The Nigerian government has commenced moves to stop the illegal activities of Chinese and other artisanal miners across the country. A senior official of the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Fran Odoom, made […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has suspended the use of the National Identification Number as a requirement for registration in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The suspension also affected the Direct Entry registration […]
Iran mistakenly shot the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed on Wednesday, killing all the 176 people on board, according to US officials. The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s airport. The incident occurred after […]
President Donald Trump says the US is ready to embrace peace “with all those who seek peace”. Trump said this in a broadcast after the claim of Iran that 80 American soldiers had been killed […]
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani sent a chilling note to US President Donald Trump today that Washington might have “cut off the arm” of General Qassem Soleimani but America’s “leg” in the region would be cut […]
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foriegn minister, says the US denied him visa needed to attend a UN meeting in New York. According to France 24, Zarif said he was informed of US’s decision by Antonio […]
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has appointed Oliver Alawuba (pictured) as its chief executive officer to oversee its operations in 20 African countries excluding Nigeria. Alawuba succeeds Victor Osadolor, who is retiring from the […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday released the Nigerian Payments System Risk and Information Security Management Framework to guide the management of risks associated with the payments system in Nigeria. The framework which had […]
Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, says his principal will not handpick his successor in 2023. Speaking at a programme on Channels Television on Monday, Adesina said Buhari is […]
The management of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, says desperation of some students to force their ways into a 500-seat Computer Based Test (CBT) Centre led to a stampede, causing injuries of some of them. […]
Until recently, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) was largely unknown to many. But today, the Director General of the Commission, Babatunde Irukera, in this interview, says the agency has achieved a lot […]
President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States’ killing of Iranian military general was carried out to prevent an all-out war. At a brief appearance before the media in Florida, Mr Trump accused […]
Bamidele Salam, the House of Representatives member representing Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency, in this interview with Yusuf Akinpelu, says the ₦37 billion intended to be used for NASS renovation is a misplaced priority. Mr […]
The Nigerian judiciary and justice sector kicked off in 2019 and ended with controversial cases that attracted national and even international attention. The election year saw political and other developments that shook the judiciary with […]
The Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki, has broken silence on the demolition of ‘Ile Arugbo, in Ilorin, saying “It is especially disrespectful to her personally as she has been a member of the […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has asked the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation to complete the Trade Fair-LASU Gate portion of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway within eight months. Sanwo-Olu gave the directive during an inspection of […]
Bode George, former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has indicated interest to contest as president in 2023. The Pathfinder Consortium, a group led by Uthman Shodipe-Dosunmu, George’s special adviser, made the […]
Data from the US travel and tourism office shows a 21 per cent drop in the number of Nigerians travelling to the country, the largest global drop-off in visitors to the US. As of 2019 […]
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, became $4.3 billion richer in 2019 with his business investments in cement, flour and sugar. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the 62-year-old businessman ended the year with a net […]
The Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC) has denied reports that a train conveying passengers from Kaduna to Abuja was attacked by gunmen on Thursday. There were reports that a train, which left the Rigasa train station […]
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