Nigeria and Kenya are to receive Covid-19 vaccines from the UN-backed Covax programme on Tuesday. Kenya will get 1.25 million doses of the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine and vaccinations are expected to

Analysts on Monday predicted a faster economic recovery for Nigeria as crude oil prices, at $60 per barrel, hit a new high since February 2020. The analysts, however, urged the

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered all financial institutions including banks in the country to shut accounts of citizens or entities involved in cryptocurrency transactions within their systems.

West Africa’s oil exports slumped to the lowest level in at least three years last month as infrastructure woes for some of Nigeria’s biggest streams combined with gradually waning output

Nigeria has extended its search for Covid-19 vaccines to Russia and India in a bid to get enough supplies to meet its target of vaccinating 40% of its population by

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to take a decision on who will be the next Inspector-General of Police (IG) any time from Tuesday when he returns from his trip to

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Nigeria’s capital spending will improve this year while anticipating that financing the country’s deficit will remain a challenge with its huge debt

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an investment of N50 billion (about $126m) in Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) as part of efforts to reposition it. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met with the new service chiefs, urging them to concentrate their efforts on helping his administration to deliver on its electoral pledge to make Nigeria

Nigeria’s federal government on Monday signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mota-Engil Group for the construction of $1.959 billion Kano-Maradi standard gauge railway lines. The Minister of Transportation, Mr.

The United States has shed more light on why it added Nigeria to the religious freedom blacklist, attributing it to the federal government’s alleged violations of religious freedom. The US,

For the second time in a week, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has expressed concern about the worsening insecurity in Nigeria. The sultan, who last Thursday