A painting by the Nigerian artist responsible for the ‘African Mona Lisa’ sold at auction in London on Tuesday for £1.1m after the family who owned it googled the signature and realised its importance. ‘Christine,’ […]
The consumer price index, that measures the rate at which the prices of goods and services in increase, stood at 11.24% in September. This is a 0.22 percentage point increase from the 11.02% recorded in […]
Labour unions have submitted their preferred percentage on the ‘consequential increase’ in workers’ salaries arising from the new minimum wage of N30,000. Leaders of the unions held a meeting with the Minister of Labour and […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Sabo Nanono on Monday said Nigeria is producing enough to feed itself, contrary to the narrative in some quarters that there is hunger in the land. Nanono […]
Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says under-recovery of premium motor spirit (PMS), better known as fuel subsidy, will gulp N450 billion in 2020. She said this at the public presentation of […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has raided a night-club and arrested nearly a hundred suspected fraudsters in Osun State. The anti-graft agency said its operatives on Monday raided the Osogbo-based club which […]
Lagos State Government has declared a state of emergency on various dilapidated highways and carriage roads within the State with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s order on Sunday that massive rehabilitation work on critical roads and highways […]
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has declared a state of emergency on dilapidated roads in the state. Gboyega Akosile, his chief press secretary, said the governor has directed immediate construction work on the roads beginning […]
Ahead of the expiration of the ultimatum issued by labour unions over the minimum wage implementation, the unions have asked their branches across the country to get set for an industrial action. PREMIUM TIMES reported […]
Dele Agekameh, a prominent Nigerian journalist and columnist, has died at the age of 60. Agekameh died on Friday in Lagos after suffering from renal disorder for more than seven years. He was a former […]
Rice smugglers, whose illicit operations were affected by the closure of land borders, seem to have found a way out of their present predicament by diverting into a new line of business; the smuggling of […]
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Neurosurgeons are known as skilled operators. But straddling surgeries across two continents? That’s a different skill entirely.Dr. Olawale Sulaiman, 49, is a professor of neurosurgery and spinal surgery and chairman for the neurosurgery […]
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhariari on Friday banned ministers and head of government agencies from embarking on foreign trips. A statement issued by the Director of Information Office of the Secretary to the Government of the […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the discovery of oil in the north-eastern part of the country. Samson Makoji, acting group general manager, group public affairs division of the corporation, announced this in […]
An estimated $582 billion has been stolen from Nigeria since independence in 1960. The estimate, which was attributed to Chatham House, was quoted in an article published by The Economist titled, ‘Catch me if you […]
The Lagos State Assembly on Thursday threatened to arrest the former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode. The threat followed the presentation of preliminary reports by two ad hoc committees set up by the House […]
Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, a professor of Nigerian origin, has resigned after it was discovered that he spent $242,390 research funds in strip clubs and iTunes purchases. According to a statement released by the eastern district of […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has decried the presentation of fake academic credentials and rigging of unqualified persons into the mobilisation list. Among the last batch of corps members, 95 fake graduates, 60 from […]
Here is the full speech of President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly on Tuesday 8 October, at the presentation of the 2020 budget, styled Budget of Sustaining Growth and Job Creation I will start […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented the year 2020 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly. Mr Buhari, who arrived the National Assembly chambers at about 2 p.m., presented the budget to […]
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