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- 27 May 2021
NBC Suspends Licence of Human Rights Radio over Brekete Host
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the licence of Human Rights Radio 101.1 FM in Abuja owned by Ahmed Isah popularly known as Ordinary President. The commission in a statement on…
- 24 Sept 2021
Copyright Commission Threatens School Proprietors Patronising Pirated Books
School proprietors who are found distributing or patronising pirated books would, henceforth, be arrested and prosecuted, Dr. John O. Asein, Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has…
- 8 Jan 2015
OBJ, Others Acting Like Motor Park Touts-FG
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday condemned some politicians parading themselves as statesmen and senior citizens whereas, they are by their utterances, “ordinary politicians and motor park…
- 2 Mar 2015
NIMC Opens New Collection Centres for National IDs
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has established card collection centres in all its state offices nationwide, a development, the commission said was part of the effort to improve the…
- 8 May 2018
Liberia Seeks Collaboration with NigComSat on Its Services
Mr. Dominic Kwenme, Liberian Assistant Minister of Planning in the Ministry of Education, says Nigeria is driving Africa into the technological realm with the ownership of Nigerian Communications…
- 7 Oct 2015
Nigerians Poke Buhari, Say He Tabled “Ministerial Compensation” List
Mixed reactions, yesterday, trailed the formal unveiling of the ministerial list sent to the Senate last week by President Muhammadu Buhari. On the list of 21 nominees whose names were read out at…
- 18 Aug 2015
Travellers Out of Nigeria Declare $12Bn
Ibrahim Lamorde, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has stated that currency declaration by travellers out of Nigeria amounted to $12.058 billion in three years. As he…
- 26 Dec 2019
Arrest, Detain Emefiele, CBN Gov over Ammunition Funds- Lamido
Sule Lamido, former Jigawa State governor, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to also arrest and detain Godwin Emefiele, Central Bank governor over the same ammunition funds for which Sambo…
- 5 Jun 2015
Public Outcry over Aisha, First Lady’s '$50,000 Cartier' Watch
President Muhammadu Buhari’s 'man of the people' image has come under closer scrutiny after Aisha, his wife was photographed wearing an expensive-looking watch. Reports in Independent of UK and BBC…
- 19 Feb 2023
SERAP Drags President Buhari to Court over Old N500, N1,000 Notes Ban
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the unlawful directive banning the use of old N500 and N1,000 banknotes, which…
- 21 Aug 2016
Emefiele Emerges President, African Central Bank Governors
Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been elected as the President, Association of African Central Bank Governors. The election was conducted at the 39th ordinary…
- 23 Jul 2014
Behold, the 10 Richest Presidents In the World
With power comes not only fame but immense fortunes. Heads of state or government are supposed to be the servants of the people, but it this appears a Herculean task in this time and age. Those who…
- 12 May 2026
Trapped Between Nigeria’s Failure and South Africa’s Xenophobic Violence
By Blaise Udunze When the word “xenophobic” is talked about, most affected African countries tend to focus on the pains being experienced by their citizens in South Africa. For a moment, it calls for…
- 21 Nov 2016
Buhari to Seek Re-Election in 2019, FG Hints
The Presidency has indicated that President Muhammdu Buhari would seek a second term in office in 2019. This is just one year and seven months into the four years’ term of the administration of…
- 19 May 2026
Pantami, Ex Minister of Communication Withdraws from Gombe APC Governorship Primaries over Alleged Electoral Violations
Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, former minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Gombe State, citing…
- 25 Jan 2022
FG says 4m MSMEs Benefited from N150bn Funding
More than four million Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises have benefitted from various schemes of the Federal Government, amounting N150 billion, targeted at uplifting the sub-sector in the country.…
- 15 Oct 2012
Holes in Mr. President’s 5 Million Phones for Women
President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to give 5 million women farmers’ mobile phones in 2013 as part of efforts to prove the gender friendliness of his administration is grossly flawed and ill…
- 9 Aug 2019
Ernest Ndukwe Brings New Vibe to MTN, Industry
The emergence of Ernest Ndukwe, telecom technocrat as the chairman of MTN Nigeria Plc, is a good match for his skills and experience; and fresh allure for the telecom giant. Ndukwe, the father…
- 13 Jan 2016
Reps Order Banks to Refund COT or Face Penalties
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been mandated to order deposit money banks to refund all Commission on Turnover (COT) charges this year or face severe penalties. House of Representatives which…
- 18 Feb 2024
Tinubu Assures AU Leaders of Nigeria's readiness to Host African Central Bank
President Bola Tinubu has spoken about Nigeria's readiness to host the African Central Bank in line with the vision of the Abuja Treaty. Addressing African leaders on Saturday, February 17, at the…
- 29 Sept 2016
Bloomberg: Nigerian Economic Policy Dispute Hinders Chances of Recovery
A dispute between Nigeria’s monetary and fiscal policy makers over how to lift the economy out of its worst slump in more than two decades may delay a recovery in Africa’s most populous country,…
- 5 Oct 2015
UK Crime Agency Gets Court Nod to Seize Diezani’s Loot
National Crime Agency (NCA) obtained court permission on Monday to temporarily seize 27,000 pounds ($41,000) from a former Nigerian oil minister embroiled in a financial scandal, a court official in…
- 14 Jun 2021
CBN now “Father Christmas” - PDP Governors
Governors of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the opposition party, on Monday said that some government agencies and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) were operating outside the law that established…
- 2 May 2014
Sterling Bank to Raise Share Capital to N16Bn
Sharaholders of Sterling Bank Plc, has approved the bank’s plans to raise new capital through a private placement. The private placement, when concluded, will shore up Sterling Bank’s share capital…
- 5 Jan 2018
Buhari;s Re-election Bid Inhuman, Insulting- Arewa Youths
For ignoring the wanton killings in several states across Nigeria and indicating his re-election bid for the 2019 Presidency, Northern youths have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being inhuman…
- 14 Jun 2021
Twitter Ban: Nigeria’s Once Booming Tech Community Now in Shock
The government’s sudden ban of Twitter could jeopardise one of the country’s most promising industries, according to Mail & Guardian . Africa’s biggest startup story in 2020 was the acquisition,…
- 12 May 2019
CBN Reacts to Alleged Stolen Money from Apex Bank’s Coffers
Mr Isaac Okoroafor, director, Corporate Communications, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said that no money is missing or stolen from the bank’s coffers as reported in some section of the media. …
- 14 Nov 2019
Alibaba, Chinese Ecommerce Giant to Support 4 Nigerian Techprenuers
Mr. Jack Ma, China’s second richest man and founder of Alibaba, said his Alibaba Group will support four technology entrepreneurs in Nigeria, among the 10 to be supported in Africa. He did not…
- 13 Jun 2015
Buhari to Earn N14.4m, VP Osinbajo N12. 1 Per Annum
Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), has reviewed the salaries of the President, Vice President, Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives and Speakers in…
- 14 Mar 2021
SERAP Sues Buhari, FG over Plan to Borrow N895Bn from Dormant Accounts
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain and stop President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government from borrowing an…