NIGERIA - Dangote to sell $833m in bonds for expansion
Dangote Cement Plc says, it has got approval from Nigerian regulators to issue 300 billion naira ($833 million) in local-currency bonds as it seeks to fund expansion and refinance …
NIGERIA - How Boko Haram attack, kidnap of Dapchi schoolgirls occurred – Residents, School staff
Abdulkareem Haruna Residents of Dapchi, the Yobe community attacked on Monday, said the Boko Haram gunmen that invaded their community had no other mission than to abduct …
NIGERIA - Iyabo Obasanjo speaks on her father’s ‘letter’ to Buhari
Samuel Ogundipe A former Nigerian senator, Iyabo Obasanjo, on Saturday lambasted her detractors who are currently recirculating her 2013 letter to her father. Some social media users had …
NIGERIA - If Our People Insist, We Will Go Back To PDP, Says Kwara Governor
Kwara State governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, was one of the five governors that walked, with other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), out of the party in the buildup to …
NIGERIA - “I am not in a hurry to do anything” – Buhari
Samuel Ogundipe President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that his experience as a military dictator is one of the major reasons he is not “in a hurry …
Trump Slams Nigerians For Not Returning To Their ‘Huts’ After Seeing America — NYT Report
United States’ President Donald Trump described Nigerians as people living in huts which they would not want to return to whenever they visit America, the New York Times reported Saturday. …
NIGERIA - Folu Agoi: Writers move with time
Folu Agoi is a poet, academic, literary activist and publisher. A former Chairman of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Lagos Chapter, he is currently the President of PEN Nigeria. …
AFRIQUE - Les coups d’Etat les plus foireux
Tour d’horizon de ces putschs qui ont fait long feu par malchance, coup du sort ou amateurisme. Ou qui ont eu des effets désastreux sur les pays qui en ont …
Africa will become the food basket of the world – Dangote
Nigerian business leader Aliko Dangote has told investors “Agriculture, agriculture, agriculture. Africa will become the food basket of the world.” In a packed room at the headquarters of global …
NIGERIA - Restructuring is for progress and development not secession – Daniel
By Rose Graham The Yoruba Agenda for proper restructuring is not about secession, but remains sine qua non for progress and development in our country. Former Governor Ogun …
Afrobasket dames 2017: Le Sénégal en finale face au Nigeria
L’équipe féminine de basketball du Sénégal a dominé celle du Mozambique pour cette dernière demi-finale de l’Afrobasket 2017. Les Lionnes décrochent le dernier ticket qui leur offre une finale de …
NIGERIA - IPOB Dares Buhari To Arrest Kanu
By Rose Graham The secessionist group, Indigenous Peoples Of Biafra (IPOB), has dared the Federal Government of Nigeria to attempt to re-arrest its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB’s challenge …
NIGERIA - BUSINESS: Niger Govt, Dangote Sign N166bn Agreement On Sugar Production
By Rose Graham The Niger State Government has signed a $450 million (N166 billion) Memorandum of Understanding with Dangote Group for the setting up of an integrated sugar …
What’s Up ECOWAS ?
When our political leaders decided to set up the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), they did so with a clear mind that the people in the region deserve …
President Buhari Media Team Visit Him In London, Still No Date Of Return To Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari’s media team led by the Minister of information Lai Mohammed today paid a visit to their ailing principal at Abuja House in London. The team comprising of …
NIGERIA - Oba Akiolu Reveals How Buhari Introduced Rot In Nigeria Police
By Rose Graham The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu on Friday stated that the problems of the present day Nigeria Police began with President Muhammadu Buhari who, he …
NIGERIA - POLITICS : Kwara Youths Threaten To Recall Saraki, Accuse Him Of Pursuing Personal Interest
By Rose Graham A youth organization in Kwara State, Kwara Youths Stakeholders Forum (KYSF), has threatened to initiate a process to recall Mr. Bukola Saraki, the Senate President. …
NIGERIA - Genevieve Nnaji, "bankable" à Nollywood
Au Nigeria, dans les chambres des ados, les posters d’Angelina Jolie ont laissé la place à ceux de Genevieve Nnaji, la star de Nollywood, l’industrie locale du cinéma. Elle …
Opinion - Evans the kidnapper and the rest of us
By Promise Adiele Recently, the media was awash with news of the arrest of a kingpin notorious for armed robbery and kidnapping, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, known as …
Opinion - Too much of everything
By Dare Babarinsa It is good that many of the old guards who once held courts at the sanctum of power are joining the call for the …
