2019

Nigeria’s total debt profile as of December 31, 2018, now stands at N24.387tn. The figure swelled by 12.25 per cent from N21.725tn in 2017 to N24.39tn in 2018. The debt rose by N2.66tn from December 31, 2017, to December…

Three students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) were on Wednesday found dead in a hostel after allegedly overdosing on mixture of tramadol, codeine and vodka. A fourth student was still alive but unconscious and…

Jiji, a fast-growing online classifieds marketplace, has acquired OLX in Nigeria and four other African countries. As part of the deal, the OLX users in Nigeria would be directed to Jiji marketplace in a transaction backed by one of Jiji’s…

The Presidency said on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari had yet to sign the National Minimum Wage Bill just passed by the National Assembly into law, contrary to reports last week that he had done so. The Senate had on March 19…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N6.17 billion for augmentation of the contract for the construction of Ikot-Ekpene border-Aba-Owerri Road, Section 1, Phase 1. Suleiman Zarma, the Minister of State for Power, Works…

PDP Head Quarters The 14 People Democratic Party (PDP) members-elect of the Kano State House of Assembly on Wednesday boycotted the ceremony for the presentation of certificates of return to winners of state elections in Kano. The…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University chapter, on Wednesday, resumed indefinite strike to press home its demands. The union had embarked on a strike in 2018 but suspended it when the Taraba government…

Two Senior Advocates of Nigeria, (SAN) have said that the FCT High Court judgment which nullified the nomination of Sen. Ademola Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the September 2018 Governorship…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday hailed the Federal High Court, for saving Nigeria’s democratic process by throwing out the suit by “anti-democratic forces working for the All Progressives Congress (APC), in their desperate…

The suspected killer of rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was shot dead down outside his clothing store on Sunday, has been arrested Los Angeles police in a statement on Tuesday said that 29-year-old Eric Holder was taken into custody…