AfDB launches three-year $1b Global benchmark
The African Development Bank (AfDB), rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, has launched $1 billion fixed rate dollar Global benchmark due 20 September 2019, the issuer’s fourth global benchmark...
Woman Dumps Her Baby on the Street Two Hours After Her Birth
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Fatai Owoseni, on Thursday said the Police had arrested a 31-year-old woman who allegedly dumped her baby on the...
Ondo APC: What manner of primary?
The controversy trailing the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary is yet to abate as aggrieved aspirants and their supporters continue to fault...
Ibori’s convictions stand, says UK court
Britain’s state prosecution agency yesterday said former Delta State Governor James Ibori’s convictions remain valid. The pronouncement came despite evidence that a British police officer...
Tears as Ekiti bulldozers demolish houses for flyover
Some house owners in Okesa area of Ado Ekiti were in tears yesterday evening as government bulldozers began demolition of more structures in the area...
Ex-Katsina Governor Shema to EFCC: I’m not on the run
Former Katsina State Governor Ibrahim Shema said yesterday he is not on the run from investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). The agency...
Govt to reorder MDAs capital votes in 2017, says Buhari
There will be a change in the capital allocations to the Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in next year’s budget, President Muhammadu Buhari said...
Jonathan’s wife’s $15m: Four firms plead guilty
Four companies linked to former First Lady Patience Jonathan, yesterday pleaded guilty to laundering $15,591,700 (about N5billion). They are: Pluto Property and Investment Company Ltd...
Recession: Offshore borrowing to the rescue
The Federal Government has approved external borrowing from offshore lenders. The loans, expected from the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), Japan International Cooperation Agency...
‘I ‘ll be governor of all Edo, irrespective of faith’
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, yesterday promised to carry along the people, irrespective of their faith and...