Nigeria

How HSBC closed over 60 branches across UK in 2017

Report from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, revealed that two global giant banks, HSBC and UBS have closed their respective offices and...

Nigeria set to pass chemical weapons prohibition law

The Federal Government has expressed the hope that the Chemical and Biological Weapons Prohibition Bill currently before the National Assembly would be passed...

Buhari’s meeting with US Secretary of State Pompeo, other leaders ‘fruitful’

President Muhammadu Buhari at the sidelines of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, met with US Secretary...

Buhari a liability, not a leader says Tambuwal

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirant, and governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, on Saturday issued scathing rebukes to President Muhammadu Buhari....

In Pictures: VP Osinbajo Canoes Through Floodwaters in Anambra

VP Osinbajo, with Gov Obiano, gets on the boat to reach out to people and see the situation close-up in Otuocha, Anambra State...

NNPC says funding structure for Ajaokuta-Kano gas pipeline project almost ready

Nigeria’s oil corporation, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday says it has made “significant progress” in negotiating the funding terms and...

FG Blasts HSBC, Calls It Rogue Bank With Weak Money-Laundering Controls

HSBC bank has been extensively criticised and reprimanded by the Nigerian government over weak or non-existent money-laundering controls that gave rise to suspected...

Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun resigns amid forgery allegations

Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun resigns amid forgery allegations Details later.

Super Eagles World Cup Kit Nominated For Design Of The Year

The Super Eagles World Cup kit and singer Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty are among the nominees for the Beazley Designs of the Year 2018,...

APC clear up vexed issue of consensus candidates

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that consensus will apply only when no other aspirant signifies interest through purchase of its Expression of...

2019: A brief manual of Nigerian politics by Reuben Abati 

The political primaries are scheduled to hold between this month and the next and definitely by the end of October 2018, the hustling...

IGP Idris appointment as head police decentralization committee sparks outrage, concern

The appointment of the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to head the Committee on Decentrailsation of the Nigerian Police, provoked strong reactions Friday. Speaker,...

Buhari administration just got caught in a lie about ransom to free kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls

Let’s not over-complicate this: The federal government lied about the statement denying the payment of large sums of money as ransom to terrorists...

Journalists suffering corrosive effects of government surveillance

Jones Abiri, editor in chief of the Weekly Source newspaper was on Thursday released from detention in Nigeria, after over two years behind...

71 students duped in fake US conference; visas revoked by embassy

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he United States Embassy has expressed worry over the unrelenting attitude of applicants to patronize visa vendors, which end up packaging them with...

Adamu, Ndume, Omo-Agege caught trying to break into Senate chamber illegally – Reps

House of Representatives members Thursday alleged that a band of Senators led by Senator Ali Ndume, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Ovie Omo-Agege were...