Nigeria
NNPC says no looming fuel scarcity
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Thursday appealed to Nigerians to disregard trending social media report of an impending fuel scarcity due to...
Revealed: How NEPZA Top Officials Plot To Corner N42Billion FG Funds, Frustrate Rapid Industrial Schemes
A deliberate plot hatched by some top officials of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA, to corner over N40 billion meant for...
Nigeria building 3 new seaports to ease congestion in Lagos’ ports
The Nigerian government says will build three new seaport aimed at easing congestions on Lagos port, Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),...
Nigeria’s slow economy drags W/African countries down – AfDB
Although West Africa economy is forecast to improve in the near term, with regional growth projected to average about 3.6 percent in 2019...
Finance ministry gets president’s nod to sell recovered assets in 6 months
The Nigerian finance ministry led by Zainab Ahmed has got President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval to sell all recovered and liability-free assets within six...
Nigeria’s sluggish economic growth too weak to lift millions out of poverty – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Nigeria’s slow economic growth too weak to lift millions of Nigerians from poverty, despite 137 percent growth...
Exclusive: Onnoghen faces multiple fresh allegations of illegalities and criminal conduct
*New details of EFCC petition to NJC emerges Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, accused of irregularities, illegalities and criminal...
Baru: NNPC confident Nigeria will reach 2019 oil production targets
The Group Managing Director (GMD) of NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, on Tuesday expressed confidence the corporation would meet the target of 2.3 million barrels of...
Nigerian Army accuse INEC of bias, defends actions in Rivers elections
Amidst a growing chorus of condemnation of the Army’s actions during the elections in Rivers state, Colonel Aminu ILiyasu, Deputy Director Army Public...
Nigerian wins Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019 award
A Nigerian humanitarian worker, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, has been declared the winner of the Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019 award, in...
Boeing 737 Max airplanes banned from Nigeria
The Federal Government has banned Boeing 737 Max airplanes from flying into Nigeria’s airspace following a fatal crash in Ethiopia over the weekend,...
German govt. donates €15m to education for conflict affected children in Nigeria
The German Government has announced a new contribution of 15 million euros to UNICEF Nigeria, to support the provision of quality and equitable...
February N434.6bn equities gain boosts investors confidence
Investors’ confidence in Nigeria’s stock market is seen bosted by a N434.6 billiion gained last month at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, analysts who...
SERAP drags FG, states to ECOWAS Court over ‘attacks on journalists, bloggers’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government and state governments to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over “the...
Buhari says next four years will be tough
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday declared that the next four years will be tough even as he continues on his three point agenda...
Buhari wins presidential elections in bitterly divided Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has won a second term of four years in a nation notoriously divided by politics. The 2019 election has revealed...
