Dr Zebulun Takwa, adviser to the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Peace and development, has called on Nigerians to take personal responsibility to ensure a peaceful...
The first batch of the victorious Team Nigeria athletes to the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio returned to the country on Sunday and they were received...
No less than 23 militants were killed during a military operation in the Niger Delta tagged “Operation Crocodile Smile”. That much information was revealed by the...
Nigeria is among the five member-states of ECOWAS yet to tap from the $2.25 billion internationally backed environmental programme: the Green Climate Fund (GCF), according to...
Crammed full of visitors, Lagos is a city in Africa that attracts tourists from all over the world. From National Arts Theatre to Lekki Conservation Centre,...
Unless the federal government urgently empanels a crack economic team, Nigeria’s economy may be finally grounded any moment from now. This was the conclusion of the...
Those who know ex-Remedies band member Eedris Abdulkareem know he doesn’t mince words when he makes comments about his country, Nigeria. The “Jaga Jaga” crooner is...
As Nigeria pushes for economic development, it is important for the federal government to renegotiate the structure of government in the country. The present system that...
The level of poverty (productivity index) in Nigeria has maintained a constant rise, reaching its all-time high of 72 percent by August 2016. This is contained...
Records from the statistics unit of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has indicated that Nigeria’s crude oil production suffered further drop in the month of August, compared with increased figures among its categories at the same period. OPEC’s monthly oil market report for September, which was...
A former minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has proffered suggestions on how African countries, Including Nigeria can overcome the economic challenges they currently face....
Team Nigeria athletes started their quest for glory at the ongoing Rio Paralympics on a brighter note winning two medals on Friday. Powerlifter Latifat Tijani won...
Abundant rainfall in 2015, and early part of 2016, plus other inputs have soared cocoa production level of Ivory Coast over other countries in West Africa....
Apparently bowing to various pressures, Nigerian government has resolved to shun foreign loans in preference to sourcing about N2.23 trillion through internal sources for funding the...
Athletes and officials of Team Nigeria arrived in Rio, Brazil for the 2016 Paralympic Games in high spirit and promising to win medals. A total of...
Queens Park Rangers captain, Nedum Onuoha, has made a U-turn by declaring his intention to play for Nigeria six years after dumping the Super Eagles for...
Moody’s, the global rating agency, has predicted a further rise in the already historic high in the nation’s inflationary rate to 18 per cent. According to...
Checks have shown that the recent visit of facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, may not have been a chance visit, as he has had relationship with a...
Nigeria’s annual inflation rate has maintained its upward rise hitting 17.1 per cent from 16.5 per cent recorded in June, without any sign of improvement in...
There seems to be a growing rift between Nigeria and the other 14 members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The bone of...
The international oil market witnessed a slight price increase of 1.3 per cent Monday at the news that the militant group Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) announced...
Nigeria’s U-17 coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has blamed the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation for the current football woes in the country stating that politics have...
By Joseph Edgar… You know one should never get tired of screaming at this juncture of our national development but the patriotic instinct in me would...
Yet again, Nigeria was missing from major programmes by member-countries of the oil cartel, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). This may be attributable...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Nigeria will overcome its present challenges, which he said is for some moments. He urged Nigerians to be prepared...
Coach Samson Siasia has called it quits with coaching any national teams saying he is tired of working with the current leadership of the Nigeria Football...
The national men’s basketball team, the D’Tigers, have overtaken Africa giants Angola and Tunisia in the latest rating released by the Federation of International Basketball Association...
Nigeria will spend close to $2.5 billion to cleanse oil spills and repair damaged oil facilities resulting from activities of militants in the Niger Delta region,...
Mr John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State, on Tuesday said that beating Boko Haram on the battlefield is only the beginning of what Nigeria must do...
The APC has said that the opposition PDP has to apologise to Nigerians instead of being contrite, and “arrogantly putting itself up as the alternative to...
The United States has suspended further review of its humanitarian assistance to Nigeria pending the visit of Secretary of States, John Kerry. It, however, announced additional increase of about $35 million to help Ethiopia. Kerry is to pay an official visit...
PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc will be taking retained earnings from its reserves to supplement earnings and pay dividends for the immediate past business, according to a...
Nigeria beat Honduras 3-2 on Saturday to secure the bronze medal courtesy of two goals from Sadiq Umar and one from Aminu Umar at the Men’s...
United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, has been scheduled to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja next week. Kerry, who will also be meeting...
Nigerian athletes have been promised better preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with Team Nigeria yet to register its name on the medals table after...
The slide of the value of naira has started impacting negatively on Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserve (FER), which has suffered a 15 per cent drop in...
Nigeria says it is targeting reliance on renewable energy to be 50 per cent of its power output by 2020, so says the Vice President, Professor...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received in farewell audience the outgoing ambassadors of some countries to Nigeria, at the State House Abuja. The included H.E. Daniel...
U-23 Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel, has stated that the team will strive to win the bronze medal against Honduras on Saturday as a consolation for...
Award winning-producer, Jeta Amata has concluded arrangements with American actress, Vanessa Martini and Nollywood actor Enyinna Nwigwe for the adaptation of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo’s...
International Olympic Committee has awarded Nigeria an Olympic silver medal from the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The IOC said Nigeria’s silver medal was as a result of...
An estimated $2.5 billion will be spent by the Nigerian government, in its latest efforts at discovering crude oil in the Chad Basin. This is a...
Nigeria’s quest of an Olympic gold medal in football suffered a huge setback on Wednesday as the U-23 Eagles suffered a 2-0 loss to Germany in...
Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr, will receive his first salary as the Head Coach of the Nigeria senior national team on or before September 1st. According...
The increasing incidence of rape cases is Nigeria is a cause of worry as Nollywood actress Iretiola Doyle has weighed in on the disturbing trend in...
The Nigerian Military on Tuesday in Abuja said that no fewer than 8000 Boko Haram members had voluntarily surrendered to its “Operation Safe Corridor’’ in the...
In what looks like an afterthought, Nigeria’s hope that its declining foreign direct investment (FDI) will soon be reversed looks remote. The Vice President, Prof. Yomi...
Nigeria and Libya are the only two OPEC-member countries not given chance to contribute on the debate on the Organisation’s new initiative aimed at influencing hike...
Nigeria’s economic woes dampened further, as the United States and India, major buyers of its oil announced reduction of their imports by 53 per cent and...
Weeks after being led into reporting that the #SaveMayowa campaign was a scam by Nollywood actress, Toyin Aimakhu, popular blogger, Linda Ikeji has tendered an unreserved apology...
