Nigeria’s 62 steps to epiphany
By KEN UGBECHIE Nigeria turned 62 yesterday as a sovereign nation. That’s a good two years above the retirement age for civil servants in the country, bar teachers (65years). At…
FG unveils initiative for partnership to enhance lives of PWDs
September 27, 2022 The Federal Government launched the Nigeria Partnership for Disability-Inclusive Development (NIPDID), stating that 100million Nigerians will be brought out of poverty. Speaking during the launch in Abuja…
Modest rate hikes seen for Nigeria, Kenya; Ghana to hold
September 26, 2022 Nigeria and Kenya are likely to hike interest rates by a modest 50 basis points in the coming days after months of heavy lifting from other African…
Nigeria loses $1 billion in three months to oil theft as subsidy gets messier
Nigeria ranks next to only Mexico as the country with the highest scale of oil theft in the world such that in the first three months of this year, Nigeria…
Economy: Dynamics And Battles of CBN, By Arize Nwobu
The economy is the ‘oxygen’ of a people, and is basically about the allocation of scarce resources for production, distribution and consumption for the fulfillment of the needs of the…
Nigeria, India swell ranks of foreign workers in Britain post-Covid
Britain recorded its biggest rise in foreign workers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic from January to June this year, driven overwhelmingly by workers from outside the European Union,…
Nnamdi Kanu wins: UN Group demands release, compensation; knocks Nigeria Kenya Govts
The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has asked the Nigerian government to immediately release detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi…
Peter Obi: The man, the revolution and a better Nigeria
By Valentine Obienyem The newest phenomenon in town, Mr. Peter Obi turns 61 today. Contrary to the customary use of the day to see him through biographical prisms, we shall…
Twitter Ban: Media Rights Agenda wants FG to Implement ECOWAS Court judgment
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) Monday called on the Federal Government to immediately take measures to ensure the execution of the judgment of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice. The court…
Nigeria’s crude oil production spikes, averages 1.238m bpd in June – OPEC
By Solomon Asowata The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says Nigeria’s crude oil production increased to an average of 1.238 million barrels per day (bpd) in…