Nigeria

Pope Francis has condoled with the victims and their families in the wake of Sunday’s attack on…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, popularly called HAWKS…

Nigeria and Iraq have said the strategy employed by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, OPEC+, to gradually raise oil production is enough to balance the market. Both countries…

The Canadian government says it will not accept results of molecular COVID tests done in Nigeria and nine other African countries. The other affected countries are Botswana, Egypt,…

The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Cui Jianchun, has said that the trade volume between his country and Nigeria was $20bn in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic.…

Twitter on Monday said its talks with the Buhari administration to address the lingering statement over restoration of its services in Nigeria have been respectful and productive.…

Prominent traditional rulers in the six states of the South-West geo-political zone have enjoined all Yoruba sons and daughters to embrace peace and eschew acts that…

Nigeria's leading lender, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), has emerged as Best SME Bank in Africa and Best SME Bank in Nigeria at the Asian Banker Middle East and Africa Regional…

A member of the House of Representatives, Babajide Obanikoro, has said regulation of the social media was imperative. Obanikoro spoke at a workshop on digital freedom and freedom of…

Following the call for Yoruba Nation and the Republic of Biafra by secessionist agitators, the Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi has assured that the country will…

Nigeria expects to lift its ban on Twitter before the end of the year, Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, told Reuters on Thursday, adding that the government was awaiting a…

It has been two months since the Nigerian government banned Twitter after the tech giant deleted a post by President Muhammadu Buhari for violating its rules on abusive…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it sees the country’s inflation rate dropping to single digit next year, with the full implementation of its recent policies designed to…

Former military head of state General Abdulsalam Abubakar (retd) has told Biafra and Yoruba nations self-determination agitator to reconsider their moves, saying it is…

Dr Hassan Mahmud, Director, Monetary Policy Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said there were positive sides to Nigeria’s economic growth, despite uncertainties in the…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the greatest nations in the world are multi-religious and multi-ethnic, and as such, threats to Nigeria’s unity must be resisted. The…

Yoruba for One Nigeria Forum (YONF), a socio-cultural group, has asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to clear his name over the report that he is lobbying Benin Republic to shield…

Nigeria has recalled its ambassador to Indonesia over the ill-treatment meted out to its diplomat by immigration officials. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama announced…

There are strong indications that the Federal Government might not be in a hurry to lift the ban placed on Twitter, the micro blogging and social networking platform, whose…

SBM Intelligence, an Africa-focused geopolitical research firm, says 98 percent of businesses in Nigeria’s informal sector paid their taxes — but to non-state regulated actors. The…

THE Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has accused the elite and other influential individuals as those behind the problems of the country, stressing that they were…

International fashion and sportswear brand, PUMA has terminated its agreement with Nigeria following the recent embarrassment that occurred in the ongoing…

The federal government has received 4.08m doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States. The vaccine had been approved by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and…

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the federal government is not aware of the $875 million arms deal with the US, which was reportedly blocked by some US lawmakers.…