Nigeria

CBN’s Anchor Borrowers’ Scheme: N84bn disbursed To 500, 000 Farmers, says BOA MD

  By Kunle Akinsola   The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) says it has so given out N84 billion to farmers under the Anchor...

$5.3bn Ibadan-Kano, Port Harcourt-Warri Coastal Rail Projects Underway — Amaechi

    By Kunle Akinsola Another giant stride has been recorded in Nigeria’s rail system as the $5.3 billion Ibadan-Kano standard gauge rail...

PDP governors’ visit Buhari in the dead of night, says Wike

  Speaking at the at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Emohua, during the funeral service of the mother of a PDP leader in the state,...

Buhari explains decision to merge, create new ministries

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday has revealed reasons why new ministries were created, others merged and some were split.  “To enhance service...

Mohammed Adoke Writes Back – By Reuben Abati  

The Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Administration in Nigeria (2010 – 2015) has generated quite a number of post-tenure publications which significantly, in varying degrees...

Kyari to NNPC Staff: Be Pragmatic To Keep NNPC On Even Keel

In a bid to transform and reposition the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into a world-class company of excellent service, the corporation’s Group...

EFCC Official Commits Suicide ?

After allegedly drinking two bottles of a chemical believed to be Sniper, an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in...

Budgeting, national planning and the road least traveled

By Sufuyan Ojeifo Anyone who sets out on a journey must endeavor to get a faint idea of the trajectory to the destination...

Xenophobia: SERAP asks African commission to take South Africa to court, seeks $10bn for victims

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mrs Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and...

PDP’s trip to Cambridge in search of Buhari’s certificate is fruitless yet again

After a long 7 hours 15 minutes flight to Cambridge, United Kingdom, to verify president Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate, agents of the opposition Peoples...

Lessons from Kenya: How the Judiciary can save Nigeria’s democracy 

On Politics with Clem Aguiyi In a sharp contrast to 2015 when there was nationwide jubilation, there were no celebrations on the streets...

NANTA set to train travel agencies across Nigeria

The National Association of Nigerian Travel Agency, NANTA, Friday announced that it will be training IATA and Non-IATA registered travel agencies in Lagos,...

NNPC dispels aviation fuel scarcity rumour

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has advised airline operators and other consumers to disregard reports about aviation fuel scarcity. The Corporation in a...

Nigeria considering pulling out of economic forum, recalls ambassador to South Africa

Nigeria High Commissioner, to  South Africa, Ambassador Kabiru Bala, might be recalled any moment from now over the xenophobic attacks of her citizens...

Tiwa Savage cancels trip to South Africa after Xenophobic attacks

Singer Tiwa Savage has cancelled a trip to South Africa over attacks on Nigerians and some other foreigners. ” I refuse to watch...