The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday announced that oil-dependent economies like Nigeria’s continued to perform worse than countries dependent on other exports. According to the organisation, the trend has been on since the…

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday won a parliamentary majority, according to Sky News and BBC television, after a snap election was called over Brexit. Results show that the Tories have won 326 of the 650 seats in the lower…

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Thursday described President Muhammadu Buhari as the most democratic leader the country has ever produced. Bello also faulted the position of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major- Gen. Babagana…

The unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) on November 1, 2013, marked the privatisation of the power sector. With the distribution and generation sub-sectors sold to core investors, thousands were retrenched while a few…

A Dutse Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a 67-year-old farmer, Samson Aku, to three months imprisonment for maiming and killing a herder’s cows, which strayed into his farm. The Presiding Officer, Mr Suleiman Mohammed,…

A high court sitting in Yola, presided by Justice Nathan Musa on Thursday jailed two Independent National Electoral Commission staff for 42 years for collecting bribes. Justice Musa also asked the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed…

The Nigerian Army says the recent video clip allegedly released by Boko Haram terrorists portraying capture and killing of some Nigerian soldiers was the fabrication of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Acting Director,…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, yesterday advocated for the amendment of Nigeria’s constitution to accommodate some of the concerns of Muslims and the Shari’a law. Muhammad made this known while declaring…

No fewer than 46 medical doctors have resigned from the Anambra State-owned Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka, over poor condition of service. They were made up of 10 consultants and 36 resident doctors. The…

The Ministers of Finance, Zainab Ahmed says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government can not stop borrowing to finance projects. Ahmed explained that there was an urgent need to fund the 2020 budget to improve…