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The national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has threatened the Ebonyi State governor, Engr. David Umahi with suspension over allegations of mounting...

Nzuko Edda, Lagos, the congregation of Edda people in Lagos on Saturday at the event to mark their end of the year activities endorsed...

The Federal Government of Nigeria, in its effort to ease trade across border, has approved the Full Business Case (FBC) Certificates for the Warehouse...

Nigeria’s financial regulators took a bold step recently to enforce control of the fledgling fintech industry with the release of guidelines on the operations...

In line with its commitment to skills development and the empowerment of entrepreneurs in Nigeria, GE (www.GE.com) (NYSE: GE), the world’s premier digital industrial company,...

  The Ebonyi State APC gubernatorial hopeful, Senator Sonni Ogbuoji has described as pathetic and a disgrace the absence of Ebonyi at the national sports...

    Startup Battlefield Africa in Lagos, Nigeria, is coming up fast. As usual, we have a great lineup of panels that will include investors and founders...

  By Chu Daye, Global Times   China's soon-to-be-released national market-entry negative list will further ease concerns among China's investment partners as the new list will provide...

  By Yang Sheng, Global Times   As Chinese government agencies signed a memorandum of cooperation to strengthen protection of intellectual property, China immediately began to implement...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Wednesday said it lost over $800million revenue to all the stakeholders owing to breaches of contracts of its...

Nigeria’s central bank said on Tuesday it had injected $210 million into the currency market to increase liquidity after the naira weakened by 1...

The Governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this at the annual bankers' dinner over the weekend. ABP, an agricultural programme, was launched by President Muhammadu...

  The $15,000 weekly Yuletide special intervention foreign exchange (forex) sales to Bureau de Change (BDC) operators commences tomorrow, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...

Indications emerged yesterday that the seven days strike threat oil marketers gave the Federal Government to settle their N800billion fuel subsidy may not hold...

    The Nigerian National Assembly has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on the strategies deployed so far to make petroleum products available to Nigerians...

  By Feng Xuejun, Zhang Yuannan, People’s Daily Chinese President Xi Jinping depicted the deep friendship between Chinese and Portuguese in his signed article titled "A...

  Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Portugal is expected to expand pragmatic cooperation between China and Portugal under the framework of the Belt...

The number of irregular immigrants traveling to Spain continues to rise, with 59,048 reaching the country in the southwest of Europe during the first...

    Ongoing drive by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to increase Nigeria’s crude oil reserve was taken a notch higher yesterday with the unveiling...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reiterated that there was no plan to carry out mass retirement of staff. The Group Managing Director of...

  The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and its joint partners at the weekend signed a gas supply and aggregation agreement that will...

  The Federal Government has secured a loan of $200 million to fund its electrification project. The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group yesterday said it provided...

  The federal government has granted licence to the Cross River State Garment Factory to export its products. This follows the export registration certificate to the...

  The Federal Government says it will be partnering with the International Civil Aviation Organisation, a specialised agency of the United Nations on aviation, to...

  Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors has launched a training school to end the dearth of skilled manpower in the aviation industry. The training school slated...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Monday began engagement with the Federal Ministry of Finance, Debt Management Office (DMO), Major Oil Marketers Association of...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday officially launched the Green Bonds Issuance Rules to support the development of a Non-Sovereign Green Bond...

  The next three months will be tough for the naira against foreign currencies. The impact of the weekly dollar interventions by the Central Bank...

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele seized the opportunity of the annual bankers dinner to share his view on some...

  Imagine a quiz question that goes something like this: Which Chinese smartphone brand commands a user community of more than 5 million members from...

  The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has proffered informed perspective on the reported award of oil infrastructure surveillance contract to an...

The Ebonyi State APC guber candidate, Senator Sonni Ogbuoji on Sunday flagged off his campaign for the state government house. At the inaugural press conference...

Negotiators from around the world opened the United Nations' annual climate change conference Sunday in a Polish city built around mining coal, widely seen...

  The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed its readiness to cooperate with sister countries and development bodies to advance Africa’s prosperity through the safe...

Operators of Bureau de Change in the country have applauded the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to offer them a new...

  The continued free fall in equity prices, which indicates a low buying interest among the investor-community, has resulted to another significant decline in the...

The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend said telcos will roll out 5G services by 2020. Its Executive Vice-Chairman/CEO, Prof Garba Umar Danbatta, who...

In line with its commitment to growing Africa’s technology start-up ecosystem and its passion for developing diverse, young talent, Facebook is returning as the...

  For millions of ordinary travellers, inter-African travel is still too often a nightmare. Be it border hassles, lack of road or air routes linking...

  Qatar announces it is withdrawing from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) effective January 1, 2019.  Minister of State for Energy Affairs, H E...

  Nigeria today has 21 commercial banks, 942 microfinance banks, and numerous financial technology (fintech) and mobile money operators, yet the Nigerian adult population is...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted Diamond Bank approval to In a statement at the weekend, CBN said the move followed Diamond...

  Just over 1.4 billion people live in China. That's a fifth of the world's population and four times as many people as the United...

    China's tech barriers have come down in recent years, especially for homegrown companies expanding abroad. Benjamin Harburg, managing partner of MSA, a Beijing-based Venture Capital...

Chinese President Xi Jinping indicated he's open to approving a renewed deal for Qualcomm to buy chip rival NXP in trade talks with President...

In a nation of nearly 1.4 billion, ensuring there's efficient health care and education is a tall order for China. Especially in some of...

  China and the United States have agreed to halt additional tariffs as both nations engage in new trade negotiations with the goal of reaching...

  President Trump will play the role of a dutiful diplomat at a global economic summit this weekend, his schedule jammed with one-on-one meetings with...

  India’s perch on top as the world’s fastest-growing major economy is a paradox given its performance on social indicators. The country still lags its...

The US embassy in Kinshasa will on Thursday be closed to the public for a fourth day following "credible and precise information" about a...