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As a Muslim who not only studied Quran at a tender age and attended Islamic institutions in my formative years, I pray to Almighty...

Sanya Adejokun   In December 2011, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chirstine Lagarde visited Nigeria. It was the year that she replaced her...

Although taxation is the most important source of revenue that enables governments to finance development and provide services required by citizens, Illicit Financial Flows...

Read the presidency statement in full below: “Documents submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), show that the retired General...

By Stellamaries Amuwa   Breast milk is widely acknowledged as the most complete form of nutrition for infants, with a range of benefits for health, growth,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the Executive Vice Chairman of ExxonMobil Africa, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, to head Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation...

Fish farming falls under the animal production sector of agriculture, which can also be described as aquaculture. Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organism...

Another pipeline explosion occurred early Sunday along Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) network at Arepo, Ogun State, just outside Lagos. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the...

THE central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has approved the liquidation of 83 existing microfinance banks over engaging in fraudulent activities and non operational offices. Already,...

The air operations to clear terrorists bases sited in Daggu and Yazza  areas of Borno State during the weekend have registered the expected results in...

A group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has faulted the legal advice provided last week by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF)...

Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan has not shown enough commitment to steel...

Kano state governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has signed into law, the 2014 appropriation bill, in the tune of N215, 148,755,955  billion, after passage by...

One time Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress,  Nasir El-Rufai has reacted to the suspension of Sanusi...

Kano state Governor, Mr  Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Thursday  faulted the suspension of the Governor of the Central Bank (CBN) Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,...

The suspension of Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi yesterday  has brought to a halt  the long-drawn dispute between the presidency and the nation’s...

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed managing director of Zenith Bank,Mr Godwin Emefiele as the new governor of Central Bank. Information reaching us say the president has forwarded Mr Emefiele’s...

Officials of the State Security Service, SSS, have seized the travelling documents of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, shortly after...

Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi, representing Ekiti North senatorial district, Tuesday disagreed with a human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), that the National Assembly lacks...

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Tuesday in Abuja said the company required 1.5 billion dollars annually to meet the 20, 000 mega watts transmission...