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Is it really any easier to do business in Nigeria?
By Yomi Kazeem. Last December, Tope Akindele, took on a new challenge as an accountant with a new hotel in Ondo, in Nigeria’s...
Adeosun: Naira will Continue To Get Stronger
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Naira has every reason to keep rising says minister of finance Kemi Adeosun. The minister on Thursday said there’s no significant risk of...
House of Reps orders minister to prepare report on presidential clinic
The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the Aso Rock clinic has ordered the Minster of State, Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire to produce...
Court rejects Jonathan’s application against subpoena
The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out the applications by former President Goodluck Jonathan and the detained former National Security Adviser,...
African Development Bank offers to loan Nigeria $400m
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he African Development Bank said on Tuesday it could consider an additional $400 million for Nigeria to support its growth and recovery efforts,...
Trump blames Democrats, Senator for terror attack
President Donald Trump, less than 24 hours after a 29-year-old Uzbek national allegedly drove a truck down a bike path and killed at...
Russia’s Putin set to build two nuclear plants in Nigeria
Russia state owned energy giant Rosatom has signed a deal to build two nuclear power plants in Nigeria, as Nigeria seeks to end...
‘Let us not forget hurricane victims in the Caribbean’, Says Commonwealth Sec Gen
The Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland is urging the international community to keep devastated islands in the Caribbean high on its agenda as she...
Elumelu, Prince Harry, Renzi and other world leaders to speak at inaugural Obama Foundation Summit
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of Africa’s top entrepreneur, and philanthropist Tony Elumelu will join world leaders to speak in Chicago at the Obama Foundation’s inaugural summit...
Five dead in suicide bombing in Borno mosque
At least five people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Ajiri Yala, some 15...
How Herdsmen Broke Through Doors, Burn Houses, Destroy Churches Killing 48 Christians
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]orty-eight Christians were massacred in nine days of violent attacks in Plateau state, with some of the survivors describing the terror they felt...
Woman arrested for smuggling phones into prisons
By Amos Dunia, Persecond News Abuja – The Nigeria Prison Service (NPS), has said that its men of the Special Intelligence Squad, Ogun...
Inflation to fall to single-digits in mid-2018, says Emefiele
The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said he expects the inflation rates to fall at a faster pace and hit high single-digit rates...
ISIS goes global: Claims responsibility for the killing of eight soldiers in Nigeria
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a pair of terrorist attacks Tuesday in Yobe State that left eight soldiers and a civilian dead and injured...
Strict security begins today for U.S.-bound flights
Flying to the United States may take a while longer as of today due to enhanced security measures affecting flights to the U.S....
Boko Haram kills eight soldiers in Yobe raid
At least eight soldiers were killed in heavy fighting when Boko Haram raided a military camp and looted food from villagers in Yobe...
