The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the area council elections in FCT will hold on March 2, 2019, along with the governorship and...
Pretty Okafor, the factional member of the Performing Musician Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN) is of the opinion that the Creative Sector has been ignored long...
Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ruled that media mogul, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, and his DAAR Investment and Holdings Company...
Prices of crude oil slumped on Tuesday at the international market, ending four days of price gains. The slump has been attributed to rising inventory in...
Two members of the House of Representatives have announced their defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Kolawole Babatunde, who represents Akoko South East/South West...
Nigeria has started exporting cassava chips to parts of Europe, specifically, Germany through the Pacific Ring West Africa (PRWA) company. The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Export Promotion...
The National Pension Commission, PenCom, has said Nigerian banks borrowed a total of N764.32bn from pension funds under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS. The commission added...
The country’s inflation rate dropped by 0.02% from 11.28% in September to 11.26% in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. This followed the...
Premium contributions by insured financial institutions in the country, under the supervision of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) have risen to N1.07 trillion, according to...
The combination of tightening global financing conditions, which has resulted to capital outflows in the country, the elevated global risk aversion, 2019 election uncertainties and high...
Let there be light on Lagos streets’. These were the words of Governor Akinwumi Ambode in fulfillment of his electioneering campaign to the electorate as Lagos...
The unfolding political drama in the two major opposition parties in Benue state, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Social Democratic Party, SDP, is somewhat...
Nigerian banks borrowed N764.32bn from the total pension funds under the Contributory Pension Scheme as of the end of September this year. Figures obtained by The...
The Presidency and the Industrial Training Fund on Tuesday said that the Federal Government and its agencies could not provide jobs for all Nigerians. The Senior...
The Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, has written to the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police seeking the probe...
Governor Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, has vowed not to withdraw his suit against the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the outcome of the party’s governorship...
The Presidency Tuesday came hard on a former UK Secretary of State for International Development, Ms Priti Patel over her comments on President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s...
Four traders identified as Anayo Okoye, Ifeanyi Onuoha, Chukwudozie Eze and Okechukwu Nwafor, will spend 6 years each in prison for selling fake drugs. The traders...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, Tuesday, admitted that Nigeria has an energy dilemma that needs to be addressed in order to...
US politicians, including Democrats and Republicans, have accused Donald Trump of foot-dragging over the imposition of sanctions on Saudi Arabia in connection with the murder of...
The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has regretted that some Nigerians still describe President Muhammadu Buhari as being too slow despite his achievements...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called for the listing of government owned companies to be listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The call...
Another suspect captured over his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh carnage that left nearly 3,000 people dead has been handed a death sentence by a court...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan was on Tuesday described by his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari, as “a leader of the past , of now and of the...
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s government as the worst ever in Nigeria history. He said...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari’s presidency for allegedly stealing its “Next Level” logo and mantra. Buhari’s campaign organisation had launched the...
The executive order put in place by the administration of the number one citizen of the US President Donald Trump which denies the possibility of asylum...
Former president Goodluck Jonathan has blamed fake news and plots by former president of America, Barack Obama, as major reasons he lost presidential election as incumbent...
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service, Senator Ali Ndume has described the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku...
By Joseph Edgar… Lagos needs to be saved. This is a position that is being held by all across the spectrum, even held by those who...
Ten states in the country may experience communication blackout as the Kogi State government has sealed telecommunications hub sites in the state over unmet tax demands...
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has blamed the National Assembly for its inability to issue bonds to clear the debts owed oil marketers in the country....
The Federal Government has said it is targeting a 30% renewable energy composition in the country’s energy mix by 2030. The Minister of Power, Works and...
Search engine giants Google will invest 4.5 billion Danish crowns ($690 million) in building a new data center in Fredericia, Denmark, its Danish unit announced on...
Gospel singer Yinka Ayefele is said to be in good spirits following the commencement of the rebuilding of his premises- Music House, which was partially demolished...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued six new power generation licenses to investors willing to invest in the nation’s power sector. According to the...
Current underpricing of fares could make local routes some of the cheapest in the world with the affected airlines having one of the least chances of...
In what appears to be an emerging battle for the control of Lagos State, the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has...
The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, Mr Olusade Adesola, says the entire budget of the ministry is not sufficient enough to...
For the umpteenth time, the controversy surrounding the use of hijab (head scarf) by Muslim female students as part of their school uniforms, last week reared...
The multi-million dollars local gas cylinder manufacturing sub-sector in Nigeria is facing the rocks, threatening geometric growth recorded in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) also known...
Mixed reactions on Monday trailed the Sunday inauguration of the campaign documents of President Muhammadu Buhari and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji...
Professor Wole Soyinka has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari over his disregard for court orders. The Nobel Laureate, who described the action of the...
In a bid to rebalance the ratio between local and foreign debts, the Federal Government has said it plans to increase borrowing from foreign sources in...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has said that the nation’s federally collected revenue for the third quarter of this year rose by 8.9 per cent...
Fire broke out in the ICT department of the Abuja office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), with two officials escaping death while equipment...
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has mocked Senate President Bukola Saraki over the loss of the candidate of the People’s Democratic...
The Governors of South East states have resolved to discuss ways of ensuring the speedy completion of the Second Nigeria Bridge and the state of the...
The Presidency has tried to explain why the nation’s service chiefs showed up at a political event meant to kick start campaigns for President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
Three men suspected of planning a terrorist attack in the city of Melbourne, Australia have been arrested by local police. According to police officials, the three...
