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APC’s Oyetola Wins Osun Election Amidst Widespread Disillusionment

APC’s Gboyega Oyetola has been declared winner in a re-run poll marked by violence and accusations of vote-rigging by rival PDP candidate Senator...

In Pictures: PMB at African Union High-Level meeting on winning the fight Against Corruption

    President Muhammadu Buhari and The Chairperson of the African Union Commission and head of the African Union Commission, Mr. Moussa Faki...

PZ Cussons says Nigeria market remains subdued ahead of elections

Soaps and cosmetics maker PZ Cussons Plc (PZC.L) said on Wednesday consumer disposable income at its largest Nigeria market remained subdued ahead of...

President Buhari’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly

STATEMENT DELIVERED BY   HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA   AT             THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE...

Buhari Could Lose the 2019 Election, Says US Intelligence Firm

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari could lose power in February’s election if the opposition manages to unite, according to New York-based analysis firm Teneo...

NEWS FLASH: CBN holds interest rates at 14%

By Ruth Olurounbi   The Central Bank of Nigeria has kept its key interest rate at 14 per cent, in line with market...

Nigeria’s economy is in bad shape – Kwankwaso

Presidential Aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Monday said that the nation’s economy is seriously in...

Buhari approves N42.68bn to Nigerian Airways ex-workers, ASUU 

By Ruth Olurounbi President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of N42.68 billion to Nigerian Airways and universities workers, days after members of...

Nigeria to spend $3.5m to counts its poor people 

As NBS begins national poverty survey next week By Ruth Olurounbi Nigeria will spend an estimated $3.5 million to conduct the  Nigerian Living...

INEC declares re-run in Osun elections, says inconclusive

Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, pulled off a stunning upset in heavily APC state of Osun, forcing the election...

Buhari a liability, not a leader says Tambuwal

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirant, and governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, on Saturday issued scathing rebukes to President Muhammadu Buhari....

Passengers Bleed From Ears and Nose After Airline Forgets to Pressurize Cabin

Passengers on Jet Airways Flight 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur, India, recently had a terrifying experience after the flight crew forgot to pressurize...

NNPC to IGP Idris: We have no hidden $470m in banks, our accounts known to Presidency

In a fiercely defiant statement on Friday, the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, denied ‘misplaced’ allegations by the Nigerian Police that...

Stella Oduah returns to the PDP

Senator Stella Oduah, has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), three months after joining the APGA party. “Politics has always been about ideology...

In Pictures: VP Osinbajo Canoes Through Floodwaters in Anambra

VP Osinbajo, with Gov Obiano, gets on the boat to reach out to people and see the situation close-up in Otuocha, Anambra State...

Saraki accuses APC of stealing his blue print on farmers, says Nigeria’s Presidency not a part-time job

The Senate President and presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bukola Saraki, on Monday accused the ruling APC government of stealing...