Nigeria

FEC approves 2021-2023 MTEF, plans N12.66trn annual budget for three years 

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the 2021-2023  Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) with an annual...

Embattled Magu released from 9 -day detention

  The suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has been released on bail Wednesday.    Details...

Former NIMASA director Captain Ezekiel Agaba sentenced to prison for N1.5b theft

  A former director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Captain Ezekiel Agaba, was sentenced to seven years in prison Wednesday for...

Veteran sports journalist Henrietta Ukaigwe dies

    The founder of the Female Football Interest Group, FFIG, Henrietta Ukaigwe has died.   The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) announced...

Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot dies in auto accident

  Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot is dead.   She succumbed to injuries sustained in a traffic crash Tuesday in...

FG restates commitment to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty in the next decade

      Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government is...

Auction of seized vessels: My approval is legal — Malami

    Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, says the approval he granted some operators in...

COVID-19: There is no policy somersault on WASSCE, says FG

  The Federal Government has said there is no policy somersault as regards it’s decision to stop students in the 104 unity schools...

Lagos National Theatre to employ 10,000 on completion of its restoration by CBN, says Minister

    The iconic National Theatre, Lagos, will provide at least 10,000 jobs during and after its upgrade and restoration, the Minister of...

Federal Fire Service spent over N19m in fraudulent and misleading rent payment for Comptroller-General’s residence

    The Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) Monday morning in a series of tweets exposed multi million Naira fraud and infractions inside...

Former NSA Dasuki denies report he campaigned for APC, Buhari in 2015

Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser, NSA, on Sunday denied a report that he campaigned for the APC and Buhari while serving as NSA...

UFC 251: Kamaru Usman beats Jorge Masvidal to retain title in Abu Dhabi

  Nigerian born Kamura Usman has sights on a rematch with Jorge Masvidal so he can dominate him even more than in Sunday’s...

Again UBA  unveils another product, Naira Credit Card

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced the inauguration of a novel Naira Credit Card for its customers. With the new...