Nigeria

Buhari gets SERAP’s seven-day ultimatum to publish looters of N800bn, spending 

  Again, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has challenged the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to publish within seven days a comprehensive list of...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala vows to be a peacemaker in US-China trade war if elected WTO DG

    Nigeria’s nominee for the World Trade Organization(WTO) director general, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says she’ll play the role of peacemaker in the trade...

More than 500 new COVID-19 cases, 8 additional deaths in Nigeria

    On Saturday, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, (NCDC) announced 501 new COVID-19 cases and 8 additional deaths. In total, there...

Hail of gunfire at Presidential Villa, Abuja in a face-off between aides of Pres. Buhari and wife

  A rumble of gunfire caused a scare at Nigeria’s seat of power — the Presidential Villa – as the aides of President...

Adesina’s  AfDB trials: a proxy war?

By Olukayode Oyeleye   SO MUCH FOR THE African Development Bank (AfDB) headquartered in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The multilateral development bank has been...

Buhari to Osinbajo: Consider your committee’s report implementation done

    President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the Osinbajo led-Economic Sustainability Committee, saying he has accepted it as a “National Plan”.  ...

June 12: Abiola’s family patriarch to Buhari: Recognize him as ex-President 

  Twenty-two years after the annulment of his electoral mandate, Chief MKO Abiola’s family has demanded the de-annulment of the June 12 Presidential...

Buhari, on Democracy Day, lauds media as effective watchdog, promises free speech

  lists strings of sectoral achievements President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday chronicled his administration’s legion achievements in the nation’s tottering democratic journey with...

Abuja DISCO, AQUIVIS introduce smart high-tension fault detector

AEDC and Aquivis Technologies Limited, a leading company in Africa’s energy sector, have announced the successful deployment of a smart high-tension overhead line...

Implement Presidential Economic Sustainability Committee’s report, Osinbajo urges Pres. Buhari

The Vice-President and Chairman of the Presidential Economic Sustainability Committee, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to implement the report of...

FG flatly rules out another lockdown despite increase in new cases of coronavirus

  The Federal Government has  flatly ruled out another economic lockdown despite the spike in cases of coronavirus infections in the country. ”...

Health officials in Nigeria ‘concerned’ with increase in coronavirus cases

  The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, expressed concerns on Thursday about the increase in coronavirus cases in the country, even suggesting...

SurePadi, Polaris Bank’s agency banking, lifts millions of households in 100 days of operation

  processed over N10bn in transaction value   Within 100 days of its inauguration, Polaris Bank’s agency banking initiative, SurePadi, has impacted an...

Nigeria reports 17 deaths from coronavirus, its largest one-day total yet

    Nigeria had its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic to date, as it reported 17 confirmed deaths on Wednesday. In addition...

FG to take decisive action against rapists

  The Federal Government has announced that it will take decisive action against rapists henceforth, describing the upsurge as embarrassing. This is even...