archiveOctober 3, 2019

There would be no compensation for owners of the 36 dead cows in Ijare town, a stakeholders meeting comprising traditional rulers in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, Miyetti Allah and representatives of security operatives has resolved. The meeting was chaired by the chairman Ifedore Local Government Council of...

  Isaac Promise  who captained Nigeria to the 2008 Olympic silver medal and scored 79 goals in 11 professional seasons in Turkey, died late Wednesday after collapsing at his apartment gym in Austin, Texas, authorities said. He was 31. It was said Thursday that he died Wednesday night. Police said...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Thursday apologised to the Nigerian government after a spate of deadly xenophobic attacks in the country. “We’ve reflected on public violence that took place in SA a few weeks ago, we express our deep regret,” Ramaphosa said during Buhari’s state visit to South Africa. “The...

The Director-General (DG) of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said that the monthly allowance of corps members is tied to the national minimum wage and any hike will depend on the new wage. He made this known at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in...

  Nigeria’s central bank has levied a charge on 12 banks for a total of more than 400 billion naira ($1.3 billion) for failing to increase loans to meet a regulatory target, three banking sources and one of the lenders told Reuters on Thursday. The central bank in July asked...

    The Senate on Thursday increased the proposed nation’s budget for 2020 from N10.002 trillion to N10.729.4 trillion and passed the 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) submitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari last week. This followed the presentation and consideration of the report...

South Africa and Nigeria on Thursday signed 30 trade and cooperation agreements, weeks after a wave of violence against Nigerian nationals in Johannesburg and Pretoria had strained relations between Africa’s top two economies. NAN reports that Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Muhammadu Buhari at the conclusion of a two-day visit by...