In the second week of January, the agricultural sector experienced a number of events ranging from the problems faced by Cashew farmers the problems faced were limited access to finance, storage and processing … Read more
The Senate on Tuesday approved $52 per barrel as oil benchmark price for the N4.3 trillion 2015 budget.
The federal government had made a final proposal of $65 per barrel of crude oil to the lawmakers after two reviews.
The … Read more
The Senate on Wednesday, slashed the allocation for petrol and kerosene subsidies presented by the Ministry of Finance in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework for 2015 – 2017.… Read more
Nigeria’s Senate President, David Mark, has rebuffed criticisms over his decision to apparently orchestrate a Senate confirmation for Musiliu Obanikoro, who was appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan for a ministerial post despite being at the centre of an election rigging … Read more
The Senate on Wednesday refused to deliberate on the ministerial nomination of the former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro.… Read more
Several polling units across the country opened later than scheduled. The delay was occasioned by the late arrival of election officials and materials; this caused a lot of anxiety among voters as well as an overlap of procedures in … Read more
The kinsmen of President Goodluck Jonathan have commended him for conducting a credible and acceptable presidential election.… Read more
One of the arenas in which Nigeria’s election is being contested is on social media. Thanks to the increasing penetration of smartphones, traditional barriers of access to broadband Internet have been lifted and an enthusiastic population is eager to have … Read more
A member of the Gombe State House of Assembly, Umar Aminu, and eight others were killed when suspected members of the Boko Haram attacked Gombe on Saturday morning.… Read more
PREMIUM TIMES, Nigeria’s leading investigative newspaper, has launched its digital election reporting centre ahead of the March 28 and April 11 general elections.… Read more
As preparations intensify for general elections in Nigeria, starting Saturday, the United States President, Barack Obama, on Monday sent a special message to Nigerians, urging a credible and peaceful polls.… Read more
