Nigeria has generated an estimated N102.6 billion as revenue from the sale of rice produced locally by farmers under the Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria. This was...

  Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) of the Ministry of Finance has said that the nation’s total indebtedness to creditors now stands at N19.16 trillion signifying over N1.8 trillion increase...

  South Africa has been hit by a technical recession after recent surveys revealed that that the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted to minus 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2017,...

The Presidency on Tuesday said the National Judicial Council (NJC) was trying to prevent justice from taking its course by recalling six judges accused of bribery and corruption. The Special Assistant...

  Wife of Nigeria’s President, Aisha Buhari returned from the United Kingdom on Tuesday morning, a week after she travelled to visit her husband who is on medical leave. According to a statement released...

  The Metropolitan Police in London has made 18 arrests in connection with Saturday’s terror attack that left seven people dead and 48 others injured. According to a police statement, officers...

  A new political party, the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) was on Monday, officially unveiled in Nigeria. The unveiling ceremony held at the Reiz Continental Hotel, central Area, Abuja...

Portuguese football talisman, Cristiano Ronaldo put in another stellar performance for Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) final against Italian giants, Juventus in Cardiff, Wales to cap a...

  Six Middle East countries namely the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen, Egypt and Libya have severed diplomatic ties with Qatar whom they accuse of supporting terrorism and undermining...

Suspected terrorists last night launched an attack on innocent citizens in London, killing six people and injuring 48 others. The terrorists numbering three, as confirmed by the police, began the attack...

US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull America out of the Paris global climate accord has apparently left the United States isolated from major global powers. United States’ European partners...

Ahead of the June 8 snap elections, a newly-released poll shows that Labour candidate, Jeremy Corbyn is now London’s favourite candidate for Prime Minister. The YouGov survey for the Evening Standard...

A magistrates’ court sitting at Ebute-Metta, Lagos State, has discharged and acquitted Mrs. Taiwo Momoh, the textile dealer who was arrested while attempting to jump into the Lagos Lagoon. After...

  Nigeria’s Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has given the Lagos State Government the nod to embark on total reconstruction of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Road from Oshodi. This...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress has said that the nation’s organized labour will vote out any “unfriendly governor” who has failed to pay workers’ salaries during the 2019 general elections. ...

  The Nigerian Senate on Thursday, confirmed the nomination of 15 out of the 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Following the adoption of...

  The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approved the sum of N566 million for the renovation and completion of 189 Juma’at and daily prayer mosques as well as Islamiyya schools inherited...

  Argentina soccer star, Lionel Messi has launched a project to build a soccer theme  park in the city of Nanjing in China. Messi, who is on a four-day visit to China, announced that the project...

Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh has said arrangements have been concluded by his ministry to export its first container load of yams to Europe in June this year. He made the disclosure...

The whistle-blowing policy of the current administration took a wrong turn on Tuesday when 50-year- old Ahmed Echodo was remanded in prison for allegedly giving false information that led to the raid...