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President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Mr. John Kennedy Opara as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission. His sack was announced in a statement issued by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir David Lawal. “The decision was with effect from Thursday, May 19, 2016” Lawal, said. The terse statement read, “His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, […]Read More

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter With an old man in power, Cameroon seems to be tired. The national day celebration takes place every 20 May but today was a special day. The presidential limousine broke down at the parade and had to be pushed by security forces in the capital Yaoundé. It could be the reflection […]Read More

At least 30 houses have been set on fire in Cameroon by Boko Haram, a reliable newspaper is reporting. Local newspaper, L’Oeil du Sahel, said the 30 houses were set ablaze on Friday in Tourou, an area in Cameroon’s far north along the border with Nigeria. The casualty figure was not known at the time […]

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter An EgyptAir plane is seen on the runway at Cairo Airport, Egypt in this September 5, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo President Muhammadu Buhari phoned President Abdel Fattah Al–Sisi of Egypt Friday evening to commiserate with him and the people of Egypt on yesterday’s EgyptAir crash which […]Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday called on Niger Delta militants to “drop their confrontational stance” and disclosed that he had ordered the armed forces “to deal effectively with the  resurgence of militancy and the sabotage of oil installations” in the region. Mr. Buhari was speaking at a meeting with the Global Director (Upstream) of the Royal Dutch […]Read More

The National Bureau of Statistics had released its latest GDP figures for the first quarter of 2016 confirming that in the First Quarter of 2016, the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) slowed by -0.36% (year-on-year) in real terms. This was lower by 2.47% points from growth recorded in the preceding quarter and also lower by […]

The National Bureau of Statistics released its 2016 First Quarter GDP results revealing a negative GDP growth rate of -3%. It was Nigeria’s negative GDP growth rate since 1995. Nearly all sectors recorded negative GDP growth rates while some remained in a deep recession. Despite the gloomy numbers, the Arts, Entertainment and Recreationsector recorded a […]

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, took the unusual step Friday of intervening in the Nigeria Labour Congress protest by visiting the NLC leaders right in their Labour House in Abuja, to appeal for an end to the strike. Tinubu, accompanied by some officials of the APC and Governor Rauf Aregbesola, […]

Submitted by Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk via Bawerk.net, The Federal Reserve really wants to raise rates, but they do not dare as the consequence of interrupting an unprecedented level of capital misallocation is too grave to face head on. So our money masters continue their low interest rate policy; pulling society further and further into a […]

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Previous articleLagos Claims It Has Attracted $43 Billion Investment In One Year, As Ambode Approves N1.5 Billion Pension For Retirees We are the best online Nigerian newspaper with a blend of international news, politics, culture, opinion and much more! Share our breaking articles, breaking views and breaking pictures. We […]

Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed on Thursday, informed newsmen that over 37 investors had expressed interest in running the nation’s refineries. This follows government’s decision to liberalize the downstream sector of the petroleum industry. Mohammed also disclosed benefits from this decision adding that it will save 400,000 jobs and further create 200,000 more. The minister […]Read More

The Governor’s Forum is making efforts to access ‎$4.25 billion earmarked by the World Bank for states’ development. Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Abdulaziz Yari‎ of Zamfara State said the Country Director of World Bank, Rachid Benmessaoud‎ has educated the governors on how they could access ‎$4.25 billion earmarked by the World Bank for […]Read More