By Gbenga Oloniniran Around 70 people have been killed by heavy rains lashing Afghanistan over the past five days, the government’s disaster management department said on Wednesday. Neighbouring Pakistan has also been hammered... Read more »
By Anozie Egole The Nigerian Ports Authority says has secured a $700m loan from Citibank for the rehabilitation of the Apapa and Tincan Island Ports in Lagos. The loan was funded by the... Read more »
The Central Bank governor, Olayemi Cardoso, has said the recent decline in the nation’s foreign reserves was used to settle debts owed to international creditors and not to defend the naira. The... Read more »
By John Alechenu The meeting of the National Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is set to begin as former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),... Read more »
By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor The Chief Executive officer, CEO, Rainoil Limited, Gabriel Ogbechie, said the federal government now spends N600 billion on petrol subsidy monthly. Speaking during the Stanbic IBTC Energy... Read more »
By Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis The ruling All Progressives Congress has announced that it will not obey the court order restraining the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, from parading himself... Read more »
By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole Human Rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana SAN, on Wednesday, said no court of law can prevent the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from prosecuting the former governor of Kogi state,... Read more »
By Solomon Odeniyi The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said two soldiers accused of stealing armoured cables at the Dangote refinery are currently in custody. The soldiers had entered the facility on Sunday in... Read more »
By Abiodun Sanusi, Solomon Odeniyi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday was granted a warrant by a Federal High Court in Abuja to apprehend Yahaya Bello, the former governor of... Read more »
…How applicants can be criminalised By Adesina Wahab and Elizabeth Osayande LAGOS: Students in private tertiary institutions in the country are not going to benefit from the Student Loan Scheme because of some... Read more »