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Sudan's former prime minister and top opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi died from a coronavirus infection on Thursday, his party said. The 84-year-old was the country's last democratically elected prime minister before he was toppled in 1989 by now-ousted president Omar al-Bashir in an Islamist-backed military coup. The leader of the...

Global ratings agency Moody has said that Nigerian banks foraying into new markets across Africa or branching out into other financial services will be more protected from headwinds than they were in the heat of the 2007-2008 global financial meltdown. The New-York based firm foresaw that diversification would bring resilience...

    Senator Shehu Sani, on Thursday expressed concerns over the frequent breakdown of locomotives along the Abuja-Kaduna train network. Reacting in a tweet, he said that the breakdown of the locomotives is exposing commuters to danger. Sani who was the Chairman of, Senate Committee on Loans and grants while...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday applauded the resolution by the British Parliament to impose travel restriction and visa ban to officials of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration alleged to be involved in the violation of human rights, including the shooting and killing of unarmed and...

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) gave an indication on Thursday that the union will suspend its prolonged strike very soon, as its President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, declared that the varsity lecturers are ready to go back to school. Ogunyemi gave the hint even as the Federal Government,...

    European player of the year Robert Lewandowski is one of 10 players on the shortlist for the Best FIFA Men’s Player award unveiled Wednesday, alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe. Besides Polish striker Lewandowski, one other winner of the Champions League with...

  Nigeria recorded 198 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the number of infections in the country to 66,805, according to an update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The death toll to the contagion remains 1,169 after no death was recorded in the last 24 hours. Three...

South African-born billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk, has overtaken Bill Gates as the second richest person in the world, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. This is coming few weeks after Musk overtook Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to become the third-richest. However, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, remains number one in the rankings. Musk...

blames violence, insecurity on weapons proliferation The Senate on Wednesday considered a critical bill seeking to tackle the illicit importation and trade of small arms and light weapons in Nigeria. The Nigerian National Commission Against the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons bill which scaled second reading on the...

The trial in absentia of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pension Reform Task Force Team, (PRTFT) continued on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 before Justice Okong Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Maina, alongside his firm, Common Input Property and Investment Ltd...