One does not really have to be a medical expert to recognize that the heavy grime and dirt on Nigerian currency notes would also readily serve as vector for the spread of germs and diseases.

THE national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday hailed the immediate-past Senate President, Senator David Mark and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, for how they conducted the affairs of the seventh Senate.

THE Senate made some of us proud on Wednesday when it pushed Nigeria into the record books; passing 46 bills in ten minutes. That is less than 13 seconds per bill. Even in the 100 metres race, that can fetch a gold medal.

When Mr. Godwin Emefiele became the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on June 3, 2014, there was visible pressure on the Naira as well as a decline in the country’s foreign reserves.

Super Falcons coach, Edwin Okon stated that his team will make a bright start to their FIFA Women World campaign as they open their account with Sweden today.

Nigerian small-holder farmers and those from 11 other Africa countries are to benefit from the Global Environment Facility, an innovative N20.975 billion ($106.5 million) pilot programme for fostering sustainability and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa.

By Ebele Orakpo Ms. Gbonju Awojuyigbe is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Lagos-based Wandy Foods Limited, a food processing outfit. The 1992 law graduate from the Nigerian Law School, an alumnus of Fate Foundation and a 2005 Fate Foundation Alumnus Award winner, first worked with First African Trust Bank before going fully into business. […]

A cross-section of football enthusiasts on Sunday in Abuja commended the Flying Eagles for their 2-0 victory over Hungary, describing the win as a “big relief

Have you witnessed an event and wondered where you have seen exactly the same sequence of activities before? The French call it déjà vu, which translates to “already seen”. That is the phenomenon we are observing our brand new President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB, taking us through.

America is sometimes called “Uncle Sam” or “God’s own country”. Perhaps Nigeria’s nickname should be “Fraud’s Own Country”. Literally hundreds of thousands of scams are perpetrated in this nation 24/7 as to make a reasonable man wonder if we have any other job – fake drugs, fake spare parts, fake drivers’ and vehicles’ licence, fake currency notes, illegal universities 9even medical schools), pirated Nollywood films, free bail for which the police demand money at all Police Stations, free medical while patients pay for blood, etc. Unbelievable as it is, governments are involved in an astonishing percentage of the scams.