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Excited New Kogi Deputy Governor Says Grateful To Gov. Bello

  … NBA kicks, calls for restraint Kogi State’s newly-appointed Deputy Governor, Mr Edward Onoja, has expressed deep appreciation and unalloyed loyalty to...

Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of Saraki’s Property

  A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, ordered the interim forfeiture of two properties belonging to the immediate past Senate President,...

Court reduces Sowore’s bail terms

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, denied the bail application filed by the convener of #RevolutionNow protest and publisher of...

CBN says 7 out of 24 banks in Nigeria not adequately funded

The Central Bank has revealed that the apex bank’s stress test shows that 7 banks out of the 24 operating in Nigeria were...

Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, CBN Governor at the Plenary Session of the IMFC

      Kristalina Georgieva, IMF boss, former MD IMF Christine Lagarde, Nigeria’sMinister of Fianace, Budget and planning, Zainab Ahmed, Central Bank Governor,...

SERAP asks ICPC, EFCC to probe Senate, MDAs over ‘employment slots scandal’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Economic and Financial Crimes...

China bans African students from worshiping in churches to prevent ‘foreign infiltration’

  The Chinese government has banned African international students from worshiping in Christian churches under the pretext of “preventing foreign infiltration through religion,”...

Unions protest tenure elongation, illegalities of Lagos Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital MD

A storm of protest is rocking the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, as four unions in the facility have petitioned the Federal authorities...

Ambode’s commissioners: We Didn’t Indict Ex-gov. Before Lagos Assembly Committee 

Two former Commissioners, Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Olusegun Banjo and his Energy and Mineral Resources counterpart, Mr. Olawale Oluwo,  have denied some media reports...

Nigeria’s $3bn World Bank facility ‘ll be invested in power sector — Finance Minister

Kunle Akinsola Nigeria is set to access the World Bank facility of three billion dollars, according to the Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed. Speaking...

Nigeria’s dependence on oil reduced to 32 per cent, says Finance Minister

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says the country’s economy is fully diversified with non-oil revenue more than oil to the national...

I apologise for the embarrassment, Aisha Buhari says over leaked video

  The wife of the president of Nigeria, and Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has apologised to her children, family and well-meaning Nigerians...

Feud escalates between Aisha Buhari and Mamman Daura’s family

  The wife of the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari  has escalated his feud with his husband’s nephew Mamman...

VP Osinbajo Says Nigeria’s Support Strong for ICC, Rome Statute

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria backs ICC 100% and fully cooperating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) preliminary examination into issues...

Sadiya Farouq Takes Over Social Investment Programme from Osinbajo

  Amid the removal of the federal government’s Social Investment Programmes (SIP) from the office of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Minister...

Air Passenger Slumps, Dies At Lagos Airport Hearing Wife’s Death

The Murtala Muhammed lnternational Airport, Lagos, has again recorded another tragedy as a France-bound Nigerian passenger, Jude Oladapo, slumped and died. Oladapo reportedly...