Dangote Rice Farm to produce 50,000 outgrowers this year
A tripartite agreement spearheaded by the Dangote Rice Limited to create jobs for 16,000 outgrower rice farmers in Sokoto was Tuesday signed amid excitement and a pledge by all parties…
US hosts Enelamah, pledges more trade deals with Nigeria
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Africa Business Center Tuesday hosted the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah for a roundtable discussion with U.S. business executives at…
Nigerian asylum seeker nabbed in Switzerland for alleged murder
A 27-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker has been arrested by Swiss police in connection with the murder of a volunteer at the centre run by Catholic relief charity Caritas. He was…
US government to invest $1bn in Nigeria’s power sector
Power Africa, an initiative by the US government to light up Africa, on Tuesday said it was planning to invest about one billion dollars on the power sector in Nigeria,…
Perfect PSG shock Barcelona 4-0 in Paris Champions League thriller
Paris Saint Germain’s Angel Di Maria, Edinson Cavani and Julian Draxler gave Barcelona a shock treat in Paris as PSG walloped the Spanish giants 4-0 in the first leg of…
The rate of Naira counterfeiting is less than one per cent – CBN
The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to certain spurious and grossly uninformed claims suggesting that about 20 per cent of the Naira currency notes…
FG rakes in N5.24trn in TSA, AGF says TSA has brought transparency
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris has noted that the quality of leadership provided by President Muhammadu Buhari, which he described as rare courage and political will is…
Court Orders Forfeiture of Yakubu’s $9.8m to FG
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano presided over by Justice Zainab B. Abubakar today ordered the forfeiture of the sum of $9,772,00 (Nine Million, Seven Hundred and Seventy Two…
Atiku in Minna, meets with IBB
Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar visited former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida in Minna, Niger State on Tuesday, 14 February at Babangida’s famous Hilltop…
Cote d’Ivoire Govt clamps down on journalists, arrests six over ‘false information’
Six journalists, including three media owners, have been arrested in Cote d’Ivoire for “spreading false information” about a mutiny by security forces. The media had reported that the country’s elite…