Views From Abroad: Shipping companies abandon vessels without restraint in Nigeria
By Deutsche Welle Nigeria’s waters have become a dumping ground for shipwrecks and the people living on the coastline say the unserviceable vessels abandoned...
Airline flight attendant arrested for stealing money passengers donated to charity
Police have arrested a senior Israir Airlines flight attendant who reportedly stole money that passengers donated to charity while on board. On Augsut...
4-year old girl kidnapped in Lagos Church found after 46 days in Benin
A 4-year-old girl who was abducted from a Church in Lagos has been found alive in Benin city, Per Second News gathered. The...
Buhari says APC on track to win re-election
President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura on Friday said the string of victory recorded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in bye-elections in Bauchi,...
Nigeria’s forex market get $543m, CNY 63m from CBN
Retail segment receives $323m boost SMEs, other get $155m The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday and Friday, August injected a total...
President Buhari felicitates with matriarch of Elumelu family, Mama Suzanne at 90
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed best wishes to the matriarch of the Elumelu family, Mrs Suzanne Elumelu, on her 90th birthday. President Buhari joins...
Grammy Award Winner Seal Comes Back Home To Nigeria With Visit To Afrika Shrine
Grammy Award winner Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel, popularly known as Seal is presently in Nigeria. The singer and songwriter paid a visit to the...
Over 20 million people applied for U.S Visa lottery in 2017
No fewer than 22.4 million people applied in 2017 to the U.S. visa program that provides 50,000 green cards, or lawful permanent residence,...
CBN okays long term corporate bonds, as Nigeria seeks to drive real sector growth
By Ruth Olurounbi Nigeria is seeking to improve flow of credit to the real sectors by giving incentives to deposit money banks (DMBs)...
Naira weakens as banks suspend BDCs’ accounts on FIRS ‘directive’
ABCON kicks, says FIRS’ policy demanding BDCs pay taxes unacceptable By Ruth Olurounbi Nigerian currency on Thursday weakened against the dollar...
IGP Idris appointment as head police decentralization committee sparks outrage, concern
The appointment of the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to head the Committee on Decentrailsation of the Nigerian Police, provoked strong reactions Friday. Speaker,...
Sagay Reveals The Way Buhari Can Bypass National Assembly To Fund 2019 Elections
President Muhammadu Buhari has the power to invoke the “doctrine of necessity” to fund the 2019 election, should the National Assembly refuse to pass...
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump to Visit Africa
By John Campbell On the margins of her speech on abusive use of social media, U.S. First Lady Melania Trump’s announced that...
VP Osinbajo says common man is Buhari government’s top priority
*Says the Buhari administration will continue to develop more infrastructure nationwide, and support Nigerians Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that the...
Why FG must approve N500bn for recapitalization – Dangiwa, FMB MD
The Managing Director of Federal Mortgage Bank (FMB), Ahmed Dangiwa, has explained why the management of the bank is seeking approval of N500...
SERAP to Ajimobi: Repair Ayefele’s Fresh FM building or face legal action
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Governor, Oyo State requesting him to “immediately halt...
