A financial expert, Dr Samuel Nzekwe, says the retention of the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 14 per cent was expected and will effectively monitor the consistent inflation rate drop.

Teenagers, and particularly girls, are bearing the brunt of the global AIDS epidemic with around 30 adolescents becoming infected with HIV every hour, according to a
report by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday, cautioned private cyber cafe operators against extortion of prospective candidates who want to upload their results on the board’s website.

For stealing a motorcycle valued at N220, 000, 19-year-old Joseph Yesi is to spend the next six months in prisons, a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court handed down the sentence in Lagos on Wednesday.

Jurgen Klopp says Daniel Sturridge can be a “decisive player” for Liverpool after impressive displays from the injury-plagued striker in pre-season matches.

Nigerian Afropop star, Ayo Balogun aka Wizkid is currently working on a new single with Drake’s producer Metro Boomin.

Alternative singer Similola Ogunleye a.k.a Simi has gotten her dream collaboration with music legend Innocent Idibia a.k.a 2 Face, 2 Baba or Tu Baba on the release of the ‘Simisola’ deluxe album.

Following the defection of fifteen senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said that it is time to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.

Mrs Lauretta Onochie, President Muhammadu Buhari’s social media aide has said that the All Progressive Congress has lost some bad fat.

Arsenal boss Unai Emery said Mesut Ozil has nothing but respect from his team-mates after his decision to quit Germany’s national team claiming racism sparked uproar in his home country.

The private sector-driven Niger Republic facilitated approved petroleum refinery in Mashi in Kastina state would cost $2 billion.

Internationally acclaimed rapper and singer Drake has scored a double victory on the UK Billboard Chart with his viral single ‘In My Feelings’.

Nigeria has resolved to embark on massive religious education in the North-East to create awareness on the dangers of insurgency, a menace that had led to the death of more than 20,000 people since 2009.

A House of Representatives member, Rep. Abdulrazak Atunwa, who with 36 others defected from All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, said more members would leave the party in the coming weeks.

NIGERIANS, civil society groups and political organisations in the country have condemned perceived harrassment of the leadership of the Senate by the executive, using the Police and other security agencies.