Nigeria has spent N11 trillion on fuel subsidy in the last six years, the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) said on Thursday.
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified lack of political will to implement various policies formulated by successive administrations in support of agriculture as the bane of the growth and development of the sector.
Nigeria’s U20 boys arrived in the city of Bielsko-Biala on Saturday morning for their second game of the FIFA U20 World Cup against the United States of America on Monday evening.
With the television broadcast industry undergoing a transition from analogue television to the initial test-running of digital television in 1998, there was a huge expectation globally that a more refined digital television would be within the reach of all and sundry. Pay television service – via satellite – had, a few years before, debuted in Nigeria and had introduced to the public a new television viewing experience marked by top-class programming and considerably better audio-visual quality than what they were used to.
Viewed in isolation, statistics on the Nigerian economy paint a bleak picture. Having emerged from the 2017 recession, Nigeria is growing at an anemic 1.5 to 1.9 percent per year—against population growth of 2.6 percent.
Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, Ramadan Kareem. May Almighty Allah guide and be with you, especially at this time with the affairs of our nation Nigeria.
It is an honour and a privilege to be given the opportunity to deliver this special convocation lecture at a renowned institution that has indeed played a formidable role in my personal development, as well as in the advancement of my career. In this regard, I will like to thank the Chancellor, His Royal Majesty the Oon
The Albino Foundation says at least three people living with albinism die monthly in the country due to skin cancer from heat rays.
Facebook on Thursday said it had removed 265 Facebook and Instagram accounts, pages, groups and events linked to an Israeli-based firm due to what it called “inauthentic behaviour” targeting users in Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
African football legends both in Nigeria and abroad will on May 18 storm the Agege Stadium in Lagos to feature in the testimonial match organised to honour the outgoing Governor of the Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode.
Microsoft Corp will invest $100 million to open an Africa technology development centre with sites in Nigeria and Kenya over the next five years, the company said on Tuesday.
The police captured 157 suspected kidnappers across Nigeria last month, while 13 were arrested in the first week of this month.
The report “A Call to Action: It’s Time to End Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis’’, published on Tuesday (May 7) by The Economist Intelligence Unit was made possible with support from Johnson and Johnson.
The Police Community Relations Committee in Nigeria on Wednesday warned against the establishment of state police as panacea for the rising spate of insecurity and banditry in the country.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has called for a review of the Early Warning Signals mechanisms put in place by Nigeria and South Africa Governments.
Ubaka Ifeabunike, Anglican Cleric in Charge of St. Peter’s Church Enugwu –Ukwu, says Nigeria needs a strong leader like President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle challenges facing the country.
On May 5, 2010, Nigeria lost a man of peace and a leader with a vision in the person of President Umaru Musa Yar’adua.
Nigeria and the United Kingdom have agreed to fast-track key regulation to deepen the insurance market, expand the digital economy and explore Naira-denominated financial instruments in collaboration with the City of London.
Nigeria is not the poverty capital of the world, says Dr Abiodun Adedipe, an economist and member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group.
Executive Secretary, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Yewande Sadiku, said the country recorded about 90.90 billion dollars “investment announcements’’ in 2018.