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Kidnapped Italian priest released with 2 others

Italy’s foreign minister says an Italian priest kidnapped last week in Nigeria has been freed and is in good shape. The Rev. Maurizio...

Monkey pox spreads to 11 states with 74 cases

  The Monkey pox virus outbreak has spread to 11 states with 74 suspected cases recorded, Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole said...

NNPC bounces back from contract setback through aggressive gas development

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Kacalla Baru, is bouncing back more quickly than expected after...

Buhari to attend D-8 summit in Turkey

President Muhammadu Buhari will Wednesday depart for Istanbul, Turkey to participate in the ninth Summit of the Developing 8 (D-8) on Friday, October...

Presidency dismisses ‘false’ reports about $25 NNPC oil contracts

The presidency has insisted that reports about $25 billion worth of oil contract allegedly awarded by the NNPC  or missing $25 billion are both...

Presidency: State House medical centre received only 33 percent capital allocation

Contrary to claims in some quarters that the State House Medical Centre received N11.01billion as appropriation for the period 2015-2017, the presidency in...

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....