Kano: First batch of foreign scholarship students depart September – Yusuf
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State says the first batch of foreign schoolarship policy will commence academic activities in various universities by September. This is contained in a statement issued…
Eroton oil chief, Onajite Okoloko, wife fight over $14m, N2.9bn debt
Nigeria’s oil magnate, Onajite Okoloko, and his estranged wife, Salma Okoloko, are currently at war over outstanding contract debt his company, Eroton Exploration and Production Company is owing his wife’s…
Bayelsa guber: Sylva battles eligibility issue; says I was only elected once as governor
Mr Timipre Sylva, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, says he was never elected as the state’s governor on two occasions….
Emilokan: I invoked spirit of freedom in Ogun, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, described his visit to Ogun State as home coming, even as he said that he invoked the spirit of freedom during his electioneering in…
Ex-DG exposes corruption in NIA; speaks on controversial $44 million
A former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Mohammed Dauda, has exposed the agency as a nest of corruption, ineptitude, nepotism, impunity, tyranny, administrative rascality and impunity,…
Ken Ugbechie’s Nigeria Heroes and Sheroes now on Amazon.com
It’s official. Nigeria’s foremost book on development, Nigeria Heroes and Sheroes: Diary of a Journalist of Courage, authored by Mr. Ken Ugbechie, Publisher of Political Economist NG, is now listed…
76-year-old Nigeria-British grandma murdered in her London home; suspects in court
A 28-year-old man charged with murdering a ‘beloved’ 76-year-old church leader at her £500,000 home, is set to appear in court Monday. Grandmother Nelly Akomah, 76, was found dead at…
Nigeria’s public debt tops N49 trillion
The Debt Management Office (DMO) said the total public debt stock of Nigeria as at March was N49.95 trillion (108.30 billion dollars). According to a statement obtained from the DMO official…
Nigeria is ready for business, foreign investors – Tinubu tells the world
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Thursday in Paris, France said Nigeria is ready for business and foreign direct investments, reports Political Economist NG. The President said ongoing reforms, starting with removal…
Ex-agitators to Ribadu: Retain Ndiomu as Amnesty Boss
Ex-agitators from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have enjoined the newly appointed National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to rerain the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme…