Nigeria

2019 elections not credible- Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room

…Outlines 20 recommendations to improve Nigeria’s electoral system     The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room have disclosed that the 2019 general election...

SERAP drags senior Nigerian officials to ICC ‘for leaving 13.2 million children out of school’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), urging her to use...

All talk, no action from Buhari’s administration on security, says Atiku

If you listen to President Muhammadu Buhari’s words about the security situation in the country, he seems to understand it’s an emergency. He...

Riyad Mahrez fires Algeria into AFCON 2019 final

Algeria defeated Nigeria 2-1 to reach the final of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) on Sunday evening. Riyad Mahrez scored the...

Africa Nations Cup : Nigeria overwhelm South Africa to reach last four

South Africa’s Bafana Bafana suffered Africa Cup of Nations heartbreak as they slipped to a last-gasp defeat against the Super Eagles of Nigeria...

Moody’s says CBN’s new lending rule credit-negative for Nigerian banks

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive requiring banks to maintain a minimum loan-to-deposit ratio (LDR) of 60% by the end of September 2019...

Nigeria will raise VAT to 7.5% in 2020, Ex-finance minister

Nigeria is raising the rate of value-added tax to 7.5% from current 5% in 2020, the former Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed told Bloomberg in a...

Is Multichoice Nigeria Above Nigeria’s Law?

By Adewole Kehinde MultiChoice Africa was born on the African continent and its history can be traced back to 1986 when a number...

Former GMD, NEITI, Applaud Kyari’s Choice As NNPC’s Boss

Petroleum industry veteran and a former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has described the appointment of Mr....

Fayemi says governors’ to reveal state police position ‘soon’

Governors of the 36 states in Nigeria will soon reveal their position on the key state police issue, according to the Chairman of  Nigeria Governors...

Obasanjo: The making of a fake crusader

     By Olalekan Paul   Obasanjo’s  alarm about a West African Fulanisation, & Islamization agenda is a devious ploy by the ever...

Deepfakes: Can Nigeria handle this Digital ‘epidemic’?

In the past few years, Nigeria has been a victim of fake news. Despite the efforts made to completely eradicate fake news from...

Economics, Economist, Financial Times and Nigeria

  By Garba Shehu One would imagine that business papers like economic success stories; apparently not. Instead, they feast and thrive on negatives....

How Senator Omo-Agege bungled Saraki’s removal as Senate President

…The Ibori connection It was a game of high wired intrigues, maneuvering, political cobwebs and pursuit of personal interest as well as trying...

How NGOs, CSOs Validated Beneficiaries of Buhari’s Social Investment Programmes

Details are now emerging from the Federal Government on how the Buhari administration welcomed the idea of having independent verification of its Social...

Buhari seeks more OIC interventions for Nigeria as summit slams US embassy move to Jerusalem

President Mohammed Buhari has asked the Organization of  Islamic Cooperation (OIC), for more intervention programmes in Africa and Nigeria in particular. He made the...