Nigeria

Okonjo-Iweala, WTO and Africa’s chances By Reuben Abati 

        The announcement of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Nigeria’s nominated candidate for the position of the Director General of the...

NEITI hails NNPC’s policy to publish its audited accounts

  The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has described as laudable, the decision of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to make...

Agba lauds Finance Minister Ahmed’s patriotic service to Nigeria as she turns 60

    Glowing tributes have been pouring in for the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, on her...

Toyin Salau’s murder: Dabiri-Erewa urges U.S. Government to investigate 

      Grieved by the alleged murder of 19-year- old Nigerian-American activist, Toyin Salau in the US, the Chairperson of Nigerians in Diaspora...

Edo governor Obaseki quits ruling APC party

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has formally formally announced his resignation as  membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress. This is even as...

Coronavirus updates: Nigeria’s cases jump by 573 in one day

      573 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-216 Rivers-103 Oyo-68 Edo-40 Kano-21 Gombe-20 FCT-17 Delta-13 Plateau-12 Bauchi-12 Niger-10 Kebbi-9 Ogun-8 Ondo-8 Abia-7...

BUA Group to Dangote: Stop twisting facts, disparaging the courts

          BUA Group has reacted to the Dangote Group’s claim that it owned the mining sites in Obu, Okpella in...

Obu-Okpella, Edo mining sites : Dangote slams stay-away-order on BUA , public 

    Dangote Group has warned BUA Group, its workers and the public to keep off mining sites in Obu, Okpella, Edo State,...

Nigeria’s Navy Ship Targets Oil Thieves in Niger Delta Raids, Seize Over 80,000 Ltrs of AGO

  The Nigerian Navy are on the offensive in the Niger Delta, in a bid to stop a lucrative oil smuggling business. The...

Coronavirus Updates: Information Commissioner Says Abia Is Now “Epicenter Of This Crisis”

      Abia State suffered another quick and brutal rise in the number of coronavirus cases on Monday as officials raced to...

Naira Marley: FG suspends Executive Jets Services Limited, sanctions pilot for violating COVID-19 flight ban 

      Controversial Nigerian singer, Naira Marley, has got an airline — Executive Jets Services Limited– into trouble by contracting it to...

BREAKING — Obaseki: Chief of Staff presides over meeting with APC NWC in Aso Rock

    Following Gov. Godwin Obaseki’s disqualification crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) both in Edo State and the party’s headquarters in Abuja,...

Rise In Rape Crimes: Buhari meets with IGP, Information and Women Affairs Ministers’

    The Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Paullen Tallen and Minister of information Alhaji Lai...

Non-payment of COVID-19 hazard allowance, 26 resident doctors’ sack, others trigger doctors strike

  Citing the Federal Government’s inability to meet its demands, doctors in federal and state health facilities have declared a nationwide indefinite strike. The doctors...

NNPC’s Health Sector Intervention: Straightening the Issues

  By Babagana Haliru Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country when the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) rallied its...

ln Ibadan, another student raped, stabbed fatally, the third in two weeks 

    Barely two weeks after, prowling rapists have again struck in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, killing another female student, 21-year-old Grace...