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The Day In Pictures: Lagarde, Emefiele At The World Bank HQ

Nigerian Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele and the Managing Director of International Monetary Fund, Ms. Christine Lagarde during a live band entertainment...

The Day In Pictures

Nigeria Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun speaks with Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond as they attend the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC)...

Nigeria’s Economy Shows Steady Growth Fueled by Key CBN Reforms- Global Business, Financial Leaders

Washington —- Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, who is credited with the phenomenal growth of the Nigerian economy within the last two...

Tam David-West : Kachikwu is a minister without portfolio

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormer minister of Petroleum Prof Tam David -West has said that Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, is a minister without portfolio....

Nigeria to start issuing visas on arrival for Africans-AU

Nigeria  is set to start issuing visas on arrival for all Africans, the African Union said Friday, in a major step toward the...

‘Our people are tired of being poor’, Elumelu says as he calls for friendly business environment in Africa

By Enianke Adebayo Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr Tony Elumelu, has...

Court says Zuma charges can be reinstated

South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that President Jacob Zuma can face prosecution on almost 800 charges of corruption relating...

Nigeria 84th on global hunger index, trails Cameroon, Senegal

[dropcap]G[/dropcap]lobal hunger has fallen more than a quarter since 2000, but conflict and climate shocks are beginning to reverse these gains, an annual...

Nigerian woman dies after being rushed off Ethiopian Airlines flight on stretcher

[dropcap]A[/dropcap] Nigerian woman who had a medical emergency on an Ethiopian Airlines flight died Wednesday morning shortly after she was rushed off the...

High Court orders forfeiture of 56 houses linked to former petroleum minister

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the permanent forfeiture of 56 houses linked to  former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs....

World Bank Report: Over 20,000 girls married off illegally each day

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t least 20,000 girls around the world are married off illegally each day, with child marriage often deeply rooted in tradition despite being...

Emirates flight diverted after child passenger dies

[dropcap]A[/dropcap] Munich-bound flight from Dubai had to make an emergency landing after a child passenger onboard died, Per Second News gathered. The plane...

Nigeria: More Truth But No Consequences

By The Strategy Page October 11, 2017: The government is prosecuting 1,700 people accused of being Boko Haram and committing various crimes in...

Kachikwu, Baru and the NNPC debacle by Reuben Abati

The current NNPC debacle is probably the most embarrassing, even if mercifully, eye-opening crisis in the history of that nationally strategic institution since...

Former Chief of Army Staff General Victor Malu is dead.

Former Chief of Army Staff General Victor Malu  died in a Cairo hospital in Egypt on Sunday. Malu was appointed Chief of Army...

‘Fake and Sinister.’ FG Denies Alleged Deliberate Injection of Monkey Pox Virus

  The Federal Government has fiercely denied allegations that the outbreak of Monkey Pox in some parts of the country resulted from the alleged...