Rita Osakwe Four Nigerians, including Heirs Holdings Chairman Tony Elumelu, made it to this year’s TIME100, Time Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The

Lillian Jijingi Zambia became the first African country to ask bondholders for relief since the onset of the coronavirus, seeking to defer interest payments on its Eurobonds as it battles

Lillian Jijingi As Libya prepares to resume oil production, concerns have been raised over who supervises its export and how to ensure oil revenue will be divided equally among interested

By Editor UK’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has confirmed plans for fans to return to watch live sport events in England from 1 October will not go ahead. The plans

Manchester United progressed to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup with 3-0 victory at Championship side Luton on Tuesday. Juan Mata opened the scoring from the penalty spot in

Abel Ejikeme The Nigerian government has hit out at those criticizing the National Water Resources Bill, describing them as ill-informed. It further reiterated that there’s no going back on the

Ernest Chinwo Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said the outcome of the Edo governorship election would be recorded in history as a triumph of democracy. He spoke yesterday when

There are fears that Africans will reject the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement if the accord benefits only industrialized countries on the continent. Secretary-General of the African Continental Free

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), on Tuesday, resolved to tweak its controlling lending rate while retaining its liquidity ratio and cash reserve requirement, to make

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised Nigeria not to go to sleep on the fact that poliomyelitis has been finally eradicated. Speaking at the presentation of the last infected

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, on his 58th birthday. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Benin City, the

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has described All Progressives Congress stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the party’s former National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, as threats to Nigeria’s democracy. Obaseki

HSBC Holdings Plc slumped below its financial crisis low set more than a decade ago, as pressure mounts on several fronts, including a potential threat to its China expansion plans

US President Donald Trump on Saturday approved a proposed deal between Oracle and Walmart for the US operations of TikTok, the Chinese-owned app he has targeted for national security and

The clock is ticking towards October, when the rescheduled World Bank board meeting on Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion budgetary support financing will be held. The sum which was

The candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the October 10 election in Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, and his counterpart in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),

In an unusual move, President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday swiftly congratulated Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who posted a resounding victory in last Saturday’s governorship election, trashing his main challenger,

In a bid to ensure that Nigeria’s foreign exchange is prudently managed and used for the importation of priority goods, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has further beamed its

Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel has joked that Kylian Mbappe’s best position is “close to Neymar” following the club’s return to winning ways, with the French champions sealing a 3-0

The Nigerian Senate Minority Caucus has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki over his emphatic victory in the Edo State governorship election. Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, in a statement signed