Nigeria

Adeosun Reverses Statement, Says Nigeria Will Keep Borrowing To Fund 2017 Budget

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Federal Government will continue to borrow to fund the budget for 2017, the finance ministry said in a statement on Thursday, after...

Exclusive: Etisalat Nigeria Gets New Name- 9Mobile

Etisalat Nigeria has just greatly accelerated the pace of its effort to stabilize the troubled telecoms company by changing the name brand. Per Second...

DMO Raises N106bn Through FGN Bond Auction

The Debt Management Office (DMO) Wednesday raised N106 billion through the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Bonds. The funds raised will support the...

PDP: A lifeline from the Supreme Court By Reuben Abati

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Wednesday, July 12, the Supreme Court saved our democracy and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). It did with its ruling in the...

PDP Reps To Buhari, Quit Now

After an emergency meeting Thursday morning, members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),declared that there...

Kachikwu: Nigeria Will Support Cap on Oil Production

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he federal government will support a cap on its oil production, minister of state for petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, said Wednesday. The production cap...

A Deliberate Overlooking of The Law

By Dr. Salimonu Bello ….Open letter in response to Prof Sola Adeyeye’s THE RULE OF LAW MUST PREVAIL I read online your recent...

Bitter Lesson Learnt From Adeleke’s Victory- Saraki

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]enate president Bukola Saraki Wednesday said the ruling APC party learnt a good lesson from the PDP’s victory at the Osun west senatorial elections....

Buhari ‘Recuperating Very Quickly’ Says Osinbajo

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]cting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari is recovering fast from an undisclosed illness and should be back in...

Supreme Court Sacks Sheriff, Authenticates Makarfi As PDP Chairman

By Amos Dunia, Persecond, Abuja – The leadership crisis that bedeviled the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for over 14 months was on...

Buhari And Osinbajo Held “Very Good Meeting” in London-Presidency

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]cting President Yemi Osinbajo held  “a very good meeting” with ailing president Muhammadu Buhari in London on Tuesday said Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special...

Nigeria Senate Approves Mandatory Treatment of Gunshot Victims

[dropcap]N[/dropcap]igeria Senate Tuesday overwhelmingly passed the Compulsory Treatment and Care of Victims of Gunshots Bill, which seeks to compel hospitals to treat persons with gunshot...

Of ‘Principalities’ And Leadership

By Jeromi-Mario Utomi  It was memorable and engraved in my heart till today. I therefore, still remember it as if it happened yesterday....

Heritage Bank Vehemently Denies Employees Involvement In Alleged N150m Fraud

Heritage bank said it vehemently denies the allegations, that three of its staff were involved in an N150million fraud in collusion with two of...

Nigeria “Cannot Borrow Anymore”, Says Finance Minister

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun on Tuesday said that Nigeria must not borrow more to fund its budget and should instead raise...

In New Video Boko Haram Executes Eight for Defying ‘Sharia Police’

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]oko Haram have publicly executed eight villagers in the northeast who opposed the enforcement of its hardline form of Islam, according to a...