Crude oil prices fell nearly 2% from their highest level in three years on Thursday as the dollar strengthened after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it might raise interest rates as soon as 2023. Oil demand worries resurfaced after new…
An economist, Prof. Akpan Ekpo, has queried World Bank’s prediction that Nigeria’s inflation rate is expected to rise to fifth highest in Sub-Saharan Africa by the end of 2021. Ekpo, a professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University…
There was tension on Thursday in Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State when armed bandits stormed Federal Government College, located in the tpwn, abducting many students and teachers. It was gathered that a security operative was shot dead during the operation which…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the successful conversion of 56,872 Voting Points and Voting Point Settlements to Polling Units nationwide with Lagos State recording the highest, followed by Kano and Kaduna States. This increased the total number…
By Salim Umar Ibrahim, Kano The staff of the Kano Civil service Commission has been urged to continue to be upright and stick to the ethics of the profession. The outgoing permanent secretary of the Commission Engr. Mohammad Adamu Musa…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal office on Thursday 17 June, 2021 secured the conviction of five internet fraudsters: Alfred Stephen, Onyebuchi Joseph Elijah ( a.k.a Svenulrich), Usman Mustapha, Abdullahi Abubakar (a.k.a Shine Eye) and Umar Khalifa…
The effort of positioning Nigeria’s digital economy sector on the path of sustainable development has once more been brought to the spotlight as the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami was conferred with the ‘Digital Economy Driver’…
The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has protested its exclusion from the public hearing on the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) Amendment Bill. NPAN on Wednesday described the non-extension of invitation to it as a major stakeholder on the Bill…
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Wednesday joined the rest of the world to celebrate African children on the International Day of the African Child. The UBA Foundation has been focused…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured citizens of Federal Government’s presence in fighting terrorism to the end and ensuring that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are fully returned to continue normal life. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam…
