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Buhari signs June 12 bill into law 

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assented to the Public Holiday Amendment bill into law.  The Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly matters (Senate),...

Nigerian Press Organization resolves NBC / AIT Faceoff

Following the suspension of the Broadcast License of DAAR Communications Plc; owners of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power FM by the...

Football star dies in Syria fighting after losing father and four brothers

A Syrian football player turned fighter who became an icon of the revolt died on Saturday after getting injured battling government forces in...

Nigerians want court to stop NASS N4.68bn ‘welcome package’

More than 1,500 concerned Nigerians, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE) have filed a lawsuit asking...

Buhari asks acting CJN to appoint additional 5 Justices of the Supreme Court

President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Tanko Muhammad, on the appointment of additional five Justices of...

Tony Rodham, Hillary Clinton’s youngest brother, dies

USATODAY Hillary Clinton’s youngest brother,Tony Rodham, who drew headlines for taking advantage of his Clinton connections in dubious business ventures ranging from mining to electric cars...

Economics, Economist, Financial Times and Nigeria

  By Garba Shehu One would imagine that business papers like economic success stories; apparently not. Instead, they feast and thrive on negatives....

Nigeria loses N27bn in cocoa revenue to Apapa gridlock in a year, new data shows

Inefficiency and gridlock at the Lagos port authority is costing Nigeria billions of naira, according to agents and data from the country’s bureau...

91 million Africans consume contaminated foods annually- WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO), has disclosed that annually, an estimated 91 million people in Africa consume contaminated food which renders them ill....

Naiveté as Obaseki’s hubris

By Sufuyan Ojeifo I haven’t met the governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, before. My closest to “meeting” him is seeing him...

Breaking: Issue certificate of return to Okorocha as Senator-elect, Court orders INEC

The Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to immediately issue the certificate of return to the...

36 State Governors Undecided on State/Local Government Police After Meeting with Buhari 

The governors of the 36 states of the federation are yet to decide on state and local government police because the financial muscle...

Breaking: Court orders re-opening of AIT, Ray Power FM

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), to re-open African Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power...

How Senator Omo-Agege bungled Saraki’s removal as Senate President

…The Ibori connection It was a game of high wired intrigues, maneuvering, political cobwebs and pursuit of personal interest as well as trying...