• USA Nigeria

    Cracks in FG as minister counters Buhari’s aide on US travel advisory

    Adelani Adepegba,  Abuja There are strong indications  that the United States of America authorities’ refusal to allow some Nigerians with valid  visas entry into  the US  has caused a division in the Federal Government.  The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Tuesday countered a travel advisory by the Senior ...

  • Nigeria

    Audu to oversee ECOWAS drug unit advocacy

    AdelaniAdepegba, Abuja A marketing communications consultant and public affairs strategist, Haroun Audu has been selected into a pool of resource persons for the ECOWAS Commission Headquarters, Abuja. Audu has been as a communications expert to oversee and execute the communication and visibility plan of a European Union fully-funded project in ...

  • Nigeria

    Cleansing Nigeria’s corrupt bureaucracy

    LAW enforcement agencies continue to make ever more befuddling discoveries of stolen funds, just as the stench of corruption in the public service is overpowering. From fleets of vehicles and plum real estate to huge sums of money traced to them, some public sector employees have been exposed as common ...

  • Nigeria

    Naira to float in 3-year economic recovery plan

    CBN pumps $100m into forex market •Review of ban on forex for 41 goods •15.74% inflation target to be achieved in 2017 and 12.42 in 2018 •Better public/private sector efficiency •A knowledge-based economy •Privatisation of selected assets A market-driven exchange rate regime is in the works, going by the Federal ...

  • Nigeria

    Senate stops Customs’ duty payment on old vehicles

    The Senate yesterday asked the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to halt all actions on the implementation of its circular on payment of duty on old vehicles. It said implementation of the circular should be stopped until the leadership of the NCS appeared before its committee to explain in details the ...

  • USA Iran Nigeria

    Nigerians free to travel to U.S., says Fed Govt

    No Nigerian with full valid entry visa has been denied entry into the United States (U.S.) contrary to reports, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama Onyeama said Nigerians were free to travel to the U.S. as the country was not on the list of six banned mainly-Muslim countries. ...

  • Nigeria

    Court Jails Drug Trafficker 3 years For Peddling 50.3kg Of Marijuana

    Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday convicted and sentenced a 50-year-old man, Abdulmaroof Oshilaja, to three years imprisonment for drug trafficking. Justice Oguntoyinbo handed down the verdict after Oshilaja pleaded guilty to one count charge of Indian hemp trafficking brought against him by the National ...

  • Nigeria

    How NigComSat-1R Can Scientifically Pull Nigeria Out Of Recession

    Nigeria’s economy is currently in a state of recession and the Federal Government has made it clear it will explore other ways of boosting the economy and pulling the nation out of the situation. Nigeria’s NigComSat 1R provides one such avenue to scientifically boost the economy and help the nation ...

  • Brasile India Nigeria

    Xenophobic Attacks: The Challenge Of Nigeria’s Broken Dreams

    Mixed emotions have trailed the ill treatment of Nigerians in foreign lands in search of greener pasture, especially the intermittent xenophobic attacks in South Africa, which experts say has become a major diplomatic issue. OMONU YAX-NELSON writes A 1961 International studies predicted that, three nations; Nigeria, Brazil and India, were ...

  • Nigeria

    All Set For 2017 NPA Lagos International Polo

    All is set for the 2017 edition of the NPA Lagos International Polo Tournament scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, with Lagos STL and Ibadan Challenge galloping off hostilities in the first day reserved exclusively for teams in the Silver Cup. The 11-day event, which has Guaranty Trust Bank as main sponsor, ...