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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned Nigeria and other African countries against their rising level of indebtedness to China, stressing that the non-Paris Club creditors, “create some instability or some vulnerabilities.” The warning came as Nigeria’s debt profile rose from N24.95 trillion to N25.7 trillion in the last three months. One year ago, it […]

There are growing concerns that the insurgency in the Northeast is being prolonged by massive external funding from fundamentalist groups and foreign nations, forcing former president, Olusegun Obasanjo to add his voice to these concerns, saying foreign funding for Boko Haram has risen to 50%.  Speaking at the President Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington DC […]

First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has apologised to her children, family and Nigerians over a leaked video, which showed her aggressively shouting on top of her voice inside the State House, Abuja. The video, which was recorded and leaked by Fatima, daughter of President Buhari’s nephew, Mamman Daura, was recorded when Mrs. Buhari wanted to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The president gave the order in reaction to persistent criticisms of the operations of the organisation from 2001 to 2019. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement, said the […]

  Kidnappers free Abducted Kaduna School Principal after collecting ransom Mr. Francis Maji, principal of Government Technical Secondary School in Maraban Kajuru, Kajuru LGA in Kaduna, abducted seven days ago, has been set free by his abductors. Family sources said he was released on Wednesday night after the payment of undisclosed sum of money as […]

To avert a nationwide industrial action by the organized labour, the federal government yesterday shifted ground with a new proposal for minimum wage consequential adjustment from 11% to 17% for workers on grade levels 7 to 14 and from 6.5% to 12% for those on grade levels 15 to 17. This new offer followed protracted […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has restricted the number of international trips abroad by ministers and permanent secretaries to not more than two in a quarter. Also affected by the new directive are the chairmen of Extra-Ministerial Departments, chief executive officers of government agencies and directors. A statement by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of […]

Despite growing concerns about the state of insecurity in Nigeria’s political capital, Abuja, the security director of the Federal Capital Territory, Adamu Buba Gwary, on Wednesday struggled on television to provide the emergency numbers of the city. In what was an awkward moment, Gwary, who was representing the FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello, couldn’t give the […]

After saying two years ago that the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram had been “technically defeated” even as the group continued its resurgence and continues to wreak havoc in the war-ravaged Northeast, President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday made another bold declaration, saying his administration’s efforts to combat insecurity in the country has resulted in Boko Haram […]

The Nigerian Army yesterday asked Chairman of Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, to prove his claim that 847 soldiers had been lost to the Boko Haram insurgency in the last six years. Ndume, who spoke with reporters after the Senate plenary to the debate on the general principle of the 2020 budget proposal, […]

Multiple award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named as one of the 100 Most Influential People of African descent by the Africa Report. Adichie is number four on the list, and is the only other Nigerian on in the Top 5 apart from Aliko Dangote who is number one. She is also the […]

The national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has accused Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo of anti-party activities, saying the governor is fomenting chaos to create disaffection in the state chapter of the APC, insisting that Obaseki had already perfected plans to dump the APC ahead of next year’s governorship poll. […]