archiveMarch 11, 2022

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Nigeria and other African countries are vulnerable to higher food and fuel prices, low tourism revenues, and difficulty accessing the international capital market as a result of the war going on in Ukraine. The Managing Director, IMF, Ms Kristalina Georgieva, disclosed this after...

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has apologised to passengers stranded when its train on the Lagos-Ibadan Standard gauge suddenly stopped on the way. It said the stoppage was as a result of “technical hitches” on the diesel- propelled locomotive engine and not due to lack of or insufficient fuel. Deputy...

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has stated that nothing progressive has emerged to see an end to the warning strike embarked upon by the body. The ASUU’s strike which is in its fourth week has been hinged on the union’s demands on...

  Since the COVID-19 outbreak struck two years ago, at least two-thirds of Nigerian households with children have lost income or brought in less more. This is according to a new report published by UNICEF and the World Bank titled, “Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of households with children.”...

  The Lagos State House of Assembly has said there should not be any contention over the steps being taken by the State Government following the crisis currently rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state. Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, Temitope Adewale, who...

  60 out of the 1,229 Nigerians who have arrived from Ukraine, have tested positive for COVID-19. The 60 were among the 62 cases announced for the FCT Abuja by the NCDC on Wednesday. In a tweet on Friday, NIDCOM chairman Abike Dabiri-Erewa said the 60 were returnees from Ukraine....

Osinbajo, Atiku, governors, monarchs, others grace installation The newly installed 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Olalekan Balogun, has assured the people of Ibadan and Nigeria in general that he would not let them down. Balogun made the pledge in his first public speech shortly after Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo...

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO), and Africa Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBank) have outlined new and sustainable models of funding oil and gas investments in Africa, using resources drawn from the continent and de-emphasizing international financiers. The new pathways were some of the key...

More details have emerged in the controversial beauty pageant that saw a murder suspect, Miss Chidinma Ojukwu, emerge as the winner. Chidinma is facing trial as the principal suspect in the murder of Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga. The pageant which held in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos, under...