At least twelve banks in Ibadan were sealed on Monday morning by the state’s Board of Internal Revenue for non-payment of Environmental Development Levy for over three years. Two enforcement teams from...

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Amina Mohammed has said that Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s two-time Minister of Finance, spent years to get the country out of debt, but...

Omoyele Sowore, a presidential hopeful in Nigeria and publisher of an online newspaper, Sahara Reporters says he will make the country a marijuana exporting hub if elected as the country’s president. The...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday disclosed that it has sanctioned and imposed a total fine of ₦5.87 billion on four banks for flagrant violation of extant laws and regulations. In a statement...

  Confidence over the rising health of Africa’s largest economy has been dealt a heavy blow after Nigeria’s economic growth decelerated in the second quarter of 2018. The nation’s Gross Domestic...

The joint venture between Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), through the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) with communities in its area of operations...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Tuesday revealed that the Federal Government has raked in ₦13.8 billion from tax evaders through its whistle blower policy. Speaking to...

Apple has become the first United States-listed company to be valued at a trillion dollars. The company founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak was worth $3 billion when Jobs returned to revitalize it...

The Federal Government is expected to refund a total sum of ₦489 billion to 21 states of the federation as approved by the Senate for states which used their resources to execute federal projects in...

The Federal Government has ordered an immediate audit of all property belonging to the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) within Apapa and its environs. This is in preparation for the extension of the...

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu says the approved private sector driven petroleum refinery in Mashi, Katsina State is expected be completed by 2021.  Kachikwu, who made this...

As the Federal Government seeks strategic partners to operate its new national airline, Nigeria Air, it has been estimated that an initial takeoff capital of between $150 million and $300 million would...

The Nigerian government has unveiled the name and logo of her new national carrier. The  airline is to be called ‘Nigeria Air’. The unveiling was done at the 2018 Farnborough Air Show in London where...

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has revealed that only about 350 Nigerians were responsible for more than 80 per cent of the ₦5.4 trillion debt of the company. The revelation was...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari’s assertion that the 2018 budget which he signed on Wednesday will be unimplementable as a clear admission that he lacks the capacity...

The Chinese government on Tuesday threatened to retaliate against the latest additional tariffs imposed on its goods by  United States President, Donald Trump. China’s Commerce Ministry accused the...

In a move to protect local production and prevent incessant cross-border smuggling of foreign rice into Nigeria, the Federal Government has directed the closure of the nation’s land border. Speaking...

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II says the subsidy regime in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has compromised the corporation to the extent that it would  take only an angel to run the...

The Federal Government says it has recovered about ₦30 billion both from individuals and corporate establishments through the Federal Government-initiated Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme...

The Federal Government has said it plans to start raising high walls at the nation’s borders as a way of checking the rising spate of insecurity and regular smuggling of arms and ammunition into the...