Uncategorized

Nigerian households received an average of N84,741 as remittances between 2018 and 2019, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The average value of domestic remittance stood ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has so far disbursed N49 billion out of its N50 billion Targeted Credit Facility meant to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 ...

Adamu, son of Atiku Abubakar, says his father will contest for president in 2023. Atiku, a former vice-president, has been running for the highest office since 1993. He ...

Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Thursday led a delegation on solidarity visit to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, following the Chief Whip’s release from Kuje correctional facility. Senator Kalu ...

The Lagos State Government has shut two facilities in Badagry West LCDA of the state for contravening new guidelines issued by the government to operators of hotels, clubs, ...

The federal government yesterday raised the alarm that many states in the country may soon run out of bed spaces for COVID-19 patients at their isolation centres due ...

Multichoice Nigeria says it will, from June 1, adjust subscription rates to reflect the 50% increase in value-added tax. The 2020 finance act, which was signed into law ...

Barring unforeseen circumstances, the federal government wants to conclude the process for implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye committee report by October. A reliable source in the Presidency disclosed ...

The Deputy Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Mr Ahmed Idris Wase has commended Nigerian workers on the commemoration of the international workers’ day. In a statement ...

The strange deaths in Kano have continued despite the assurance of government that the situation is under control. On Sunday, Muhammad Garba, commissioner of information, had asked residents ...

The Nigerian Armed Forces have produced a low-cost digital ventilator known as DICOVENT and other essential materials in support of the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The Coordinator, Defence ...

President Muhammadu Buhari will this weekend determine whether or not to extend the 14-day lockdown he imposed last week on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has extended the suspension of court sittings till further notice. This was contained in a statement by the CJN on ...

Ministers of Finance from Nigeria and other African countries have called for debt relief from bilateral, multilateral and commercial partners, due to the ravaging impact of the COVID-19 ...

The Kwara State Government has announced the immediate closure of its local and external borders amid ramped up efforts to block entries of vehicles from outside and prevent ...

Chelsea have held talks with Barcelona over a deal for former Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho. The Brazilian is coming to the end of a two-year loan spell at ...

The federal government is proposing to cut the 2020 budget size by N1.5 trillion from N10.59 trillion to N9.09 trillion. Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national ...

Nigeria, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia account for 50 per cent of illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Sub-Saharan Africa, Brookings Institution, a globally renowned American ...

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has said the Bank may consider including the importation of hand sanitizers among items not valid for foreign ...

Towards the end of 2017, Apple fessed up, admitting that it had been deliberately and secretly slowing older models of iPhone in order to eke out extra life from their ...