Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido, struck a defiant tone again Tuesday, accusing state-run oil firm, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, of failing to pay to the federation account at least $20 billion of government oil revenues.   The Nigerian government...

Exactly 15 days after President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated the Nigeria Mortgage Re-finance Company Plc in a bid to tackle housing deficit, the Central Bank of Nigeria has barred the company from financing real estate construction and a number of activities. As a...

A member of House of Representatives, Hon Chris Emeka Azubogu, has reiterated the need to review adoption laws in the country. Azubogu, who represents Nnewi North/Nnewi South/ Ekwusigo federal constituency of Anambra State, stated this at the launch of a book...

In keeping with the pledge by President Goodluck Jonathan that the National Dialogue proposed by his administration would provide an opportunity for Nigerians to discuss issues on concerns to them, the Federal Government declared on Thursday that delegates to the conference...

•   National Council on Power under way The National Assembly  is considering banning importation of generators as part of efforts to tackle the problem in the power sector. It also expressed concern about the incessant vandalism of key pipelines that convey...

…engages stakeholders on Backward Integration Policy  The Federal Government has said that it has concluded plans to develop and implement a comprehensive Backward Integration Policy for the iron and steel sub-sectors of the Nigerian economy. The Minister of Industry, Trade and...