The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed disapproval of subsidy policies for certain commodities in Nigeria, Kenya, and other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, giving reasons why it should be scrapped. At the just concluded World Bank and IMF Spring meetings in Washington DC, United, IMF’s Director of African Department, Mr Abebe Selassie, however, indicated that the institution would not interfere …

Direct flights between Israel and Nigeria will begin on 20th April, the Ambassador of Israel to Nigeria, Mr Michael Freeman said in Abuja on Saturday. “On 20th April, we will be starting direct air links between Israel and Nigeria; there will be twice weekly flights from Lagos, Abuja, and Tel Aviv with Air Peace Airline. “This would not have been …

As the 2023 edition of the World Bank Group (WBG) Spring meetings draw to a close today in Washington DC, United States of America, Nigeria’s participation, for the first time ever, appears to have been coloured with policy protest coming from civil society groups. On the sidelines of the meetings, Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CSLAC), one …

Against the backdrop of the imminent assumption of office, the World Bank Group (WBG) has given a long list of challenges that need to be addressed in the immediate term by the new leadership of the Federal Government. At a press briefing on Thursday during the ongoing Spring Meetings of the Bretton Woods institutions in Washington D.C., United States, WBG …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has assured that the 2023 National Population and Housing Census will be the best ever conducted in the history of the country. NPC’s Federal Commissioner in Gombe State, Mr Abubakar Danburam stated this in Gombe on Tuesday during the inauguration of a 16-member Advocacy and Logistics Committee for the 2023 Population and Housing Census in …

United Kingdom-based Prophet, Tomi Arayomi has taken to social media to relive his experience in the hands of agents of the Department of State Services (DSS), who whisked him, his wife, Prophetess Tahmar, and his aide away on Good Friday in Abuja. Arayomi, the founder of RIG Nation and Pioneer Church was in the country with his wife to minister …

Nigerian weightlifter, Adenike Olarinoye has been appointed into the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa’s Athlete’s Commission (ANOCA). According to the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Mr Tony Nezianya, the appointment was approved at an ANOCA forum held in Algiers, Algeria. Nezianya also said that NOC Secretary-General, Mr Tunde Poopola congratulated Olarinoye and said that …

The Super Eagles slipped five spots in the most recent FIFA rankings to take 40th place. The national squad is now Africa’s sixth-best team, after Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt, according to FIFA announcement. FIFA last announced the ranking for men on December 22, 2022 with the Eagles finishing the year in the 35th position after losing one step. …

The 2023 Nigeria Cricket Federation Women’s T20i competition has been won by Nigeria’s senior women’s cricket side, the Female Yellow Greens, who defeated Rwanda on Sunday in Lagos with a nine-run victory. The Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval was in a tense mood as the top two sides in the five-team tournament went up against each other in a repeat …

Troops of 1 Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army have neutralised five bandits during a clearance operation in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. In a statement on Friday, the acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations of 1 Division, Lt. Colonel Musa Yahaya said the troops operating in Chikun LGA conducted a clearance operation. The troops reportedly carried …