APC postpones nationwide membership registration

The All Progressives Congress has postponed the nationwide membership, update and revalidation excursus scheduled to begin on Saturday, December 12, 2020. The Secretary of the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee,…

APC postpones nationwide membership registration

The All Progressives Congress has postponed the nationwide membership, update and revalidation excursus scheduled to begin on Saturday, December 12, 2020. The Secretary of the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee,…

Joshua to earn £10m from Pulev bout

Anthony Joshua will reportedly bag a cool £10m prize pot from his heavyweight world title defence against Kubrat Pulev. Despite gate receipts at Wembley’s SSE Arena being limited to just…

Court adjourns as Maina slumps, son arrested

A former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on Thursday, collapsed during the resumed hearing in his N2bn money laundering trial at the Federal High Court…

Oil rises above $50, highest in nine months

The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, soared above the $50 per barrel mark on Thursday for the first time since early March, buoyed by hopes of a faster demand recovery…

Nigeria’s debt getting out of control, says El-Rufai

Nigeria’s debt is getting out of control and the country has to do something about it, the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, said on Thursday. He said the country’s…

Lockdown: Women exchanged sex for food, says CAN

THE Christian Association of Nigeria on Thursday expressed concern over the level of hunger in the country, saying men and women exchanged sex for food during the lockdown over COVID-19…

Investors lose N232bn as stock market fall deepens

Transactions in the Nigerian equity market on Thursday closed on a negative note as losing streak extends to the fourth consecutive trading day, following sell-off on some high valued stocks.…

Poor Nigerians will reach 100 million by 2022 – World Bank

The World Bank on Thursday projected that the number of poor Nigerians will increase from the current 90 million to about 100 million by 2022 due to the impact of…

Govt halts retrenchment of 300 Arik Air staff

The Federal Government on Thursday said the over 100 per cent hike in domestic airfares was inevitable, describing it as one of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also…