Saudi King Salman, President Buhari discuss oil market, stress importance of compliance to OPEC+ agreement -SPA
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari discussed efforts taken to stabilise and rebalance global oil markets in a telephone call, Saudi state news agency SPA…
Edo Poll: PDP says already heading for victory, calls for probe into alleged plan to arrest certain individuals in leaked video
The People Democratic Party (PDP) has said that none of its members would engage in any underhand measure to win Edo governorship election. The party National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan,…
Mali crisis deepens as President Keita resigns, dissolves parliament after detention by military
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved parliament hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, plunging a country already facing a jihadist insurgency and mass protests…
COVID-19: Health workers face violence from fearful communities – Aid agencies
Healthcare workers fighting coronavirus in dozens of countries are facing violence from fearful communities who have attacked doctors and burned down clinics, aid agencies said on Tuesday. In Colombia, ambulances…
Mali crisis: Protest movement says detention of president a popular insurrection
The coalition in Mali behind mass protests calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign said the detention of Keita on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers was “not a military coup…
FG wades into MTN, Union trade dispute
The Federal Government has waded into the trade dispute between MTN Nigeria Communication Plc and Private Telecommunication and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN). Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of…
Imo Govt disagrees opposes Okorocha’s plan to amend suit against EFCC, others
The Imo Government, on Tuesday, opposed the immediate-past Governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha’s plan to amend his suit filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other panels…
Malnutrition: FG, States have invested about N3.8 billion in procuring Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods – Osinbajo
The Buhari administration is making progress tackling the problem of malnutrition in the country through the implementation of various intervention programmes, and increased funding, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,…
Mompha fights back, sues EFCC for alleged unlawful arrest, detention
Internet personality, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly called Mompha, on Tuesday filed a suit seeking to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay him N5 million as damages for…
It’s N480 to a dollar as scarcity of forex worsens
The scarcity of dollars at the parallel market worsened on Tuesday in Lagos and it forced the Naira down to N480 to a dollar. The Pound Sterling and the Euro…