The China Civil Engineering Construction Company have confirmed that they have completed laying of tracks on the main line of the Lagos-Ibadan railway on March 28....
How does Conditional Cash Transfer Programme identify the poorest and most vulnerable? The Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of N20,000 Conditional Cash Transfer to indigent...
The African Development Bank received on 30 March 2020 an award for its successful one billion Norwegian krone (NOK) social bond issued in 2019. This Environmental...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) introduces a stimulus package to support households and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) affected by the COVID-19 pandemic Concept...
Angola, Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria among the most hard hit amid Covid-19 and oil price plunge Angola revises national budget and suspends CAPEX; Senegal’s first...
Nigerians will from Wednesday, April 1, 2020, pay more for electricity. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had disclosed this in its December 2019 Minor Review of...
In its bid to ensure that the Presidential directive on the lockdown of some states is adhered without concerns about availability of petroleum products, the Nigerian...
The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will open on July 23, 2021, organisers said Monday, announcing the new date after the Games were delayed because of the...
With the world economy in crisis, oil prices have sunk to fresh 17-year lows this morning. Traders are ditching crude amid signs that energy demand will...
The global rating agency downgraded Nigeria’s credit rating further into junk territory on weak external position linked to the oil price crash. Analysts say Nigeria’s window...
PROPOSED RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT IN ABUJA, LAGOS AND OGUN BY PRESIDENTIAL FIAT IS ILLEGAL The President has no powers to restrict the movement of persons without...
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Tuesday that the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo would be postponed...
Popular musician, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has disclosed that his fiancée, Chioma, tested positive for coronavirus. Davido disclosed this via his Twitter handle Friday evening. He...
Chinese Club—Shanghai Shenhua has offered Manchester United loanee Odion Ighalo £400 thousand per week to convince him to stay with the club. The two-year contract extension...
Nwanna Happiness Chidiebere dared to trade where men have dominant bearing—Shoe making. 22 years old Happiness is from Umuayom Village Awka, Awka South Local government area,...
The Anambra State Government has just ordered the Closure of all markets in the state for 14 Days with effect from Monday, March 30, 2020 The...
Arik Air has announced a temporary suspension of all scheduled commercial flight operations effective 23:00hrs on Friday, March 27 2020. The management of the airline took...
Afrcan governments set to see decline in revenues; Exploration projects put on hold; Thousands of local jobs at risk if nothing is done. While the...
The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, and the leadership of National Assembly have just...
Ghana Requests Rapid Credit Facility Disbursement to Help Fight the Coronavirus March 24, 2020 IMF’s African Department director Abebe Aemro Selassie today made the following statement:...
The International Olympic Committee has postponed the Summer Games that had been scheduled to begin in late July in Tokyo to 2021 over the deadly coronavirus...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria hereby notifies the general public that although all international flight operations have been suspended, passengers can still travel within Nigeria...
Senators reacted with shock and laughter as Abdullahi Adamu, senator representing Nasarawa west, removed his face mask to sneeze on Tuesday. Since the outbreak of the...
Family of the Director of National Identity Management Commission in Imo, Ikenna Unegbu has debunked a rape allegation raised against him by the mother of alleged...
Lagos state Commissioner for Health , Prof. Akin Abayomi has mandated that all attendees at the just concluded African Magic Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA7) to self...
Access Bank Plc has closed its Ligali Ayorinde Branch on Monday after a customer who visited last week tested positive to coronavirus [COVID-19]. The bank announced...
Real Madrid won the Champions League twice when Lorenzo Sanz was president Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died on Saturday after being taken to hospital...
Enugu Rangers and Super Eagles striker Ifeanyi George has died in a ghastly motor accident along Onitsha-Agbor-Benin road en route to Lagos Sunday morning, March 22....
The Nigerian Railway Corporation [NRC] is planning to suspend all services in the country effective Monday, March 23, over the growing cases of coronavirus pandemic. The...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Africa Growing Together Fund (AGTF) have released $200 million in co-financing for the National Electrification Project (NEP), defined by...