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Multiple award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named as one of the 100 Most Influential People of African descent by the Africa Report. Adichie is number four on the list, and is the only other Nigerian on in the Top 5 apart from Aliko Dangote who is number one. She is also the […]

The national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has accused Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo of anti-party activities, saying the governor is fomenting chaos to create disaffection in the state chapter of the APC, insisting that Obaseki had already perfected plans to dump the APC ahead of next year’s governorship poll. […]

Chairman of Oyo State National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Asubiojo Olajuwon, has been detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Iyaganku, Ibadan.   Olajuwon was said to have been arrested inside the premises of Federal Co-operative College, Eleiyele, at the weekend while holding meeting with other executive members of the association.   One […]

First lady and the wife of Nigeria’s president, Aisha Buhari, has confirmed that she was the one speaking angrily in a video that went viral after she was denied access to an apartment at the presidential villa by the family of Mamman Daura, Buhari’s nephew.   “I was the one in that video and the […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth will remain lackluster in 2019. The fund stated this in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) for October 2019, released on the sidelines of the ongoing IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington DC, United States. GDP growth in Nigeria stood at 1.94 […]

Following the disagreement that between the federal government and labour unions over the implementation of the N30,000 national minimum wage, the House of Representatives has promised to resolve the impasse.   Labour is demanding 29% salary increase for officers at salary levels 07 to 14 and 24% adjustment for officers at salary grade levels 15 […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the National Assembly to investigate and sanction President Buhari for assigning official facilities in the Presidential villa to unauthorized persons that have no official roles in governance.   The PDP also described the fight between the First Lady, Aisha Buhari and the President’s cousins, over rooms in the […]

With an appeal by the presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, awaiting determination at the Supreme Court, his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday intensified the fight to assert their credibility before Nigerians. The Spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, fired the first round in a write-up dubbed […]

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has revealed that the nation will not be able to reach 80% revenue performance for fiscal year 2019. At a public presentation of the 2020 budget proposals Monday, Ahmed said as at half way point, the actual aggregate revenue for 2019 was N2.04 trillion, […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday said it has placed a ban on import and export of all kinds of goods through Nigeria land borders. “For now, all goods, whether illicit or non-illicit, are banned from going and coming into Nigeria,” Hameed Ali, NCS chief, said at a press conference in Abuja.   “Let […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday berated President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), over the attack by members of the party on the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, saying it was a confirmation that the dysfunctional APC has finally disintegrated.   The PDP said in a statement by its National Publicity […]

The military is tinkering with a new war strategy to end terror attacks by insurgent groups in the North-east within three months. The new strategy, it was learnt, followed widespread criticism of the present strategy of “super camp” which entails concentration of a large number of troops in a particular area from where troops launch […]