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Canada sanctions 17 Saudis linked to Jamal Khashoggi’s death

Canada’s foreign minister announced sanctions Thursday against 17 people she said were “responsible for or complicit in” the murder of Washington Post columnist...

Nigeria retain 44th spot in November Fifa ranking

Nigeria remain in the 44th position in the world but moved up to the fifth spot in Africa on the November Fifa ranking....

NNPC sets the record straight on 70,000 staff

  The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pushed back strongly against recent media claims that the corporation has 70,000 staff in...

Fitch upgrades UBA “B+” on stable outlook 

Fitch has upgraded United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc Long Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘B+’, with stable outlook. The foremost rating...

NNPC GMD Signs Performance Contract with Top Management

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, has signed performance agreements with his management team to ensure that all the...

Why Nigeria needs Diaspora investment – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said, like other foresighted nations, Nigeria wants to take advantage of the attachment her citizens in the diaspora to...

FG slashes cost of JAMB, NECO exams

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by Vice President Osinbajo, has approved the lash of the cost of Joint Admissions and Matriculation...

Global lawmakers turn up heat on Facebook

The international hearing underscores how broadly anger with the social network has spread around the In an international hearing held at the British parliament...

Adamawa likely to lose World Bank support, Project Coordinator says

Hundreds of unemployed graduates could be affected The home state of Abubakar Atiku, the presidential candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), may...

CBN injects $210 million into Nigerian forex market

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intervened in the wholesale segment of the foreign exchange market, offering the sum of $100 million to...

Don’t politicize killings in the north-east, says PT Presidential candidate

Frontline presidential candidate on the platform of Peoples’ TRUST (PT), Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has called on politicians to rise above partisan fray in...

N579.5bn : Nigeria Hits Highest Internally Generated Revenue Mark in a Decade, Fueled by Pay-As-You-Earn Tax

Nigeria grew its internally generated revenue by 27.7 percent in the first half of 2018, recording a total of N579.5 billion by June...

Nigeria recoups N540bn through whistle blower policy

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has so far recovered over...

Buhari set to visit troops fighting Boko Haram in Borno front line

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to visit troops on the frontlines of the Boko Haram war on Wednesday in a visit many in...

Iya Kabiru and Other Stories by Reuben Abati

“Iya Kabiru must be the luckiest woman in Nigeria today” “Who is that? I don’t know anybody so-called” “You don’t know Iya Kabiru?...

Six women killed every hour by people they know, UN study says

More than half of female homicide victims worldwide – 137 every day – were killed by a member of their own family last year, according...