Nigeria

TSA: FG saves N45bn monthly, says finance minister

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government is currently saving an average…

5 years ago

Nigerian embassy in Germany suspends guard over sex-for-passport allegation

The Nigerian Embassy in Germany has suspended a security guard over alleged sexual abuse. He was also implicated in a…

5 years ago

2020 NBA Draft class features record-high number of players of Nigerian origin

More than the usual smattering of Nigerian eyes will be fixed on the NBA Draft on Wednesday, as a record-high…

5 years ago

IMF releases $29bn to Nigeria, 69 others

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has advanced $29bn under the Rapid Credit Facility and Rapid Financing instrument to…

5 years ago

Reps, security chiefs in closed-door meeting over insecurity

Principal officers of the House of Representatives on Monday held a closed-door meeting with heads of security agencies on the…

5 years ago

Labour tackles FG over fuel price increase, demands immediate reversal

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the latest hike in the pump price of fuel by the Federal Government…

5 years ago

Minister links petrol price hike to COVID-19 vaccine discovery

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said the recent increase in petrol pump price, from N158…

5 years ago

Governors set to sign W’Bank grant agreement

The 36 state governors have resolved to sign the World Bank’s State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability programme’s subsidiary grant…

5 years ago

COVID-19: China bars Nigerians, others from entering its country

NCDC confirms 180 new cases, total now 63,508 No Nigerians and other non-Chinese citizens can travel to China from Nigeria,…

5 years ago

Femi Otedola says I Joined 1978 Ali Must Go protest

Billionaire businessman Femi Otedola says he understands the call for better governance by the youth, adding that he joined the…

5 years ago