The Monetary Policy Committee met on 21st and 22nd March 2016 amidst dithering global economic prospects and continuing challenges in the domestic economy. In attendance were...
By Joseph Edgar . . . I have not seen power for the last two weeks, the roads are still as bumpy and rough as he...
MTN is proposing to pay only N300 billion out of the N780bn fine imposed on the network operator by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in 4...
The Media Office of Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has raised an alerted over attempts he said were made by forces behind his on-going trial...
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has denied media reports that jobless Ijaw/Ilaje ex-militants have invaded Lagos State and are responsible for the recent cases of kidnapping,...
By Olusegun Adeniyi . . . President Muhammadu Buhari was in Qatar last week and the major news that came out of the visit was the...
The fall in oil prices may have far worse consequences than most Nigerians envisaged, as Indigenous Oil Companies (OICs) that acquired the divested interests of Shell,...
By Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba That the Nigerian President Buhari travels abroad frequently is beyond doubt. As of the last count PMB has made 16 abroad travels...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it had distributed N14.7 trillion total credit to the economy as at June 30th, 2015. Out of this amount,...
Making an explosive Valentine plan was not as easy as I had envisaged. I thought about buying a new s*x toy, but there was nothing new...
Major League Soccer club, Seattle Sounders öf America, has refuted the claim that Super Eagles striker, Obafemi Martins, has joined Shanghai Shenhua of China. Sounders’ general...
By Reuben Abati . . . It is that time of the year again in the month of February, when there is so much talk and...
By Pius Adesanmi . . . First things first: Gulliver’s herd will destroy Gulliver. They have learnt nothing, absolutely nothing, from Jona’s herd. At the risk...
A lie has been put to claims by the Federal Government that terror group, Boko Haram no longer control any part of Nigerian territory and that...
Against popular belief that the Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose was elected on the platform of popularity, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr....
Sure, we spend our days sifting through the latest research and asking super-toned celebrities about their workout secrets. At the end of the day, though, peeling...
By Sonala Olumhense Do you operate a bank account in Nigeria? If you do, it is a safe bet that you have obtained a Bank Verification...
By Ali Smart Even as Nigeria awaits the planned implementation of the new ‘Petroleum Industry Governance and Institutional Framework Bill 2015’, indications are that it is...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday said MTNNigeria Communications Limited could no longer move any funds from all banks in Nigeria abroad pending hearing...
By Reuben Abati . . . “What a relief, my friend!” “What are you relieved about?” “It is this David Adeleke and Sophia Momodu soap opera”....
Three years after Nigeria abandoned its strategic development plan, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration looks set to marshal out a new development framework for the country....
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has hit back at the Rivers State Government, describing the statement made by the state’s commissioner of information over the N82...
By Jideofor Adibe . . . The recent declaration by President Buhari that the country has “technically won the war” against Boko Haram reminds one of...
It’s official, harmattan is here! While it is possible to enjoy the cool weather there is no denying that it comes with load of challenges. Harmattan...
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria’s apex capital market regulator, has revoked the operational license of 84 capital market firms. The Commission stated that the licences...
Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has entered into a definitive agreement to repurchase the former Dangote Flour Mills Plc, now re-branded Tiger Branded Consumer...
The growing trend of radicalism which has resulted in countless suicide bomb attacks and senseless massacres around the world and recently in America when a young...
Following the implementation of strict bilateral rules especially against Turkish businessmen by Russian authorities, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Russia not to “play with...
Black Friday is a day of bazaar sales, where sales outlets display goods to interested customers at best bargain prices unlike any other day. It has...
Following the continuing violence in Bujumbura, Burundi, the United States says it will sanction four of the country’s current and former officials. The violence in Burundi...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are at sea over the party’s governorship flag bearer in Kogi State...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews and Olumide Olaoluwa . . . History was in the making on Sunday and had things gone smoothly, Prince Audu Abubakar, governorship...
Nigeria’s apex capital market regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has started a process that might lead to revocation of licences of at least 94 capital...
By Chibuzo Obiakor . . . It hurts to know that very few Igbo grown-ups (elites) are using Igbo youths to pursue money and selfish political...
As peace returns, Somalia deports Kenyan migrants For the first time in many years foreign nationals living in Somalia have been shown the exit door after...
Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta, has cautioned against proposed merger of the commission and its sister agency, the...
A Kurdish family fleeing war torn Syria has been made to go through strain at Moscow airport in what many describe as bureaucratic purgatory on the...
Hungary has closed its border with Croatia in an effort to stem the flow of migrants through the country en route to Western Europe. This recent...
EU states have backed an action plan with Turkey, which it is hoped will ease the flow of migrants to Europe. Nearly 600,000 migrants have reached...
By Pius Adesanmi . . . One regrettable detail about the ritual of national unserious which passed for Senate confirmation hearings is that Senators who would...
The escalation of the war in Syria and the approach of winter have given added urgency to an EU summit on migration – the fourth one...
The House of Representatives has set machinery in motion to investigate the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan’s railway project between 2010 and 2014. The lawmakers have...
The Director, African Department of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms Antoinette Sayer, has stated that measures put in place by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
In from Nifemi Daniel … . The Nigeria Football Federation has lamented the failure of the Belgian embassy in Nigeria to issue entry visas into that...
In from Nifemi Daniel … . Super Eagles’ Head Coach Sunday Oliseh has expressed disappointment on the decision of West Ham United striker Victor Moses’s decision...
In from Ali Smart … . The arrest of the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has left the camp of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan...
By Azu Ishiekwene … Listening to President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday was almost like going back 31 years. A lot has changed since then, yet so much...
The embattled FIFA president, Sepp Blatter has responded to a call from some major sponsors of the world football governing body’s tournaments, among them Coca-Cola to...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) is no doubt keen on getting to the roots of a wanted ISIS chief, Ahmed Al Assir got a visa to...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital)… A former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives...