The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has successfully secured another facility, but its first ever Samurai Syndicated Term Loan Facility, with equivalent of $150 million. It…
View More Afreximbank secures $150 million to boost African tradeCategory: News
Nigeria ranked 35th in governance
Nigeria has emerged 35th out of 54 African countries in overall governance ranking, according to a report released today in Dakar, Senegal by The Mo…
View More Nigeria ranked 35th in governanceSaraki will not run against Buhari in 2019
Senate President Bukola Saraki will not run against President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election, his chief of staff has said. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed said as…
View More Saraki will not run against Buhari in 2019Lagos bus conductors to wear uniforms from 2017
The Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria (BCAN) says that its members in Lagos State will start wearing uniforms from Jan. 1, 2018 for security and…
View More Lagos bus conductors to wear uniforms from 2017Willie Obiano wins Anambra election
Incumbent governor of Anambra State and All Progressives Grand Alliance’s candidate Willie Obiano has shrugged off a fickle showing by All Progressives Congress’s Tony Nwoye…
View More Willie Obiano wins Anambra electionAll eyes on billionaire Pinera as Chile votes today
Sebastian Pinera, one of Chile’s richest men, looks likely to prevail in the first round of the country’s presidential election today, confirming his frontrunner status…
View More All eyes on billionaire Pinera as Chile votes todayEnd of the Road for Mugabe, Grace today
On two fronts, President Robert Mugabe’s era in Zimbabwe will come to an ignominious end as leaders of the ruling ZANU-PF party sack him and…
View More End of the Road for Mugabe, Grace todayMugabe’s impeachment process begins Tuesday : report
Zimbabwe’s parliament is expected to commence an impeachment process against President Robert Mugabe, if he fails to resign, latest by Tuesday Nov. 21. The main…
View More Mugabe’s impeachment process begins Tuesday : reportNo sincerity in El-Rufai 21,000 teachers competency text, by NULGE
The president of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Comrade Ibrahim Khaleed, yesterday, faulted the sincerity of the competency test conducted by the…
View More No sincerity in El-Rufai 21,000 teachers competency text, by NULGEMerkel in final push for coalition to avert crisis
Chancellor Angela Merkel will make a last push Sunday to forge a government, in a twin battle to save her political future and avert fresh…
View More Merkel in final push for coalition to avert crisisIndian Medical Student Crowned Miss World
An Indian medical student was crowned Miss World at a glitzy event in a Chinese resort on Saturday, making her country the joint-most successful in…
View More Indian Medical Student Crowned Miss WorldHariri returns to Lebanon this week
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri said he will return home before Wednesday’s Independence Day celebrations and explain his situation. Two weeks ago, his shock resignation…
View More Hariri returns to Lebanon this weekOyegun says Buhari is APC’s candidate for 2019, as Okorocha describes him as God-sent
The discordant tunes, which the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been playing continued yesterday, as the party insisted that it has no other candidate to…
View More Oyegun says Buhari is APC’s candidate for 2019, as Okorocha describes him as God-sentGoffin meets Dimitrov in ATP Tour finals
David Goffin, the Belgian who knocked out Roger Federer in the ATP Tour semi-final in London will meet Grigor Dimitrov in the final today. Dimitrov,…
View More Goffin meets Dimitrov in ATP Tour finalsPremium Times wins Global Shining Light Award
Premium Times, Nigeria’s investigative website, emerged the overall winner of the Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJN) in Johannesburg, South Africa. A two-part story by the…
View More Premium Times wins Global Shining Light AwardAnambra poll ‘one of the worst’ since 1999
The Saturday Anambra election has been adjudged “one of the worst” governorship election conducted in the country since the return of democracy in 1999. Clement…
View More Anambra poll ‘one of the worst’ since 1999So many things to reform
In my primary four, the Yoruba text book we read was ‘Kola ati Kemi’ — a series of short stories depicting the “adventures” of two…
View More So many things to reformDid Obiano violate electoral act by addressing voters during election?
Osita Chidoka, United Progressives Party (UPP) candidate, has questioned Willie Obiano, Anambra state governor, on his right to address voters on election day. Willie Obiano…
View More Did Obiano violate electoral act by addressing voters during election?Zimbabweans celebrate expected exit of Mugabe
Thousands of Zimbabweans flooded the streets of Harare on Saturday, waving national flags, singing and dancing in an outpouring of elation at the expected fall…
View More Zimbabweans celebrate expected exit of MugabeGreek flooding toll reaches 19, as more bodies found
Greek police and emergency workers rescued three bodies in flood-hit areas west of Athens on Saturday, bringing the death toll since Wednesday to 19. “The…
View More Greek flooding toll reaches 19, as more bodies foundI will be Anambra governor if there’s no tampering, say Obaze
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Oseloka Obaze, says he is confident of clinching victory in the Anambra governorship elections if the electoral process is not…
View More I will be Anambra governor if there’s no tampering, say ObazeNYSC assures ‘abandoned’ corps members of election allowances
Mr Ebenezer Olawale, the NYSC State Coordinator, Anambra, said that all the corps members brought from Enugu would be paid their election allowances. Olawale, who…
View More NYSC assures ‘abandoned’ corps members of election allowancesThugs disrupt PDP primaries in Plateau, beat electoral officers
Thugs disrupted the primary elections organised by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to decide its chairmanship candidate for Kanke, in the Feb. 18 local government…
View More Thugs disrupt PDP primaries in Plateau, beat electoral officersRussia blocks bid to briefly extend Syria chemical weapons inquiry
Russia vetoed on Friday a Japanese-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution to extend by one month an international inquiry into who is to blame for chemical…
View More Russia blocks bid to briefly extend Syria chemical weapons inquiry