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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of four new private universities in Nigeria. The Minister of Education, Prof. Adamu Adamu, who announced the approvals while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the first meeting of the council this year, said the new universities are Greenfield...

Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth will expand by 2.2 per cent in 2019, the World Bank has said in its annual Global Economic Prospects published on Wednesday, slightly upgrading the country’s projected growth rate from 2.1 per cent in June 2018. According to the World Bank, growth in...

  Ambassador of Switzerland to Nigeria, Mr. George Steiner on Wednesday in Abuja said Lagos State with its huge market size provides a very good attraction for foreign investments. The envoy made the declaration during a strategic visit to his office at the Swiss Embassy in Abuja by Mr. Babajide...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a technical committee that will work on the details and implementation of a new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The committee inaugurated on Wednesday at the Council Chamber of the State House Presidential Villa shortly before the commencement of the meeting of the...

    By Daniel Alabrah On November 14, 2018, the Saturday Sun led its front page with the bold headline: "The Atiku Dilemma," with two accompanying riders: 1. We want to prosecute him for graft but no evidence to nail him, says Itse Sagay; and Ex-VP now vindicated - PDP....

  Singers, Adekunle Gold and Simi are reportedly set to wed three weeks after their secret wedding introduction in Lagos. The love birds had their ‘secret wedding introduction’ recently. The gist which is currently trending on various social media platforms on Wednesday has it that the event will kick-off with...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it plans to raise treasury bills worth N823.43 billion in the first quarter of 2019. The CBN disclosed this in its 2019 Nigerian Treasury Bills Issue programme for the first quarter of the year which was posted on its website. The apex...

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg pledged on Tuesday to hold public discussions in 2019 “about the future of technology in society,” a reflection of mounting apprehensions — among regulators and web users alike — with the social-networking giant and its peers in Silicon Valley. In a note posted to his...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to allegations that his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) protects corrupt politicians once they join the party. The president said he would not spare anyone if there were evidence proving wrongdoing. Allegations of lopsided corruption war have dogged the administration, with critics saying the Economic...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange holds its 2018 Market Recap & Outlook for 2019 on Monday, January 14, 2019, at the Stock Exchange House, Marina, Lagos. According to a press statement from the Exchange, the annual event is a forum for the Chief Executive Officer of NSE, Mr. Oscar N. Onyema,...