The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has said that Nigeria’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q23) stood at 2.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y). OPEC made this known in its Monthly Oil Market Report for August obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. …

Senator Shehu Sani Sen. Shehu Sani, a former Deputy Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, has urged ECOWAS leaders to allow Nigeriens to fight for democratic rule in their country like Nigerians did. Sani, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in …

L-R: President Bola Tinubu and Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa. …Says Proponents ‘Highly Unpatriotic, Wicked’ The Nigeria Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed receiving requests from unnamed persons to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration amid the ongoing political standoff in Niger Republic where the military recently removed …

Miss Amaechina Chimbusonma Nwadiuto of Regina Pacis Girls’ Secondary School, Garki, Abuja, may be in contention for the National Merit Award as the overall best candidate in this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, WASSCE, conducted by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, as she got A1 in all …

Charles Chukwuma Soludo, former CBN Governor The Anambra State Government has placed an embargo on open advertisement of Herbal Medicines in the State with immediate effect. The government in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Paul Nwosu, on Saturday, also said the State Government had directed that all …

The association’s national president Innocent Orji confirmed the development on Friday evening. The National Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its two-week-old strike action over the failure of the government to meet its demands. The association’s national president Innocent Orji confirmed the development on Friday evening. “Good evening. We just …

Mr Fani-Kayode said this in a press statement issued on Saturday titled, ‘ECOWAS VERSUS NIGER: WHO IS FOOLING WHO?’ Aformer aviation minister and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),  Femi Fani-Kayode has told the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), under the leadership of Nigeria’s president, Bola …

Mustapha Fasasi, a 34year old indigene of Oyo State, South-West Nigeria, is excited about his recently acquired skill of solar panel installation for homes and small businesses. With prior interest in solar and renewable energy, he signed up for the vocational skills training hosted by the Alliance for Youth Nigeria, …

The Glo-sponsored African Voices Changemakers will this week celebrate two music acts from South Africa who are inspiring the next generation of Africans. The guests include Abel Selaocoe, a popular and a hugely successful cellist, and renowned flutist, Wouter Kellerman. They will both take viewers through the story of their journey and experiences …

Illustrative photograph. Credit: OneWorld No Hunger The fighting in Sudan has caused a severe hunger crisis for 20.3 million people according to a statement from the United Nations World Food Programme on Friday. Of the country’s 46 million inhabitants, some 6.3 million people are suffering from life-threatening food shortages, said …