An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a 23-year-old painter, Oluwatobi Olaore, to 14 days’ imprisonment for playing N7,000 lotto (bet9ja) and refusing to pay. The...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has said it will be training FCT rural farmers on production of yam under its Yam Improvement for Income...
A total of 540 persons died, while 3,383 others were injured in 950 road traffic crashes across the country in January, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)...
About 132 companies have submitted bids for about 14 billion litres of product as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation officially opened bids for the 2019 Direct...
Huawei Technologies Co. has overtaken Apple Inc. to claim the No. 2 spot in smartphones in the first quarter, moving a step closer to its avowed...
Nigerian equities suffered a major reduction in April as the fearful of falling prices at the stock market defied earnings reports and dividend recommendations. Quoted equities recorded net...
The Federal Government have said Nigeria unemployment rate will hit 33.5 per cent by 2020. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while...
First-quarter gold purchases by central banks, led by Russia and China, were the highest in six years as countries diversify their assets away from the U.S....
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the internally generated revenue (IGR) of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for fourth quarter 2018 was...
Eleven Nigerian banks paid about N8.51bn Information Technology-related levies to the government in 2018, the audited financial reports of the banks showed. This is an increase...