of legislative process, a private bill being conceived by the National Assembly to tackle hate speeches and...
Nigeria’s contingent to the FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup of Nations in Uganda had a decent outing and gained a vital exposure in the 3×3 format of...
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has said that only prayers can save Nigeria from what he called an apparent collapse...
Some Nigerians have been rescued by the International Police (INTERPOL) from human traffickers in Mali. The Nigerians were among the 64 people from different countries rescued...
Africa’s representatives at the ongoing ITTF Team World Cup, Nigeria and Egypt have crashed out of the competitionp on Thursday after failing to advance from their...
African representatives at the 2019 ITTF Team World Cup, Nigeria and Egypt have been handed a tough draw as they will battle World and Olympic Champions...
You know with the advancement in culture and systems, we are now a society on the go. Everything has to be fast and quick because there...
The maiden ITTF West Africa Challenge concluded at the weekend in Abidjan saw Nigeria and host nation – Cote d’Ivoire – emerge as champions. It was...
More than two years after his escape from Nigeria, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has narrated how his escape from the...
Sequel to the heights of the assaults on the lives and properties of Nigerians as well as other Africans by the South African xenophobes, many analysts...
A report by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday revealed that Nigeria’s foreign reserves fell by $1.26 billion from $41.76 billion in October 2...
A former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of destroying “all democratic institutions like...
Few days ago, the president was reported to have said that once the low index infrastructure challenge is solved, Nigerians will go about their livelihood with...
A former senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Sheu Sani, said on Monday the current political structure in Nigeria would impede the growth of the county...
It is common knowledge that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) mostly close shop at the expiration of their rents due to harsh business terrain in Nigeria...
Nigeria tier-1 banks, Access Bank, FBN Holdings, Guaranty Trust Bank, United Bank for Africa, and Zenith Bank, also referred to as the FUGAZ, made a total...
As the top table tennis playing nation in the region, Nigeria will be leading 10 other nations to the maiden ITTF Western Africa Challenge which holds...
A northern political leader, Dr Junaid Mohammed said the war against insurgency in the country was yet to be won due to leaders who had turned...
The Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, Sir Mark Lowcock has revealed that no fewer than 38 UN and NGO workers have been killed by Boko...
Airtel Africa’s H1 2019 financial statement for the period ended September 30, 2019, shows that revenue for the group hit $1.6 billion (N500.2 billion). Airtel Africa’s...
World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 has ranked Nigeria 131 in overall ease of doing business. This is 15 places up from the 2019 spot. The World...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has lamented that Nigeria kept struggling to produce pencils at a time Rwanda produces cars. The former minister said that there...
Nigeria and Egypt will be representing the African continent at the 2019 ITTF Team World Cup holding at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. While Nigeria will represent...
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concerns that Nigeria’s per capita growth is weak, adding that strong measures were needed to move the growth into...
No fewer than 173 Nigerians that were stranded in Libya on Tuesday returned home. They were received by men of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)....
The minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), on Monday revealed why Nigerians have experienced environmental disasters in recent time. Fashola spoke in Abuja during...
The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, returned to Nigeria on midnight of Saturday, after spending about three months abroad. Aisha had left Nigeria in August...
The national chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Metallurgical, Mining and Materials Engineers, Ayo Adeyemo, on Thursday, has hinted that Nigeria loses $292 billion annually to...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Wednesday Nigeria is gradually moving to a “visa-on-arrival” regime as part of efforts to improve “Ease of...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, on Wednesday said that crime in Nigeria over time has become increasingly complex. He said the situation was...
Most Africans that have not traveled or lived in foreign countries think once we get out, fertile enabling environment where our potentials will be appreciated and...
The Emir of Kano, Mohammadu Sanusi (II) has raised serious concerns over Nigeria’s growing population and its implications on internal migration, sustainable peace and security. The...
Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said it was high time Nigeria insisted on the local contents in carrying out engineering projects in the country. He...
An elder statesman and one of the leaders of Afenifere, a Yoruba Socio-political group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Friday said unity would only remain in Nigeria...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa have agreed to work and take concrete measures to prevent the recurrence...
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed on Thursday said the Federal Government would suspend employment as a means to sustain the 2020 budget. She also...
