Nigeria

FG to set up Survival Fund for one million jobs in 100,000 MSMEs in 36 states

  The Federal Government is to establish MSMEs Survival Fund targeted at sustaining one million jobs in 100,000 MSMEs and 333,000 self-employed individuals...

How NDDC shared N5 billion for “medicals”

  The Nigerian Senate Ad-hoc committee Tuesday revealed how the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) management shared approximately N5 billion for “medicals”. The...

Parlous state of security: Buhari to overhaul nation’s security apparatuses –NSA

      Unimpressed with the worsening security situation in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari says he will soon carry out a total...

Post-COVID-19: UBA provides $200m for Nigeria’s petroleum industry

  The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) says a $1.5 billion pre-export finance facility for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and...

Nigeria and Chinese Loans  by Reuben Abati 

      The relationship between Nigeria and China with regard to loans obtained from the latter to fund Nigeria’s infrastructural projects suddenly...

Paedophile pastor rapes pastor’s daughter

  A paedophile pastor of the Winners Chapel in Njaba, Imo state, who allegedly defiled an 11-year- old daughter of a fellow pastor,  has been nabbed...

President Buhari Calls Ismaila Funtua’s Death A ‘Major National Loss’

  President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday said that the late Isma’ila Isa Funtua was of great assistance to him and his government, noting that...

Thrills, ecstasies  as Nigerians win millions of Naira, mouth-watering prizes at Dangote Cement Promo

      The ongoing Dangote “Bag of Goodies Season 2 Consumer Promo’’ has thrown up more winners with lucky ones carting away...

COVID-19 vaccines may be ready fourth quarter of 2020 — NCDC 

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC) has raised the hope of Nigerians about the possible availability of COVID-19 vaccine by...

COVID-19: FG targets mortality reduction to zero per cent – Health Minister

        With the fatalities from COVID-19 rising by the day, the Federal Government says it is aiming to reduce the...

Alleged N41bn NITEL fraud: Elumelu slams Sen. Akinyelure, says allegation false, baseless, mischievous

        The UBA Chairman, Mr Tony O. Elumelu, CON, has denied any  involvement of the bank or himself in an...

2 Nigerians in U.S Army in $3 million business scams, elderly women romance scandal

  Two U.S Army reservists have been accused of coordinating a fraud scheme involving business email compromises and  romance scams against elderly women,...

Shoprite Said to Weigh Selling a Majority Stake in Nigeria

  Shoprite Holdings Limited is weighing its ownership options for its outlets in Nigeria.   In an “Operational and Voluntary Trading Update (52...

Massacres of Christians in Northern Nigeria: UK may be forced to intervene

      The British Government may be intervening with military force to halt massacres of Christians in parts of Nigeria if it...

Publish Nigeria’s loan portfolio since May 2015, SERAP tells Buhari 

  President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to publish details of loans so far obtained by his administration since May 29, 2015. He...

PDP demands speedy prosecution of corrupt appointees

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  has demanded the speedy prosecution of officials of the All Progressives Congress indicted for alleged corruption. “The...