Contrary to the thinking by many Nigerians that the Muhammadu Buhari administration only had suspicions of those who were involved in oil theft in the previous...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives member representing Surulere Federal Constituency of Lagos, Femi Gbajabiamila has emerged Majority Leader of the House. The Speaker,...
In from Nifemi Daniel … Juwon Oshaniwa looks set to miss his eagerly anticipated debut for Scottish Premier League side, Hearts, after failing to secure a...
Five APC senators in the Unity Forum, in support of Senator Ahmed Lawan in the Senate have initiated a court action that may plunge the upper...
Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, and now Senator (PDP, Akwa Ibom northwest) Godswill Akpabio has emerged the minority leader in the Senate. Against the standing...
A bid to stop the probe into an allegation that the Senate Standing Order 2015 was forged failed on Monday as the Federal High Court, sitting...
In from Nifemi Daniel … New Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, has amended his earlier stance that only Nigerians who play in first division clubs will...
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Monday refuted an earlier claim that it was responsible for the petition to the Economic and...
There was a standoff that caused a drama at the Defence Industrial Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) Kaduna when the newly appointed Director General Brigadier General Odidi,...
in from Ali Smart … As debtor states prepare to cash in their bailout funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in a few weeks time,...
The average year-to-date return at the Nigerian equities market worsened to -11.11 per cent yesterday as corporate earnings reports failed to halt a grueling downtrend that...
Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account came under risk of depletion on Monday as the global benchmark Brent crude hit a four-month low of $53.33 per barrel. The...
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that a minister under the Goodluck Jonathan administration stole as much as $6 billion dollars. The governor stated...
Ahead of the meeting scheduled to hold with President Muhammadu Buhari to seemingly find a lasting solution to the leadership crisis in the House of Representatives,...
Sacked Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has reportedly taken his former employees, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for sacking and defaming him. He is demanding a...
Governors and workers of cash strapped states who are owed arrears of salaries, may smile soon as reports indicate that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will not interfere in the prosecution of anybody...
The comments of former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka in his latest book and autobiography ‘My Watch’ has drawn verbal offensives from both...
Most people dread the day that their hair turns grey, thinking of each grey strand as another nail in their coffin. Unfortunately, grey hair is a...
Owing to the level and manner in which public officials in the last administration, especially ministers and aides to the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan allegedly...
By Ali Smart Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday gave fresh insights on what informed the decision to provide bailouts to debtor states. Speaking in Ibadan,...
In from Enite Benjamin … Ahead of the expected appearance of the wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, before the Economic and Financial Crimes...
In an unprecedented move, all 36 states’ governors in the country have filled and submitted their asset declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB)....
In from Nifemi Daniel … Nigeria Super Falcons striker and African Woman Player of the year, Asisat Oshoala, has been ruled out of action till the...
As part of the drives to fish out oil thieves under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, President Muhammadu Buhari may also look into the...
Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) may have put an end to the planned meeting...
Former Special Adviser to former President Jonathan on Niger Delta, Kingsley Kuku and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have differed on when he should...
In from Ali Smart … The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele has said the government has succeeded in plugging loopholes that caused leakages...
Worried by the level of corruption in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration would divide the oil company into...
In from Enite Benjamin … The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has sympathiseed with the people of Arepo community in Ogun State, on Wednesday’s pipeline fire, which...
In from Ali Smart … Nigeria is one step closer to achieving the goal of eradicating polio in 2017 as it has been one year since...
Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc, recorded a pre-tax profit in the first half of this year as the group’s core banking operations helped to cushion...
In from Ali Smart … The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is likely to announce a new exchange rate and other fiscal policy regime at the...
Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo has said there is a plot by the Boko Haram sect to bomb the residence of VIPs (Very Important Persons) in the...
Ex-militant and founding member of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Chief Government Ekpemupolo, who has hitherto maintained a low profile since...
Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos has temporarily put paid to plans by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to effect a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will raise the bar in the conduct of elections in the country by using the forthcoming governorship...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has set aside about N252bn as credit to support Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs) owned by women, to...
In from Success Allantee Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, Nigeria’s largest flour-milling company, would be distributing N5.51 billion as cash dividends to shareholders for the immediate...
Contrary to statements credited to the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki that his office secured the release of the $15 million cash for...
In the stand-off between the two factions in the House of Representatives over the principal offices, there appears to be a disagreement within the camp of...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … Senators against the election of Senate President Bukola Saraki are unrelenting in their plans to remove him from office before September....
In from Ali Smart … The Federal University Pensioners’ Association (FUPA) has uncovered an alleged plot by a federal government agency, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD,)...
By Olugu Olugu Orji … Someone who had read a piece I wrote some time ago titled, “How I became a Nigerian” confronted me with this...
As part of efforts to address the issue of unclaimed dividends and encourage patronage of the market, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Central Bank...
A group, the Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) has approached the Federal High Court Lagos to stop the ongoing dredging of the Atlantic Ocean and...
The World Bank unveiled a plan to grant Nigeria a $2.1 billion loan to rebuild infrastructure in the Boko Haram ravaged North Eastern zone. The plan,...
On a day the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Major-General Abayomi Olonisakin, unveiled an agenda aimed at bringing to an end the menace of the...
In from Success Allantee… Investors staked about N16 billion on quoted equities yesterday as the equities market reopened with sustained price rally. As bargain-hunters continued to...
Nigeria’s earnings from crude oil will drop from $88 billion it was last year to about N52 billion this year, losing about $36 billion. This, according...
