Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the dreaded anti-corruption czar and current acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), needs no introduction in the political sphere....
The festering sore that is the relationship between President Muhammadu Buhari and Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu seems to be widening. Further pretensions were put to rest...
Ceaseless blood-letting appears the order of the day. The latest occurred on Friday when bandits killed at least 29 people in attacks on four villages in...
In an unprecedented move, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed eight Bills sent to him by the National Assembly into law on Friday. This was...
Unable to meet its financial obligations in the Joint Ventures (JVs) with international oil companies in the country, the Federal Government has pulled out. Minister of...
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, recently released another frightening figure indicating that the current inflation rate in the country is on the rise, and that...
Nigerian equities continued on the downtrend on Wednesday as the fourth consecutive negative trading session shaved off N70 billion from equities’ values and pushed the negative...
Former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzo Kalu, on Wednesday formally pitched political tent with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in what many political observers...
The crisis that has bedeviled the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) took a dangerous turn on Tuesday as Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State hit former...
The Senate, today, out-rightly rejected the 46 political ambassadorial nominees list sent to it about a fortnight ago by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate committee on...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has revisited the lingering rift between himself and his former boss, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Atiku, a chieftain of the ruling All...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has just released the latest inflation rate, indicating another spike in inflation rate to 18.33 per cent, 0.48 percentage points...
On November 1, President Muhammadu Buhari met with the Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF) after several delay and postponements. At the meeting held at the...
More revelations have emerged as to why the Senate refused to approve the 2016 budget of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) asides the excuse that it...
Allegations that the Federal Government parted with a whopping $21million to the violent Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram to secure the release of 21 out of...
Barely a month after the sack of the Commissioner for Transportation in Lagos State Dr. Ekundayo Mobereola, a series of crisis has hit the sector. The...
Today marks exactly one year that President Muhammadu Buhari swore in his ministers, months after he assumed office as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria....
More than one week after lawmakers rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016-2018 External Borrowing Rolling Plan request of $29.9 billion, the Senate has returned the proposal to...
Nigerian equities extended their losing streak to the sixth consecutive trading session as Wednesday emergence of Republican Donald Trump as the President of United States of...
Latter day anti-corruption crusader, Abdulmumin Jibrin, who was suspended for 180 days by the Yakubu Dogara-led House of Representatives, on Monday announced, through a series of...
By SOC Okenwa… In less than 48 hours Americans will be going to the polls to elect a new President, one that would take over power...
More sordid revelations have emerged of alleged attempts to rig the December 10 Rivers rerun poll in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The police...
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has said the ongoing clamour for deployment of the N6 billion consolidated contributory savings for pensioners on other aspects of the...
There is palpable tension in the Niger Delta region over a higher dimension of renewed hostilities in the oil rich region by militants. This is coming...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday reassured that his administration is poised to bring positive changes despite the present economic setback occasioned by recession in the country....
President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the promotion of Justices Ejembi Eko and Amina Augie to the Supreme Court bench. Acting Director, Information, Nigeria Judicial Council (NJC),...
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has cries out that 50 per cent of factories in the country may have to shut down over lack of foreign...
Contrary to official claims, the oil sector in Nigeria has suffered its worst fall as the country is said to have recorded a drop of about...
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that he almost abandoned his presidency because of the level of economic challenges facing the country. The president stated this on...
The board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday authorized the release of only $600 million of the $1billion loan facility promised to Nigeria. Though...
Nigerians from different walks of life appeared to have pitched their tent with the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha over public criticism of the president’s...
The much talked about dialogue between the Federal Government and Niger Delta Militants received a boost on Tuesday, as Niger Delta elders under the Pan Niger...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, today, prevented a rejection of a list of non-career ambassadorial nominees sent in by President Nuhammadu Buhari. Senate Leader, Ali Ndume...
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has stated that the emergence of the Boko Haram insurgents resulted from the failings of past administrations. He said that...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Thursday last week published its final list of candidates vying for the governorship election in Ondo State. The list, which...
What looks like s fresh faceoff has resurfaced among top government functionaries on the best approach to an earlier end to Nigeria’s recession and the role...
Last Thursday, the Senate, in concurrence with the House of Representatives, transferred the power of the President in controlling the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code...
In what appears a major point of departure, Africa’s richest man and founder of the Dangote group, Mr. Aliko Dangote and the Nigeria Bureau of Public...
Barely a week after the ExxonMobil Exploration Company announced it was divesting from one of its major downstream subsidiary, OPL223 and OML Ventures, in Nigeria, the...
There is a strong suspicion among senior officials that the ongoing Senate probes into the activities of the Nigeria Customs service (NCS) was instigated by the...
The National Assembly on Thursday, transferred the power of the President in controlling the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act (CCT)...
More has been revealed about the circumstances which led to the recent sack of three commissioners in the cabinet of the Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode....
The Ondo gubernatorial election is set for a tense but interesting scenario as forces clearly loyal to President Buhari and All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, John...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to consent to his administration’s plan to make an external borrowing of $29.960bn. According to the President, the...
The current economic recession and delay in the release of funds, may have stalled the constitution review exercise in the Senate, checks by Ripples Nigeria have...
Findings have indicated that a former highly placed judge who retired from his position in 2013 is behind the recent raid on some judges by the...
The anti-graft war, spearheaded by President Muhammadu Buhari, may have reached a crisis head. No thanks to the current face-off between the Presidency, led by the...
The Senate has suspended its planned debate on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) this week. Instead, the leadership of...
The inability of Nigerian government to fully explore the revenue potentials in the solid mineral sector, coupled with banks’ unwillingness to advance loan facilities to the investors have been depriving the country of an estimated $2.65 billion...
Barring last minute changes, Nigeria’s debt profile will rise further by November 2016, as it has concluded plans to obtain a N13.5bn loan-facility from France for...
