Nigerian students and their dependants in the United Kingdom have contributed an estimated £1.9bn to the economy of the UK in one year, according to an analysis by SBM Intelligence. The data covered the 2021/2022 academic session. In the data made available to our correspondent on Wednesday, it was estimated ...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has confirmed that no fewer than 24 persons have lost their lives in 12 Local Government Areas, LGAs, of the State to the surging flood that hit Benue state while 74 others sustained serious injuries. In a detailed account of the situation in the ...
French cement group Lafarge paid close to 13 million euros ($15.2 million) to armed groups including Islamic State militants to keep operating in Syria from 2011-2015, human rights lawyers said on Tuesday. They were speaking at a news conference on the course of French prosecutors’ preliminary inquiry into Lafarge’s operations ...
After almost eight months, the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) on Friday morning suspended its strike “conditionally. “ The union took the decision at the end of a meeting that ended this morning at its National Secretariat located at the University of Abuja. An ASUU leader disclosed this to The ...
The Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has called for the immediate privatisation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited insisting that it has added nothing to the federation’s account this year. Speaking on Channels TV’s programme, “Politics Today” on Thursday, El-Rufai said NNPC Limited has created more problems for Nigeria ...
A Brazilian judge fined Apple $20 million Thursday for selling iPhones without chargers, calling it an “abusive practice” that forces customers to buy an additional product. The decision, which can be appealed, came after Brazil’s justice ministry slapped a separate fine of nearly $2.5 million on Apple in September over ...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) has said the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu was not acquitted by the Court of Appeal. He said the appellate court only decided a single issue that borders on rendition. He said Kanu ...
Angola and Libya have for the second consecutive month maintained their lead over Nigeria as Africa’s highest crude oil producers, a report by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has shown. OPEC stated this in its Oil Market Report for the month, which was obtained by the News ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Nigeria and other countries to make clear policy decisions for price stability amid rising inflationary pressures. The Bretton Wood institution said Nigeria’s inflation rate would moderate to 19 percent this year and drop to 17 percent in 2023, reflecting on the monetary policy ...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reechoed his resolve to leave a nation free of terrorism, insurgency and other forms of criminal activities by the time his tenure ends next year.He made the reaffirmation after conferring national honours on 450 distinguished individuals, including seven foreigners, at an elaborate ceremony at the International ...
