A New Jersey court in the United States has ordered the forfeiture of around $8.9 million reportedly stolen by government officials in Nigeria around 2014 to the country. According to the BBC, Jersey’s Attorney General served a forfeiture notice to…
Former Togo striker, Emmanuel Adebayor, has tipped Nigeria to win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Adebayor stated this on Tuesday morning, during his visit to the Super Eagles team hotel in Abidjan. The former Arsenal player expressed his…
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye has met with drug manufacturers over the alleged under-dosage of paracetamol tablets sold in Nigeria. In a statement earlier today, the DG noted…
Former Everton striker, Yakubu Ayegbeni has named Nigeria among four teams who can win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON. The teams are Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon and Guinea. Senegal are the current defending AFCON champions after beating Egypt…
Nigeria’s trade balance of manufactured goods has reached a deficit of N9.4 trillion in the first nine months of 2023, according to analysis of Foreign Trade Statistics reports published by the National Bureau of Statistics. The data reveals that Nigeria’s…
The scarcity of cash in circulation has made the weekly usage of Automated Teller Machines to drop from 70 percent to 40 percent, according to a report by KPMG. The report, titled, “In Pursuit Value,” stated that the figures were…
By Late Prince (Dr) Samuel Ibiyemi Founding Publisher, Nigerian NewsDirect First published: December 12, 2011 My fellow country men, it is time for Nigeria to have an angry President. This was my statement in Doha immediately it was time for…
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) crude oil production maintained a steady production of crude oil with an average of 28.05 million bpd in December 2023 with Nigeria boosting output by an extra 50,000 bpd, a survey by Bloomberg…
Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Saudi Arabian authorities toward the smooth conduct of the 2024 Hajj. Mrs Fatima Sanda-Usara, the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), said this in a statement…
Nigeria’s external reserves have witnessed a significant decline, falling by 11.55 percent, which amounts to a loss of $4.28 billion since the start of the year. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reported that the reserves stood at $33.78…
