Only few days to its ultimate close of business in Cameroon, Jumia has, again, announced its business withdrawal from Tanzania, another East African country. While this...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday urged Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to reject the application for bail variation...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up four places to 31st in the latest FIFA rankings released by the world football governing body on Thursday. The Gernot...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday flagged-off the Measles Second Dose Vaccine (MCV2) routine immunization in Edo State. Obaseki, who was represented at the event...
The immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosu, has poured cold water on his purported 2023 presidential ambition by describing the poster that has gone...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has lamented the huge pension liabilities to local governments, primary school teachers and state civil servants totalling N10 billion...
A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the victory of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, in the March 9 governorship election in the state....
Armed militant groups in the restive Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed three Ebola health workers and critically injured four others in...
The Federal Government on Wednesday arraigned a former senator from Ebonyi State, Emmanuel Onwe, an ex-speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Friday Komboyein and...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has expressed its displeasure over what it referred to as an ‘unprofessional’ conduct by Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr. In a...
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said its members would not attend Thursday’s emergency caucus meeting called by the National Vice...
The University of Cambridge is to repatriate a Benin bronze, known as “okukor,” which was looted in 1897 when the British imperial troops occupied Benin kingdom....
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has fixed January 7, 2020 for the draw ceremony of the FIFA 2020 African group stage qualifiers. The Super Eagles...
In a gesture of appeasement following repeated public outcry against the recent stamp duty reform that imposed N50 charge on every electronic transaction above N1,000, the...
A recent market insight publication from the FT Partners, Fintech Industry Research, has revealed that nearly half of existing Fintech customers are Africans, indicating that Africa’s...
The place of Delta Force in the current season of the Nigeria Professional Football League have been acquired by Kwara United, who are now back into...
On December 12, 2013, I woke up to Olusegun Obasanjo’s ‘Before it is too late’; a caustic letter to former President Goodluck Jonathan. In the 18-page...
The Senate has commenced moves to end what it described as the “illegal” activities of oil companies engaged in exploration resulting in oil spills and environmental...
Students of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, will in days ahead make up Awabike’s second market base, the result of a new business signing as...
An indigenous technology company, Softcom has joined forces with Data Science Nigeria to enable easy access to artificial intelligence (AI) learning. Softcom facilitated an AI masterclass...
There may be major distruptions in banking activities in the country as telecommunication companies have vowed not to offer free USSD service for banking activities. This...
Seven Boko Haram fighters have been killed by troops of the Nigerian Army, after the insurgents attempted to invade troops’ locations in Borgozo in the Kaga...
A prosecution witness, Mairo Bashir has informed the Justice Okon Abang-led Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, how the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning, November 28, 2019. 1. Group urges states to end life pension for governors, speakers,...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday presented the 2020 budget estimates of N208,802, 972, 878 to the state House of Assembly. Makinde however went against...
Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, on Wednesday, presented a budget proposal of N197,607,272,328 to the state House of Assembly, in Owerri, the state capital. Tagged ‘Rebuild...
The recently passed Finance bill will come into operation on the 2nd of January, 2020, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed has...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday for the third time this year, expressed concerns over the rising debt profile of Nigeria, saying that the debt...
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has urged governors elected on the platform of the party to expand their Internally Generated Revenue...
With one game left to play in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, Premier League sides, Liverpool and Chelsea are yet to know their...
While commending the Zamfara House of Assembly for abolishing ‘despicable’ life pension law in the state, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has encouraged other states...
A Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo for alleged failure to honour a court...
Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) candidate in the Kogi West Senatorial rerun election coming up on Saturday, Dino Melaye, has issued a fresh petition to the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Wednesday it accepted the results of the November 16 governorship polls in Bayelsa and Kogi states because it was...
A former presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, on Wednesday explained why he contested the 2019 presidential election. Moghalu, who spoke...
President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, Wednesday constituted the governorship and House of Assembly election petition tribunal to handle petitions arising from the...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle on Wednesday assented to the law barring ex-governors, deputy governors, speakers and their deputies in the state from taking mega...
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, Wednesday disclosed that the closure of the country’s land borders was contributing to rising inflation. Figures from...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended Wednesday’s trading on a bearish note as the market capitalisation closed lower at N12.930 trillion. The All Share Index (ASI)...
An Abuja-bound British Airways flight that departed London on Tuesday returned to the British Heathrow Airport after losing one of its engines mid-air. The BA 083...
An unspecified number of Permanent Secretaries have been demoted with immediate effect following a directive issued on Wednesday by the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri....
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued to witness protests by angry nationals who are demonstrating against the inability of United Nations peacekeepers to keep...
Nigeria’s D’Tigress have been drawn in Group A of the Olympics Qualifying Tournament, to face World Number One, United State of America, Serbia and Mozambique. D’Tigress...
Chief Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) has described as the beginning of dictatorship in Nigeria, the Hate Speech bill that prescribed death by...
A police sergeant, Paul Joseph, is reported to have shot himself dead over frustration of life. Joseph was attached to Access Bank branch at Ahiara Junction...
In a timely recognition of how the current lull in the global oil market might stand in the way of a meaningful implementation of the 2020...
Three Chinese workers abducted by gunmen on Monday in Itagunmodi, Atakumosa West local government area of Osun State have been released. The state Commissioner of Police,...
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) resurfaced on Wednesday and commended the United States government for allegedly exposing the Chairman of Peace...
A meeting by the University of Port Harcourt branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), was on Wednesday distrupted by protesting students of the...
The North will likely rule Nigeria forever if Southerners continue to live in disunity, so says Doyin Okupe, former spokesperson on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck...