The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred eight banks from all foreign exchange transactions for breach of extant financial regulations Thisday, exclusively gathered that they were barred for concealing and failing to remit the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)…
The United States Secretary of States, John Kerry, on Tuesday, explained how Nigeria can completely defeat the already degraded Boko Haram insurgents group. Kerry, who is on a two-day visit to Nigeria said extremism can’t be defeated through repression or…
The newly designated UNESCO ‘ambassadors’ for the FCT and Rivers state, have stressed the need for the three tiers of government in Nigeria to give priority to the education of the girl-child and women. They made the statement on Thursday…
Education has been said to be the best legacy that anybody can receive in life to have a knowledge driven society but education that is not received in a conducive environment that is suitable for learning can never create an informed society. For…
People living at Close 9, Victoria Garden City, Ajah, were gripped with fear last weekend, following the discovery of the lifeless body of a 50-year-old woman in her apartment. The deceased, identified as Mabel Okafor, was discovered to have been…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a woman, simply identified as Asmau for stealing two children belonging to her employer and using them to beg for alms in Lagos state. Asmau, from the Fulani speaking part of the country,…
Mayowa Adeniran United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has begun search for Nigerian youth volunteers between the ages of 16 to 30 years, who have the passion for youth advocacy, policy-making, and civic engagement to occupy key positions…
Hundreds of returnees in communities liberated from Boko Haram in Yobe state have resorted to eating a wild plant, coffee pod known locally as ‘Tafasa’ for survival, Daily Trust reports. Daily Trust gathered that the situation has affected returnee communities…
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has stated that Nigerians will continue to suffer from naira depreciation until the countries refineries are fully operational. According to Kachikwu, fuel importation accounts for between 30 and 40 per cent…
Franka Osakwe The Nigerian Government has advocated for a strong Plan of Action in addressing the challenges of counterfeit drugs in the region. The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, speaking on behalf of Nigeria at the on-going 66th Session…
