WorldRemit welcomes CBN’s mandate on new USD bank account opening
WorldRemit, a leading cross-border digital payments service, has welcomed the Central Bank of Nigeria’s announcement that all banks will be mandated to facilitate money transfers by…
Niger gov visits Buhari hours after Kagara school kidnap
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday evening, met with the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was held hours after the…
Governors must use talks with bandits to end killings – Matawalle
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Wednesday called on his colleagues to adopt dialogue as a way of tackling security challenges being witnessed in parts of the country. Matawalle made the call in an interview…
Buhari appoints Ogbonnaya Orji as NEITI boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji as new Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative…
ICPC uncovers widespread budget fraud in MDAs
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered how civil servants manipulate the budgets for government agencies to fleece the…
Buhari has failed woefully – CDHR
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has passed a vote of no confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari, saying not only has he failed woefully he has also shown that the…
Governors decry ethnic profiling of crime
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it is against ethnic profiling of crime and criminality in the country. The NGF Chairman, Gov. Kayode Fayemi of…
Nigeria to sell refineries, ICC, 34 others (FULL LIST)
The Nigerian government is proposing to sell or concession no fewer than 36 of its properties to raise funds, largely to finance the 2021 budget. These properties cut across energy, industries,…
Eko, Ikeja DisCos confirm partial system collapse
Eko Electricity Distribution Company Limited and Ikeja Electric Plc have confirmed the partial system collapse, which left some parts of their coverage areas in darkness for hours on…
Delta, Akwa Ibom get lion’s share as states receive N2.29trn federal allocation in 2020
IN 2020, 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) shared 2.29 trillion naira as federal allocation, data from the National Bureau of Statistics…
Nigeria’s debt to balloon beyond N49trn on conversion of CBN N10trn borrowing
Nigeria has set the terms for the conversion of its stock of central bank overdrafts into long-term notes.The conversion will add to Nigeria’s debt stock, which stood at 49 trillion naira at the end of last year,…
PDP denies conflict among NWC members
The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied media reports that there was discord among its members. PDP National Publicity Secretary,…
Osaka ends Williams’ bid for 24th Grand Slam title
Naomi Osaka ended Serena Williams’ bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title in a storm of power-hitting on Thursday, humbling the American great 6-3 6-4 to reach her…
DPR writes Shell, insists on refund of 2m barrels of crude oil
The Department of Petroleum Resources has demonstrated an act of patriotism by compelling Shell Petroleum Development Company to refund 2,081,678 barrels of crude oil said to…
Flexible payment from banks deepens Nigeria car loan market
Buying a car just got easier for Nigerians who are contending with rising inflation and stagnating incomes with the rising option for flexible payments. With car loans, a…
BREAKING: Niger releases names of abducted GSS Kagara pupils,teachers
The names of the abducted pupils and teachers of Government Science College,Kagara have been released. The Nation had reported bandits invaded Government Science College Kagara and…
No excuse not to perform at WTO – Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday said she has no excuse not to perform as new Director-General, World Trade Organisation, WTO. She…
How CBN’s targeted financing is reviving Nigeria’s ailing power sector
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is restoring life to Nigeria’s beleaguered power sector via targeted intervention funding to the tune of N501 billion, and leading sector players now say the programme is beginning…
Propaganda against Tinubu will fail, says new political association
A new political association within the All Progressives Congress (APC), the New Heights Leadership Forum, has described as propaganda and falsehood the allegation that the National…
Fed Govt to redeem N31.4b debts owed states
The Federal Government will tomorrow release over N31.4 billion to state governments in keeping with its obligations to service its debts. The state governments will be credited with N31,440,652,571 tomorrow…
Court refuses to vacate order against Jimoh Ibrahim’s seized assets
A federal High Court, Lagos, has declined to vacate an interim order through which the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) seized property belonging to a businessman, Jimoh…
Lagos senators want Buhari to name Gwarimpa Estate in Abuja after Jakande
The three ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators from Lagos State have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to name the Gwarimpa Estate in the Federal Capital…
Will Smith And Jada Pinkett Smith Partners With Mo Abudu
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s film production company, Westbrook Studios is teaming up with Mo Abudu‘s…
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Says He Would Consider Running For Presidency
Dwayne Johnson, also known by his former WWE wrestling name The Rock, made the admission that he would consider going for the U.S presidential race if that is what…