Cholera kills 169, 191 others hospitalized in Kano
Cholera has killed at least 161 people and 191 others hospitalised as the disease ravages 41 of the 44 local ...
Month: July 2021
Telecoms record $525.4bn decline in FDI for 2020
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nigeria's telecommunications sector witnessed a decline of $525.4bn in 2020. This was disclosed by the ...
OPEC to Nigeria: Diversify your economy to address oil investments decline
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has advised Nigeria and other resource-dependent countries to diversify their economy in the ...
Forex: CBN to sanction banks that dishonour legit requests
The Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) has said it will sanction deposit money banks who fail to honour legitimate ...
Undergraduate jailed in Kano over N1m fraud
A Kano State High Court has sentenced one Nosa Ekhatoro, an undergraduate, to six months imprisonment with an option of ...
How Jonathan, Sambo, others diverted N665.8bn solid minerals fund – Senate
The Senate has ordered the Accountant-General of the Federal (AGF) to recover and pay back the N665.8 billion Solid Minerals ...
Kidnappers release 80-year-old Kaduna monarch
The abducted Kpop Ham of Jaba in Jaba local government area, Dr Jonathan Danladi Gyet Maude, has been released by ...
U.S. lawmakers stop sales of $875m attack choppers to Nigeria
United States lawmakers have blocked the sales of attack helicopters worth over $875 million to Nigeria over President Muhammadu Buhari's ...
Hunger looms in Northern Nigeria — UN
A UN official said an estimated 13 million people in northern Nigeria face the risk of acute food insecurity in ...
Villagers attack Fulani settlement, kill 4 men, 2 women in Taraba – Police
Six Fulani herders, comprising four young men and two women, were murdered in Taraba State, the police said Wednesday. Spokesperson ...