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Scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol on Monday persisted in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. While The Nation monitored the petrol market situation around 10:00am to 11:30am, all the retail…

The FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited has announced the registration of the Parthian Partners Limited ₦20.00 billion Commercial Paper (CP) Programme to its platform. The registration of this CP Programme strategically…

Russia’s communications regulator accused Twitter on Monday of violating Russian law, saying the social media platform had not complied with some of its requests to delete banned content. Roskomnadzor said Twitter had failed…

Gareth Bale has revealed why Tottenham team-mate Lucas Moura refused to get involved with his ‘WM’ goal celebration, with Spurs’ Brazilian forward delivering a “just Lucas” response to the “Welsh Mafia”. Jose Mourinho saw a…

MTN Nigeria, on Monday, released its audited results for the financial year ended 31 December 2020, where it raked in N1.3 trillion service revenue in the last fiscal year, which is a 14.7 per cent increase in revenue.…

Aargauer Zeitung, a Swiss newspaper, has apologised for describing Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as a “grandmother”. ‘This grandmother will be the new chief of the World…

Although the next governorship election in Kaduna State is almost two years away, the two main political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), are already engaged…

The Management of Dangote Oil Refinery is preparing young Nigerian graduates to take over the management of its 650,000 barrels per day single train refinery when it…

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representative of Abia-South Senatorial District, has narrated how he survived three impeachment attempts as Deputy Governor of Abia State during the administration of Orji Uzor Kalu.…

The Federal Government has taken a bold step to boost science and engineering infrastructure development. It has invoked the section of the Act establishing the National Agency for Science and Engineering…

Three daughters of the late the Alaye-Aba of Aba, Aiyepe, Ogun State, Oba Rauf Adebayo Raji-Suleimon, have sued the unincorporated Osugbo Society of…

New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday said allegations of sexual harassment against him arose from misinterpreted ‘jokes’ and became “unwanted flirtation”.…

Uzor Anwuka, the son-in-law to former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, who was shot when the former governor’s loyalists clashed with government…

The strike action embarked upon by the cattle and foodstuff dealers under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) has…

Nigeria’s power sector may have recorded the lowest decline in technical hitches and the negative indicator of power system collapses with only four incidents in 2020. This is the first of such low figures in about 12…

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has concluded plans to strengthen the Naira, and by extension the nation’s economy through the $15 billion Dangote Refinery. Specifically, the CBN governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, who…

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof. Charles Soludo on Sunday said he received 19 written threats to his life when he kick-started the bank consolidation exercise. Soludo spoke with…

About 200 clubbers and workers were Saturday night arrested at popular Cubana Night Club for alleged breach of COVID-19 protocols. Detectives attached to the…

Coordinator of the Kwara State chapter of Miyetti Allah Association of Cattle Breeders, Aliyu Mohammed, has said that the blockage of cattle and foodstuffs to the South West…

Yoruba activist and pan-Oduduwa Republic agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has threatened to eliminate politicians of Yoruba extraction who solicit for the…

The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be receding from Nigeria as confirmed cases sank further. While on Saturday, 341 cases were announced, on Sunday cases dropped to 240. Only…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated his fraudulent claims that he won the 2020 election, which he lost by a wide margin to President Joe Biden. He peddled the false claim again on Sunday in his…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulraheed Bawa, to re-engineer and restore…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has advised motorists to stop panic-buying of petrol. It said it has no plan to increase the ex-depot price in March. NNPC spokesman, Dr Kennie Obateru, said this…