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...
President Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded with politicians in the country to go about their 2019 election campaigns peacefully. The President made the call when he kicked...
The Super Falcons of Nigeria kick-started their 2018 Africa Cup of Nations (AWCON) campaign on a disappointing note on Sunday. The defending champions were beaten 1-0...
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has backed the Bafana Bafana of South Africa to qualify ahead of Libya for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Rohr...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will today (Saturday) play against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in a matchday 5 of the 2019 Africa Cup of...
No fewer than 120 ship wrecks and derelicts are impeding smooth navigation on Nigerian coastline and waterways. It was learnt that it will cost government about...
Two senior lawyers, Mr. Jibrin Okutepa, SAN and Victor Nwaugo have called for equal and unbiased implementation of the ‘Executive order 6’ recently issued by President...
The Director of Budget in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Ben Akabueze, has said that the country does not have a debt problem but...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi…. ‘’Ifa kin puro, ifa kin se eke’’ (literarily translated as Ifa oracle neither lie, nor gossip) is a Yoruba mythology that has become...
Barely a week after the World Bank Group ranked Nigeria among the seven worst nations in the world in its Human Capital Index (HCI), the country...
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, says the recent Human Capital Development Index (HCI) by the World Bank Group, which ranked Nigeria as the sixth worst...
President Muhammadu Buhari has presented a list of about 50 prominent Nigerians to the Nigerian Immigration Services and other security agencies involved in ongoing corruption cases,...
Following Nigeria’s recent emergence as the new world’s poverty capital, the country has again bagged the sixth worst nation in World Bank Group maiden Human Capital...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Nigeria needs to be cautious of the current depletion in its foreign reserves, noting that the normalization of interest...
Uncertainty is not a language of investment, rather, an enemy and speculative, says an economist, Uche Nwagbo. But in the last six months, uncertainty has rent...
By Joseph Edgar… Can I borrow this from popular Artiste, FALZ, whose acerbic and punchy song and video of the same title rankled a lot of...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has drawn a link between money based politics and pervading corruption in the country. According to the Sultan,...
The United States Federal Reserve wednesday raised interest rates again at the end of its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, raising concerns of increased turmoil...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was established in Nigeria in 1973. The scheme was originally meant to promote national unity; it was meant to be...
As the 14-day ultimatum issued to the Federal Government by organised labour over a new national minimum wage ends Wednesday, Labour leaders have declared that only...
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has said Nigeria’s unity is being eroded under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Tambuwal, who...
Despite its abundant blessings in human and natural resources, Nigeria will by 2050 along with DR Congo, become homes for more that 40 per cent of...
By Nyerhovwo Tonukari… I would like to start by asking why should the Federal Government still be happy in giving university lecturers grants for research? Where...
The Nigerian government has again reacted to comments by the global banking giants HSBC which advised against Nigerians voting President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term...
Nigeria’s former finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, has left the country, a day after her resignation, sources close to her told PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday. Mrs Adeosun,...
The Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday said Nigerians have no reason to panic over Federal Government’s borrowing from China. It said there is no risk...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it would soon go after bank accounts of defaulting taxpayers in Nigeria who are raking in billions and are...
By Farouk Martins Aresa… Chinese companies will takeover Zambia’s power utility ZESCO and the Airport. Your country is next! Once upon a time, an African country...
A presidential aspirant of the KOWA Party in the 2019 general elections, Prof. Remi Sonaiya, has said it is important for the Nigerian government to begin...
Six oil refinery licences with 91,000 barrels per day cumulative capacity expired last month (August), raising the total num- ber of stagnant and expired licences in...
Ahead of the Nations Cup qualifier against Seychelles, former Super Eagles star, Victor Agali, has warned that anything short of winning may spell doom for Nigeria....
Nigeria and China are expected to sign $328 million agreement on the National Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Backbone Phase 11 (NICTIB 11), presidential spokesman, Garba...
The UK Government is set to launch a £70 million programme to create 100,000 jobs in Nigeria, its Minister of State for Africa, Harriett Baldwin, has...
Many Nigerians have reacting to an alleged comment made by the United States of America president, Donald Trump about his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari. Revelations emerged...
Indications have emerged that the nation may soon begin to earn less from crude oil as the monthly volume of Nigerian oil imports into the United...
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is expected to meet President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria on Friday. Merkel will on Wednesday begin a tour of three West...
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to take be careful about airports privatisation. Many African countries, including Nigeria, have slated their airports for...
Nigeria is in need of 550,000 tons of maize valued at N72.6billion ($201.8million) to meet domestic demand before the end of the year, New Telegraph has...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced plans to relocate a brownfied refinery from Turkey to Nigeria. The refinery, which is expected to be sited...
The United Nations Security Council has said it is concerned over the activities of Boko Haram insurgents and its attendant security and humanitarian crisis in Nigeria,...
The Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, has accused the Federal Government of having misplaced priorities. According to the church, the Nigerian government is rather concentrating on...
Ex-Nigeria international Emmanuel Amuneke has been appointed new head coach of Tanzania national football team, the Football Federation have announced. The former Al Khartoum SC of...
Foremost human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to abandon its plan to remove Senate President Bukola Saraki as it...
World food prices dropped by 3.7 percent in July from the preceding month, even as Nigeria’s food inflation rose for the fifth consecutive month in June....
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has berated Nigeria and South Africa over the delay in signing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). The...
The upcoming handover of a $4.5 billion Seme border facility to Nigeria and the Republic of Benin has increased hopes of smoother trade across West Africa...
The Senate President Bukola Saraki on Thursday met with police investigators probing his alleged involvement in the banks robberies in Offa Kwara State. He met with...
By Farouk Martins Aresa Is it not strange that a country with the highest number of poor people in the world pays politicians with collateral secured...
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerien Government on the establishment of a modular refinery to be sited in Katsina...
It is no longer news that the Nigerian government has unveiled the new national carrier, Nigeria Air, about fifteen years after the defunct Nigeria Airways wounded-up...
