• Nigeria

    Senate to screen ambassadorial nominees today

    Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate will on Tuesday (today) begin the screening of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees for whom President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking legislative approval. A notice by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, which would conduct the screening exercise, was sighted by our correspondent on Monday. The exercise ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria begins trade negotiations with African countries

    Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government will this week begin another round of negotiations with all the countries in the African region under the Continental Free Trade Agreement. The Strategic Communications Adviser to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Constance Ikokwu, who confirmed the development, said the Nigerian negotiation ...

  • Cina USA

    Trump, a bully without dignity – Chinese judge

    A top Chinese judge has branded President Donald Trump a bully and an “enemy of the rule of law” for attacking the US judiciary as China revels in the upheaval gripping the world’s leading democracy. Trump launched a tirade against US District Judge James Robart for suspending his travel ban ...

  • Nigeria

    Buhari and 2Face: A weekend of cancellations

    Azuka Onwuka Popular hip-hop musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly known with the stage name, “2Face,” which he recently changed to “2Baba,” came under heavy criticism over the weekend when he announced that the protest against Nigeria’s dwindling economy, scheduled to hold on February 6, 2017, had been cancelled. Interest in the ...

  • Nigeria

    Reps probe sale of $1b foreign exchange

    • CBN: we’re not aware of NNPC/IOCs forex sale deal The House of Representatives  Ad hoc Committee on the Reduction of Petrol Prices has summoned Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, over alleged irregularities in the sale of $1billion foreign exchange (forex) last year. The CBN chief is ...

  • Nigeria

    NAIA Closure: Foreign Airlines Threaten To Suspend Abuja Route Operations

    There are indications that most foreign airlines in the country may suspend flight operations to the nation’s capital following government’s decision to close down the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja from March 8, 2017. South African Airways, SAA and British Airways have already signified their intentions to quit the ...

  • Nigeria

    Land Import Ban Raises Smuggling Of Trapped Vehicles

    Auto dealers of trapped vehicles at Benin republic ports, as a result of the federal government ban on importation of vehicles through the land borders, have resorted to smuggling of the trapped automobiles to Nigeria through unapproved routes. The federal government’s ban on importation of used and new vehicles through ...

  • Nigeria

    Ag. President To Protesters: We Understand Your Grievances

    Acting president Yemi Osinbajo yesterday told protesters that the federal government feels their grievances and was determined to revive the economy. Osinbajo spoke in the aftermath of protests across major cities in the country, including Lagos, Abuja, Rivers and Edo yesterday, over policies and actions of the present administration. Musician, ...

  • Nigeria

    FG Outlines Economic Recovery Plan, Targets 7% GDP Growth Rate

    The federal government has outlined plans to pull the country out of recession and get it on a path of sustainable growth in the shortest possible time. According to the federal government, the medium term plan is expected to drive Nigeria to a minimum GDP growth rate of 7 per ...

  • Nigeria

    Reps Summon CBN Governor, Petroleum Minister over Forex Fraud

    The House of Representatives has summoned the governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Ibe Kachikwu, and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baro over irregularities discovered in the foreign exchange  to oil marketers. Baro alongside ...