Politics

Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has said virtual assets and cryptocurrencies are risky for implementation in Nigeria. According to him,...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday received a shipment of Covid-19 test kits and other medical supplies procured by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Valued at...

Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, minister of mines and hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea, and Timipre Sylva, Nigerian minister of petroleum resources, on Tuesday met at the presidential palace in Malabo in...

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea’s head of state, has officially inaugurated Cameroonian oil operator, Tradex’s first service station in his country after nine months of construction work. This is...

The senate on Tuesday mandated its committees on education (basic and secondary), as well as those on tertiary institutions and TETFUND to investigate the utilization of over $20 million of...

The Federal University Lafia has moved closer to having a teaching hospital, as the senate on Tuesday deliberated on a bill that seeks to establish the tertiary health institution in...

Nigeria has failed to reach its 2020 revenue performance target, despite receiving huge oil revenues within the projected period. The Africanscholar can report that the federal government income projections missed...

Orji Ogbonaya Orji, the newly appointed executive secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), may have ended up as President Muhammadu Buhari’s only choice for the top job...

The deputy president of the senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has said Nigeria’s first lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari’s development advocacy has reflected positively on the All Progressives Congress’ progressive manifesto, as...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with a coalition of international and local partners, on Wednesday successfully concluded a community-driven conflict mitigation intervention to restore peaceful...