Nigeria

Asian markets were mixed on Thursday following steep losses on Wall Street, as a spike in US Treasury yields led investors to scale back their expectations of interest rate cuts. …

The World Health Organisation’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, has said that despite significant efforts, the continued spread of Circulating Variant Polio Type 2 is primarily fuelled by …

Flooding devastation has persistently put Nigeria in the global news for the wrong reasons. The country’s profile may worsen if stringent efforts are not made to up its preparation ante. …

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has been urged to adopt an informal market model to avert the menace of street hawking in the nation’s capital. Executive Director, Hip City Innovation …

Governor Nasiru Idris, yesterday, signed the minimum wage of N75,000 for Kebbi State workers into law. Consequently, he gave the Ministry of Finance 72 hours to commence payment effective from this …

No fewer than five million Nigerians have been displaced by flooding in about a decade. Data by the Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience (OSPRE) disclosed this, covering 2012 to …

The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, yesterday said the Fund has received over 350,000 applications and disbursed over N10 billion so …

The Federal Government has issued a final seven-day ultimatum to Julius Berger to accept its proposal of N740.79bn to complete the rehabilitation of the 82km section II of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano …

A retired Nigeria Customs Service officer, Akeem Sanyaolu, has raised the alarm over alleged harassment and unlawful seizure of property by officers of the Nigeria Police Force from the Zone …

Four months after Nigeria flagged off its participation in the African Continental Free Trade Area under the Guided Trade Initiative, Nigerian exporters have said that the foreign exchange crisis in …