• Kenya

    Kenya's top judge Maraga guided by faith in God and law

    As a Seventh-day Adventist, he does not work on Saturdays before sundown.

  • USA

    US lawmakers voice opposition to withdrawal from Korea trade deal

    WASHINGTON -- A group of bipartisan US lawmakers on Tuesday voiced opposition to President Donald Trump's plans to weigh

  • Sudafrica Nigeria

    Nigeria summons South Africa envoy over police killing claim

    Nigeria on Tuesday summoned South Africa’s envoy over allegations that South African police suffocated a Nigerian national to death while he was in custody. The Nigerian foreign ministry said Kingsley Ikeri, a 27-year-old living in South Africa’s eastern Kwazulu-Natal province, had been “suffocated to death by the South African police ...

  • Nigeria

    ‘Nigeria spends N722bn on expertise importation’

    The Managing Director of Air Peace Limited, Mr. Allen Onyema, has said that the aviation industry loses over N722.8bn ($2bn) annually to import technical expertise. Onyema said the development was one of the factors weakening the naira and adversely affecting the economy as it was making a high demand on ...

  • Nigeria

    Clark berates Kanu over Biafra, condemns Arewa quit notice

    Elder statesman Edwin Clark on Tuesday condemned the Biafran agitation led by Nnamdi Kanu. He also condemned the notice to quit by the Arewa youth group to Igbo in the North, saying it was worrisome. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Clark made this known when the Chairman, Senate ...

  • Nigeria

    Exit from recession fails to lift stocks

    Stanley Opara Despite Nigeria exiting recession on Tuesday, the equities market closed in the red, shedding N35bn. On the release of the second quarter Gross Domestic Product data, the market opened this week’s trading with a loss as Seplat Petroleum Production Company Plc, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Lafarge Africa Plc, ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria’s exit from recession: GDP growth weak, dependent on oil sector – Economists

    Oyetunji Abioye Economic experts and analysts on Tuesday welcomed the 0.55 per cent Gross Domestic Product growth rate recorded by the Nigerian economy in the second quarter of this year, which meant that the country had exited recession. They, however, expressed concern that the economic growth rate was weak and ...

  • Nigeria

    CJN, Okonjo-Iweala, Fayemi, Fayose, others under probe –EFCC

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen; Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State; his predecessor and the current Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr.  Kayode Fayemi; and the immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, are among high-profile personalities currently ...

  • Nigeria

    Buhari, economists, others caution against celebrating Nigeria’s exit from recession

    Akinpelu Dada, Eniola Akinkuotu, Ifeanyi Onuba and Anna Okon The news that the nation exited its worst recession in 25 years was received with cautious optimism by a cross section of Nigerians on Tuesday, with many economists and analysts saying the 0.55 per cent growth in the Gross Domestic Product ...

  • Nigeria

    CBN injects fresh $250m to lift naira

    Oyetunji Abioye The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday injected $250m into the various segments of the inter-bank foreign exchange market, in order to lift the naira against other major currencies. Figures obtained from the CBN indicated that the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales segment of the market received the ...