Believe nothing until the all-seeing eye of the video assistant referee has decreed it so, and as if to prove the case at this remarkable event, in front of a disbelieving stadium across eight goals, VAR served up ...

The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the corporation saved more than three billion dollars from arbitrations. Kyari made this known in a statement signed by Mr Samson Makoji, the acting spokesman ...

In an apparent bid to downplay any need for deeper cuts to oil production by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia, the Secretary-General of the OPEC, Mr. Mohammad Barkindo, yesterday predicted oil market stability in ...

The Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Gbene Joi Nunieh, has said the commission has suspended the monthly payment of N1 billion to a consultant that collects money from International Oil Companies (IOCs) on ...

The Bellafricana says it has partnered with Nest Cooperative to enhance access to finance for creative Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) toward boosting productivity and economic growth. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bellafricana is ...

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Tuesday it will shut down a CPU research division at one of its U.S. facilities, a move that analysts said dimmed prospects for the tech giant’s Exynos-branded mobile chips. Exynos mobile processor ...

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday appointed a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as his Special Adviser on Finance and Economy. A statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam ...

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick, and four other members of the board facing corruption charges have been discharged and acquitted. The Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ruled that ...

The world is hungry. A report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) noted that about 795 million people globally do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life. This is a whopping one in nine ...

Washington has formally launched its withdrawal from the 2015 Paris climate accord after Donald Trump rejected it as harmful to the US economy. European leaders have expressed their dismay and made overtures to China. The US is set ...

The Academy (Oscar) has disqualified Nigeria’s “Lionheart” directed by Genevieve Nnaji from the Oscar race in the Best International Feature Film category, dropping the number of films competing for the award to 92 from what had been a ...

Nigeria’s penchant for signing agreements that end up putting the country on the back foot continues to haunt the federal government as another power deal wobbles. There is growing apprehension in government circles over the sovereign guarantee given ...

Nuhu Ribadu, pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says no one has become an oil billionaire since President Muhammadu Buhari became minister of petroleum. Timipre Sylva is the junior minister of petroleum resources while ...

Says country recorded $55bn inflows in two years If Nigeria does not kill unnecessary imports, imports will kill the nation, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele warned yesterday, stating, however, that despite the occasional shocks ...

A visa service provider for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, VFS TasHeel, has announced that it has launched tourist visa services at its centres across 30 countries. According to a statement by the Media ...

Degrees & Careers launch Literary Essay and Debate competition, LEAD 2019 for senior secondary students aged 15 -18. The competition is an MOD group initiative in partnership with IELTS Test Centre aimed at promoting proper usage of the ...

Oil trader, Vitol, has quit a consortium that was set to buy a stake in two Nigerian oil fields from Brazil’s Petrobras its former partner said at the weekend. Africa Oil said it would conclude the $1.5 billion ...

Nigeria’s external reserves have reduced by $2.575 billion or six per cent to $40.5 billion as of last Thursday, compared with the $43.075 billion it was at the beginning of the year. The development was attributed to outflows ...

Cecilia Esenwa Foundation (CEF), a non-governmental organisation focused on empowering women with the aim of building stronger communities in the society has been launched in Lagos. The official launch of the Foundation was held on Friday, November 1, ...

Serial hitmaker Burna Boy has been announced as the winner of the Best Africa Act award at the 2019 MTV EMA. Burna who was nominated alongside fellow Nigerian, Teni the Entertainer, South Africa’s Prince Kaybee and Nasty C, Harmonize from Tanzania and Togo’s duo TooFan, took home the prestigious award at ...