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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,...

Nigeria Police Detain Journalist for Not Revealing Source

Samuel Ogundipe, an investigative reporter for Premium Times, was arrested and detained on Tuesday after officers of the notorious SARS said he refused...

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...

NAHCO records turnover of N4.64bn H1 2018

  By Ruth Olurounbi Nigeria’s ground handling service provider, NAHCO Aviance reports N4.64 billion turnover in the half year results, a 25% increase...

Nigeria plans to expand gas output to 40 million metric tons in 30 years

  Nigeria’s transition to cleaner energy gets a little closer as investors in the country’s gas industry have been given an approval to...

Nigeria to raise N1.64trn in foreign, domestic market

  Nigeria will raise as much as N1.64 trillion (nearly $5 billion) from the domestic and external debt markets this year, the country’s...

Acting President Orders Immediate Overhaul of notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS

….Directs investigation on alleged violations of the squad By Opeoluwa Abegunde In apparent bid to breathe life into the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS),...

Bakayoko joins AC Milan on loan from Chelsea

One year after his arrival, Tiémoué Bakayoko is already leaving Chelsea. For now, it will be just a season-long loan to Serie A...

National Assembly cannot reconvene – Saraki, Dogara

The Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Tuesday morning asked legislators to go about their...

Dauragate and the shame of a nation by Reuben Abati

The week that just passed will for long be remembered as perhaps the most momentous week in the history of the Muhammadu Buhari...

NNPC Plans Major New 100,000 bpd Refinery In Port Harcourt, Warri

Nigeria’s oil refining capacity is set to soar with the country’s  state oil firm announcing that two new oil refineries are being planned....

Aisha Buhari receives honorary degree at Sun Moon University, Asan, Republic of Korea.

The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari has received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration by Sun Moon University, Asan, Republic...

2019: It will be Buhari/Osinbajo joint-ticket -Presidency

The Presidency has confirmed that it will again be a joint-ticket in 2019 presidential election,  as Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo would be President Muhammadu...