Kim Darroch quits as UK ambassador to US
Sir Kim Darroch, the British ambassador to the US has resigned over leaked cables in which he branded President Donald Trump’s administration as...
Nigeria’s debt profile grew by N560bn in Q1 2019
Nigeria’s debt profile for the first quarter of 209 rose by 2.3 percent to reach N560bn, the country’s Debt Management Office (DMO) said...
Ezekwesili steps up attack on President Buhari
Former presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili, stepped up her attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that becoming President was his “one and only outcome”. “It is...
Shiite Protesters Clash With Police During Demonstrations in Abuja
Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, also known as Shiites Tuesday staged a protest at the gate of the National Assembly. Two...
Moody’s says CBN’s new lending rule credit-negative for Nigerian banks
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive requiring banks to maintain a minimum loan-to-deposit ratio (LDR) of 60% by the end of September 2019...
El Rufai is Wrong By Senator Babafemi Ojudu
I love reading my friend Mallam El Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State. You may not always agree with him. You may not...
PENGASSAN wants new NNPC chief to focus on fixing ‘obsolete’ refineries, pricing uncertainties
Nigerian oil and gas workers, specifically Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) said they want the Mele Kyari, the...
Former NNPC GMD comforted he’s leaving Nigeria’s oil corporation in ‘better hands’
As Mele Kyari resumed as the Group Managing Director of Nigeria’s biggest oil corporation, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), after his successor...
Presidential tribunal: Galadima testifies against Buhari
A factional member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Engr Buba Galadima, has testified as a witness for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),...
Kyari vows greater transparency, accountability as GMD NNPC
The new Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has vowed to continuously entrench Transparency, Accountability, and Performance...
IGE, OKE AND THE CONTINUING POLITICS OF IDEATION
By Abiodun Adeniyi Bola Ige left a legacy of a puritanical rhetorician in the nation’s politics. He spoke the proverbial Queen’s English with...
FG, States collaborating to get over 10m out-of-school children into classrooms- Osinbajo
…Calls for reform of basic education Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the federal government, with the collaboration of State governments, have...
AfCFTA: Nigeria targets 22 non-oil sectors to earn $30bn annually
To create 500,000 jobs The Federal Government says it has identified 22 products from none oil sector from which the country can annually...
Deconstructing Obaseki’s “political rebellion”
By Tony Erha Politicking in Edo is unpredictable. So troublesome it is such that the bombastic Patrick Obahiagbon (a.k.a. Igodomigodo) is wont to...
