Businesses, Schools, Nightlife Shut Down In Imo Local Governments Over Rising Killings

It has not been the best of times for residents and business owners around Okporo, Ihioma, Umutanze, Orsu Ihitteukwa, Mgbidi -Awo, Nnenasa, Okwudor among others in Orlu area of Imo…

Nigerian Travellers Face Hitches As Airlines Suspend US Flights Over 5G Rollout

Emirates, Air India, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Lufthansa and British Airways all announced changes to some flights, citing the 5G issue. United States-bound passengers departing Nigeria are likely to…

IPOB Sit-at-home Order Making Us Poor, Anambra Residents Say

Some residents of Anambra State have claimed that the sit-at-home order by the  Indigenous People of Biafra was emasculating the economy of Eastern Nigeria, thereby impoverishing the people. Ngozi Nwaude,…

Emirates Resumes Flight From Ghana, Others, Ignores Nigeria

Emirates Airlines on Friday shunned Nigeria as it announced the resumption of flight operations to and from Ghana and four African countries. The airline had announced that travellers arriving from…

Katsina Govt announce ban on illegal mining activities

The Katsina State Government has directed members of the general public to cease all forms of illegal mining activities ongoing in the state. The State Commissioner of Resources Development, Alhaji…

Group Seeks Dismissal Of WEMA Bank CEO, Ademise, Over Alleged Fraud Perpetrated With Tinubu

Transparency Nigeria Group has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to immediately dismiss the Chief Executive Officer of WEMA Bank, Ademola Ademise, over alleged fraud. The group in a statement…

Higher oil prices’ll drive Nigeria’s economy by 2.5% in 2022 – World Bank

The World Bank has projected a 2.5 per cent economic growth for Nigeria in 2022, and 2.8 per cent in 2023. This 2022 forecast is a slight upward review from…

Standard Chartered Bank To Shut Down Half Of Nigeria Branches

Standard Chartered Plc says it is closing about half of its Nigerian branches in a pivot to digital banking. The decision was reached following the finance industry coming under pressure…

Buhari should return cooking gas price to how he met it in 2015 –HURIWA

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to return the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas popularly called cooking…

Make profit, be globally competitive — Buhari tasks NNPC board

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, tasked the Board of the newly-incorporated Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to focus on profitability and operate at par with its industry peers across…