AS many as 6m more Nigerians will be pushed into poverty between June 2020 and June 2021 as a result of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic according to a recent report just published by the World Bank.

WASHINGTON has removed Nigeria from its list of religious violator nations that constantly engage in or tolerate systematic and egregious violations of religious freedoms against its citizens.

OHANEZE Youth Council (OYC) members have issued a 30-day ultimatum to every presidential aspirant of southeast extraction ahead of the forthcoming the 2023 general election insisting that they open their campaign offices in the region within a month.

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NIGERIA has qualified for the final knock stage of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers after the Super Eagles managed to top their qualification group with a 1-1 draw with the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos tonight.

NIGERIA'S federal government has been urged to make October 20 a public holiday every year in memory of the  youths shot at the Lekki Toll Gate Plaza last year when the government brutally ended  the #EndSARS protest.

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[1] How many Nigerians know that their country is a member of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8. It is an association for development co-operation made up of Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey

GOVERNMENT ministers have said they are not panicking about the fact that Nigeria's debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio has ballooned to 33% as a result of increased borrowing brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.

BITTER infighting among the members of the Zamfara State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) intensified over the weekend when a faction of the party described the national executive committee mediating in the crisis as illegal.

THIRTEEN different consortia have submitted bids for consideration to  manage Nigeria's four main international airports under the new tendering programme launched last week by the Independent Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC).