Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday the country will sign up soon to a $3 trillion African free-trade agreement. Nigeria is one of Africa’s two largest economies, the other being South Africa. Buhari’s government had refused to join a continental free-trade zone established in March, on the grounds that it wishes to defend its […]
The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Adedamola Kuti, on Wednesday in Lagos said that the emergency rehabilitation/maintenance of the Third Mainland Bridge project would begin on July 27. Kuti disclosed this stakeholders’ meeting at the Ministry of Works office in Lagos. He said that the repair works on the bridge would be staggered over […]
Multinational oil and gas giant ExxonMobil plans to resume production on three platforms off the Santa Barbara Coast in California, US. The company will use up to 70 trucks a day on Central Coast roads as a temporary measure to transport crude oil. The company had stopped producing on its offshore platforms, as well as […]
Nigeria should take its time to consult on the agreement before signing up, but shouldn’t “take too long,” Ramaphosa said at a conference Wednesday in the West African nation’s capital, Abuja. “The continent is waiting for Nigeria and South Africa. By trading among ourselves, we are able to retain more resources in the continent.” Talks […]
A Nigerian law graduate has finally been called to the bar months after she was blocked from attending the ceremony for insisting on wearing a hijab. The body in charge of admitting graduating law students had said Amasa Firdaus was breaking the dress code. Ms Firdaus said her rights were being violated. The Ilorin University […]
At least 22,000 people have fled their homes and need humanitarian aid following last month’s violence between herders and farmers in central Nigeria, the Red Cross said on Tuesday.“The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in close cooperation with the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), is responding to the most urgent needs of more […]
Glencore Plc said on Wednesday it would cooperate with U.S. authorities after they demanded documents about the mining firm’s business in Democratic Republic of Congo, Venezuela and Nigeria as part of a corruption investigation. The company said it had set up a committee of board members, including Chairman Tony Hayward and independent non-executive directors Leonhard […]
Nigerian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to investigate the state oil firm over a shortfall in revenue remittances to government coffers, in a motion passed by the lower house of parliament. Last month, Nigeria’s finance minister called the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC’s) payments to the government account “unacceptable”, as they were less than expected in […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has had a fireside chat with Mr. Allen Blue, Co-Founder of LinkedIn, where he assured him that Nigeria was open to business. Osinbajo arrived in California where he will be headlining a number of investment forums in the San Francisco area and Los Angeles, promoting tech innovation and entertainment industries. He […]
Nigerian film star Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as “Aki”, says he has been recognised as a distinguished visitor by Miami-Dade County in the US state of Florida. The 40-year-old Nollywood actor posted a photo of himself on Instagram with the certificate, given to him by the mayor and county commissioners, along with the the words: […]