Tag: Nigeria

The Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria, Ricardo Guerra de Araujo, says Brazil will soon inject 1.1 billion dollars into Nigeria’s agriculture. The ambassador spoke at a dinner to sensitise Nigerians to an ...

Odion Ighalo scores a hat-trick for Nigeria as they trounce visiting Libya national team 4-0 in an African Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday. The match was played at the Godswill ...

  Growth prospects in Africa are being held down by poor economic development in Nigeria, South Africa and Angola, the International Monetary Fund has said. The Breton Woods institution, which ...

The Federal Government has declared Monday, October 1, as a public holiday to commemorate Nigeria’s 58th Independence Day. The announcement was made in a statement issued by the Minister of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday called on member countries of the Economic Community of West African States to intensify efforts at achieving the single currency programme by 2020. He said ...

Nigeria exported N85.9bn worth of agricultural produce to countries outside Africa in a three month period, covering April to June this year. Figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics ...

The National Bureau of Statistics says 3.65million passengers travelled through Nigerian airports in the second quarter of 2018 as against 3.84 million recorded in the first quarter. The NBS disclosed ...

Nigeria’s external debt commitment rose by $11.77bn in the last three years, investigation has shown. According to debt statistics obtained from the Debt Management Office, the country’s external debt rose ...

Senate President Bukola Saraki has formally declared his intention to contest the presidency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. Saraki made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja during ...

The United States’ monthly crude oil import from Nigeria has fallen below 3.0 million barrels for the first time in more than two years, dropping by 62%. The decline in ...