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Inflation in Nigeria drops to 11.14% in July

Nigeria’s inflation declined to 11.14% for the 18th time year-on-year according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Wednesday. The...

DMO secures additional N100bn debt for 2018 budget

By Ruth Olurounbi Nigeria has secured more than half of the total sum of N849 billion it needs from the domestic market to...

Governors in crucial meeting over minimum wage, NASS invasion, election timetable

Alarmed by the grim prospects of election-timetable change by the National Assembly and the contentious issue of minimum wage implementation, governors under the auspices of...

Views From Abroad: Deadly Lack of Security Plagues Nigeria as Buhari Seeks Re-election

New York Times President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, center, flanked by service chiefs and other senior military officers, spoke during the Army Day...

Protesting civil servants ground activities at federal secretariat over poor welfare

‎Activities were on Wednesday grounded at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja,  as angry workers staged protest over poor welfare, lack of training, working materials and slash...

FEC approves additional N5.4bn Enugu/Onitsha

The Federal Executive Council, FEC,  presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday approved augmentation of the contractual cost of the Enugu...

NFF Crisis: Osinbajo meets Dalung, Pinnick at Aso Rock 

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday met behind closed doors with the Minister of Sports and Youth Development­, Solomon Dalung and the President...

CPJ Condemns Premium Times Reporter’s Arrest, Urged Nigerian Police To Release Him Unconditionally

 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has joined others to condemn the arrest and detention of Premium Times reporter Samuel Ofundipe by the...

SERAP sues NYSC over failure to publish Kemi Adeosun’s ‘exemption certificate’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brigadier-General Sule Kazaure and the NYSC over “failure...

Happening Now: NNPC GMD in Dubai directs 618km pipeline project team to expedite Agreement process

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)  GMD  Dr. Maikanti Baru has directed the 618km AKK Pipeline Project Team, Bank of China  and SINASURE ...

71 students duped in fake US conference; visas revoked by embassy

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he United States Embassy has expressed worry over the unrelenting attitude of applicants to patronize visa vendors, which end up packaging them with...

At least 2 heads of state expected at 4th Tony Elumelu Foundation’s 4th annual largest gathering of African entrepreneurs

By Ruth Olurounbi, Business Editor, Abuja   More than 5,000 entrepreneurs, global investors, leaders from the African public and private sectors as well...

NUJ urge Nigeria Police to honour press freedom, release journalist

The Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Tuesday night urged the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotum Idris, to respect the freedom of the...

Nigeria’s forex market again gets $210m boost from CBN

By Ruth Olurounbi   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday injected another round of  $210 million into the foreign exchange market,...

Apart Monthly Allocation To Police, State Governors Spent N2 Trillion on Police Operations Nationwide

By Opeoluwa Abegunde Governors of the 36 states on Tuesday said it expended more than N2 trillion in augmenting police operations nationwide in the...