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Turkish firm to produce uniforms for Nigerian military
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]urkey’s Sur International Textile is set to produce uniforms for the Nigerian Army as it plans to revive a textile factory in Kaduna,...
Lawmakers set to probe TCN over $2bn foreign loans
The House of Representatives will investigate $2 billion of foreign loans which the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) may have raised without official approval, lawmakers...
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...
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...
IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu fails to show up for court case
Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, failed to appear in Court in Abuja on Tuesday to answer as to why...
Africa’s prosperity:Osibajo, Obasanjo, Mbeki, Dangote, tasks AfroChampions on job creation
For Africa to attain its desired goal in real growth and development, prominent African leaders and top entrepreneurs across the continent have decided...
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...
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...
Nigeria’s economic recovery is accelerating- World Bank
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]conomic growth in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African country is recovering at a modest pace, according to the new Africa’s Pulse, a bi-annual...
Commonwealth Finance Ministers to hear how harnessing innovation is vital to tackling economic challenges
Innovation will be at the centre of ways to tackle shared challenges facing Commonwealth countries when finance ministers, central bank governors, and senior...
Former Chief of Army Staff General Victor Malu is dead.
Former Chief of Army Staff General Victor Malu died in a Cairo hospital in Egypt on Sunday. Malu was appointed Chief of Army...
‘Fake and Sinister.’ FG Denies Alleged Deliberate Injection of Monkey Pox Virus
The Federal Government has fiercely denied allegations that the outbreak of Monkey Pox in some parts of the country resulted from the alleged...
N40bn: SERAP seeks court orders for FG to stop ex-govs making millions as senators, ministers
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Federal Government over its “failure to stop former governors and now serving senators and...
Buhari appoints FERMA board members
President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointments of the members of the board. Mr. Tunde Lemo, former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of...
Adeosun Hands Over N100bn Sukuk Fund To Fashola
The N100 billion realised from the Sukuk bond offer was yesterday handed over to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Barrister Raji...
