Nigeria

Tinubu to “dissidents’’ in APC: I expended my sweat, tears, toil, sleepless nights to build the party

    …blasts orchestrators as blinded by 2023 ambitions   Fazed by the ongoing political intrigues and plot to weaken the institutional core...

APC Rumpus: A Leadership Faux Pas

  With the political situation at the All Progressives Congress (APC) national office in Abuja and its National Working Committee (NWC) fast becoming...

Ease of Doing Business: Osinbajo hails World Bank ranking of Nigeria,  urges commitment for sustainable growth

  Impressed with the progress Nigeria has recorded in the Ease of Doing Business and its position in the World Bank rankings, Vice-...

Exiled Sanusi :SERAP writes United Nation, urges its intervention

  …demands compensation, release of Sanusi The continued detention and banishment of the dethroned Emir of Kano, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has attracted...

ASUU strike illegal – FG

  … says employees can’t dictate to employer The Federal Government has declared the two weeks warning strike embarked upon by the Academic...

Oil price plunges almost 30% as NNPC vow to Reduce Cost of Crude Oil Production

  Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, on Wednesday said that the state oil firm plans to put in place measures...

Osinbajo restates FG’s commitment to boost agricultural production, collaboration with private sector

  The Federal Government has restated its readiness for increased support for agricultural production in the country using the 12 dams nationwide under...

Is Nigeria the next Iraq?

  By Tina Ramirez Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, is poised to become the third largest in the world by 2050....

Social Media Bill: Amnesty Int’l, NCC, CSOs, others to Senate: Shoot it down

  …bill to foist on Nigerians dictatorship Stakeholders including Amnesty International, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the...

Accomplished Oil and Gas Technocrat, Mr Bala Wunti, Now Holds Sway At NAPIMS As GGM

    …As PPMC boss, he eliminated intractable petrol scarcity across the country After a 30-year stint in the nation’s petroleum industry, Mr...

Obasanjo to Sanusi : Your removal good and sad

    …you  have paid the supreme price Hours after Emir Lamido Sanusi’s removal, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the dethronement, describing...

Coronavirus impact on economy : Presidential Committee’s report ready in 48 hours, says Finance Minister

      … crude price crash triggered by disagreement in OPEC – Silva   The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning,...

What Bishop Oyedepo said about Buhari’s Administration

    The Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has described the Buhari administration...

FG okays $2.571bn loan for Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline

    …NNPC to pay 15 per cent of the sum A foreign facility of $2.57 billion has been approved by the Federal...

CBN unveils new minimum capital base for microfinance banks 

    April 1, 2020, has been set as deadline for microfinance banks in the country to meet the first stage of their new...

Terrorism: U.S. puts N2.5bn bounty on Boko Haram leader, Shekau

  …says he is alive In a strategic cross-continental initiative to end global terrorism and insurgency in Africa, the United States Department of...