More than one million Nigerians slipped into extreme poverty in just four months. TheCable reports that the number of Nigerians living in extreme poverty — or below $1.90 a day — has
The remains of Major-General Idris Alkali have been discovered in an abandoned well in a mining village, Guchwet in Shen of Jos South LGA of Plateau, the army announced on
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved a grant of US$500,000, electoral kits and number of vehicles to support the conduct of legislative election in Guinea Bissau. Foreign Affairs Minister,
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar has agreed to return to the capital Juba on Wednesday (today) to celebrate a peace deal reached with his rival, President Salva Kiir, his
Serving senator Ademola Adeleke has been arraigned at the Abuja Federal High Court for alleged examination malpractice. Adeleke, who was the Osun governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured Nigerians it has no plan to review pump prices of petroleum products. The corporation disclosed this in a statement signed by Ndu
Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina, has insisted that the N30,000 as minimum wage demanded by labour for civil servants is not feasible. Labour has rejected the proposal of the federal government
Vice-presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said Nigeria is in dire strait which calls for sober reflection and not for dancing “Shaku Shaku. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had said he was learning
The emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has attributed the challenges of Nigerian leadership to people who he said choose to elect uneducated leaders across the different levels of government.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo revealed over the weekend that he has been learning the ‘shaku shaku’ dance ahead of the 2019 general election. Speaking at the launch of five books written
Former minister, Oby Ezekwesili, has berated Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for celebrating bailouts as an achievement of governance. Ezekwesili is the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN).
Ethiopia has appointed a woman to the position of president for the first time. In a unanimous vote, Ethiopian lawmakers picked career diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde to replace Mulatu Teshome to
Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed has revealed that the federal government has begun to work on a policy that will limit the number of children a woman can give birth
President Muhammadu Buhari suggested on Monday that Nigerians who felt that they had another country outside Nigeria could leave. He believes those who are patriotic will wait to develop the
Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has warned politicians against using her name to spread falsehood. In a statement issued on her behalf by her spokesman, Paul Nwabuikwu, the former