archiveApril 15, 2021

Phil Foden got the winner again as Manchester City beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 on Wednesday to reach the 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League semi-finals. It was a feat being achieved for the first time under manager Pep Guardiola. Foden was on target in the 75th minute after Riyad Mahrez’ penalty kick...

 The Presidency has reassured parents and concerned citizens that the missing students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, remain constantly on the minds of government as they are always on the minds of their parents.Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, gave the reassurance...

By Jimoh Ibrahim CFR Professor Matthias Strohn Camberley's desire of the military discussion opened the unpredicted paranoia ‘black box’ to inside the military and its operational strategy that left nothing to kept of the ethics and the pride of the Army even on the war front. When he said, “to...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have called for increased synergy between the agencies and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in combating corruption. The ICPC resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner in charge of Makurdi, Benue State, Chilli Ogwuegbu made...

The recently published Nigerian Gross Domestic Product report (Expenditure and Income Approach), by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the final consumption expenditure of households in Nigeria hit N13.92 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2020. In the report, Nigeria’s household consumption rose by 16.59 per cent...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N532 million for the construction and furnishing of the University of Ibadan library extension. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly FEC meeting presided over by Vice...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called for creation of a national asset register, and a coordinated mechanism for valuing and managing Nigerian assets, even as the chamber lamented that government’s penchant for issuing new debt to redeem maturing ones. It stressed that this is not an...