Nigeria’s bilateral and multilateral debts stood at $31.98 billion as of September 2020, according to the latest figures released by the Debt Management Office  (DMO). The outstanding debts are not

As Nigeria prepares to take delivery of Covid-19 vaccines by the end of January,  the  World Health Organization (WHO) announced Tuesday that it has authorised the vaccine made by Pfizer

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has debunked claims it increased electricity tariff by 50%. However it confirmed a N2 increase for various segments of the population, which it described as

The largest Telecommunications Company in Kenya, Safaricom is among a group of lenders and IT companies that have been licensed to offer cashless payments in Public Service Vehicles (PSVs), setting the

Intels Nigeria Limited with its parent company Orlean Invest Holding has denied reports that its business has at some time been hindered by political influences from the current government, attributing

Nigeria’s federal government on Monday squared up to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and some human rights groups, notably Amnesty International, accusing them of frustrating efforts to tackle the nation’s

Nigeria has once more missed the target it voluntary set to end gas flaring in 2020, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. The development also coincides with data obtained from the country’s

Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their allies, including Russia, on Monday failed to reach an agreement on production levels for February, with talks expected to

Nigerian authorities have remanded Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara reporters at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing of their bail applications on Tuesday. Sowore, an activist and convener of

The Nigerian government has said it has no plans to impose a fresh lockdown as the country battles a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. However, the country’s Minister of

A former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration of “destroying his legitimate business that was employing thousands of Nigerians because of politics”. Abubakar, a

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the take-off of the Special Public Works Programme, which aims at engaging 774,000 unemployed itinerant Nigerians to begin nationwide on Tuesday, January 5th. The

One hundred people were killed on Saturday in attacks on two villages in western Niger, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said following one of the deadliest days in recent memory for

Military air strikes at the weekend struck a logistics base of terror group, Boko Haram, killing scores of terrorists in a hideout in two locations, notably, Kote Kura and Bulama

An incident, involving the British Airways Flight BA75 flight to Lagos, which was grounded due to bird strikes, has exposed the poor emergency response at the at the Murtala Muhammed

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extended the stay-at- home order for all State Public Servants on Grade Levels 14 and below. The new order asked them to resume duty

Another fresh round of the Ethiopian dam talks resumed Sunday with Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt hoping to get a solution to the water crisis that has rocked the mega-dam project