FAAC Shares N652.2bn To FG, States, Councils For July
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) Tuesday distributed N652.229 billion to the three tiers of government. Addressing the press shortly after the monthly meeting, Accountant…
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Nigeria Media Is Like A Nagging Wife– Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that he is not a friend of the press. Obasanjo said this during the launch of the French translation…
Oil Prices Spike In Spite Of Bearish EIA Forecast, Brent Now $50pb
Oil prices have faced increased pressure in 2017; if it’s not Nigeria and Libya output, it’s US shale. If it’s not US shale, it’s predictions…
CBN Holds Benchmark Interest Rate At 14 Pct
Nigeria’s central bank held its benchmark interest rate at 14 percent on Tuesday, its governor said. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele who announced the…
Six Governors Off To London On Buhari’s Invitation
Six governors are set to travel to London tonight to visit Nigeria’s ailing President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday at 3 pm. This was disclosed by…
Oyo, Osun Constitute LAUTECH’s Governing Council
The Osun State government has urged parents, students and other stakeholders of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) to plead with the institution’s joint unions…
Bharti Airtel Plans Acquiring 9mobile To Challenge MTN Leadership
Analysts said acquiring 9mobile could see Airtel Nigeria overtake Globacom, and give it the power to compete with market leader MTN. Vodafone lost the opportunity…
Nigeria’s Power Generation Slumps Below 3,000MW, Seven Plants Idle
Nigeria’s power generation has fallen below the 3,000 megawatts mark as the number of idle power plants increased to eight on Sunday from five on…
South-West Governors Resolve To Work For Regional Prosperity
Governors in the South-West Zone met on Monday in Abeokuta, the Ogun capital, and resolved to strengthen regional integration as pathway to the economic prosperity…
Constitution Amendment ‘Bars’ Jonathan From 2019 Polls
Former President Goodluck Jonathan will be ineligible to contest in 2019 presidential election if the national assembly has its way. In the report by the…
2017 Budget At Risk As OPEC Caps Nigeria’s Oil Quota At 1.8m Barrels
A ministerial committee of OPEC moved on Monday to cap Nigerian oil output at 1.8m barrels and called on several members to boost compliance with…
CBN Injects $195m Into Forex Market
Ahead of the decisions of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Tuesday, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday boosted liquidity in various segments of…
Nigerian Stocks Hit 2-year High On Earnings Hopes
Nigerian stocks climbed to more than two year highs on Monday, lifted by gains in Dangote Cement as investors piled into the shares in anticipation…
Nigerians To Pay N7.45/kwh More For Electricity As NERC Prepares New Tariff
Barring any last-minute change, electricity consumers in Nigeria are to pay between N2.89 and N7.45 per kilowatt hour (kwh) increase in the new cost reflective…
Niger Delta Militants Return, Strike Pipeline In Ogoniland As NNPC Loses 150,000mpd
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director (GMD) Dr. Maikanti Baru on Monday announced that the corporation could not sustain its last week…
PDP: Makarfi-led Caretaker C’ttee To Seek Tenure Extension
The National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi may push for a six-month extension of its mandate…
Boko Haram Deputy Unit Commander Arrested In Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a prime Boko Haram suspect at Gwako Village in Abuja. The suspect, 20 year old Seth…
Suicide Bomber Hits Borno IDPs Camp, 3 Feared Dead
The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the death of three persons in a suicide attack at the Dalori Internally Displaced Person’s camp in Maiduguri…
Reprieve As OPEC Excludes Nigeria, Libya From Volume Cut
Nigeria appears to have been given some temporary relief as petroleum exporting countries including OPEC and its collaborating partners agreed to remove the country from…
Osinbajo Assures Return Of Kidnapped Lagos School Boys
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday assured parents and guardians of the kidnapped Lagos school boys of the safe return of the children. In a…
NPFL: 3SC Pip Enyimba As Sunshine Win; Rangers Fall, MFM Game Shifted
Enyimba missed the chance to close the gap on league leaders Plateau United as the Aba side lost 1-0 to relegation threatened Shooting Stars in…
Ace Broadcaster Faleti Is Dead
Born on December 26, 1930, he died on Sunday morning. He was aged 86. His death was confirmed by Mr. Niji Akanni, convener of Ibadan…
