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Shocking photographs reveal the plight of the children starving in Nigeria after they and their families were made homeless by Boko Haram. The tiny babies and toddlers are so thin that their bones can be seen clearly against their skin, as medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned that the country is facing a catastrophic […]

Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria’s minister of transportation has revealed in an interview on CNBC Africa that a Chinese company will take up construction work of two railway project in the country. China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Ltd. (CCECC), one of the subsidiaries of China Railway Construction Corporation, a state-owned construction enterprise, will undertake the construction work […]

Hundreds of journalists in Iran have received an anonymous text message warning against contact with “hostile” organisations outside the country, the ISNA news agency reported. “All contact and collaboration with hostile elements based abroad, by mail or other methods of communication, is a crime and will be brought to justice. This SMS is the last […]

One year ago, when the political push to raise the minimum wage hit a crescendo, the CEO of Starbucks had some words of caution. Howard Schultz told CNN that minimum wage “should go up across the country”, however he warned that “it will be very difficult for small business in the country at a $15 […]

Having missed their chance to actually vote on the fate of Europe Thursday … % who got through our final #EUref poll turnout filter by age group: 18-24: 36%25-34: 58%35-44: 72%45-54: 75%55-64: 81%65+: 83% — Sky Data (@SkyData) June 25, 2016 … due to other “pressing concerns” or simply general apathy, today thousands of mostly […]Read More

Sometimes it’s critical to look clearly at the big picture. The big picture is that the financial world has allocated capital… trillions of dollars of capital, based on Central Banks trying to corner the bond market. In the current debt-based monetary system, sovereign bonds are the bedrock of finance. Every other asset under the sun […]

News about any FBI activity as it relates to the investigation into Hillary Clinton has been sparse lately, and as we noted earlier, the fact that it has been relatively quiet may be a growing concern inside the Clinton camp. However, due to the fallout from the recent private meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch […]

The Nigerian Stock Exchange market capitalisation receded by N74bn after 24 stocks depreciated in value at the close of trading on the NSE floor on Thursday. The NSE All-Share Index fell to 29,597.79 basis points from 29,812.91 basis points, while market capitalisation also dropped to N10.165tn from N10.239tn. Trans-nationwide Express Limited, Champion Breweries Plc, Portland […]Read More

The nation’s external reserves fell marginally to $26.33bn on June 29, down 0.30 per cent from a month ago, the Central Bank of Nigeria data showed. The foreign exchange reserves stood at $26.42bn on May 27, down by 9.2 per cent year-to-year. The reserves had stood on the $26.4bn mark between May 24 and 27, […]Read More

Nigeria’s shea butter production has received the support of the European Union. A statement from the Standards Organisation of Nigeria indicated that the European Union through its expert on Technical Barriers to Trade, African Caribbean and Pacific countries’ programme, had started plans to equip Nigerian women with the requisite skills and support to boost shea […]

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has said the Nigerian movie industry otherwise known as Nollywood, played a very important role in the country’s economy. She said this in Abuja at the film industry stakeholder’s workshop aimed at restructuring and reinvigorating Project ACT Nollywood. The Project ACT Nollywood is a N3 billion grant programme […]

overnor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State is in the eye of the storm. Abia State is in the midst of a raging tornado. The beginning is what we all know but the end is pregnant with consequences, grave ones, no doubt! At a time when the people of Abia were settling down and beginning to […]