Nigeria`s lower chamber of the National Assembly, the House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and some other heads of government agencies to appear before it. This is with respect to the ongoing ...

Zimbabwe’s central bank on Tuesday said it would start selling gold coins as a store of value to tame runaway inflation, which had considerably weakened the local currency. The central bank governor John Mangudya said in a statement that the coins would be available for sale from July 25 as ...

Nigeria at the moment is in no mood currently for any increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, which will certainly be a direct result of any government decision to go for the removal of fuel subsidy in the country. The mood of the nation ...

Financial experts say the increasing inflation rate in Nigeria has impacted negatively on the living standard of Nigerians. The experts who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the rising inflation rate has reduced the purchasing power of individuals leading to a decline in living standards. According to ...

Insecurity in Nigeria and the failure of the country`s police force to rise up to the challenge in the government responsibility of protecting lives and property has once gains pushed another state government to go the way of self-help to provide needed security within its boundaries. Like the South Western ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to press ahead with Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine after troops took control of the entire Lugansk region. “Military units, including the East group and the West group, must carry out their tasks according to previously approved plans,” Putin told ...

Local Iraqi media reports of sounds of at least two explosions around a military base used by American forces in eastern Syria. Sabereen News, which is associated with Iraqi anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), said sounds of at least two blasts were heard in a US base in al-Omar oil ...

The comments made by Pastor Poju Oyemade, the founder of The Covenant Nation (formerly the Covenant Christian Center) and the damaging reactions that followed is certainly another pointer to self-inflicted harm that has unfortunate befallen our so-called men of God. Poju Oyemade, as we recall made very controversial comments in a ...

The Debt Management Office (DMO) says revenue generation is a major constraint of the Federal Government, and impacts the country’s debt situation negatively. Patience Oniha, Director-General of the DMO, said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. According to Oniha, the ...

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is seeking out-of-court settlement with the contractor dredging the Calabar channel. The NPA Managing Director, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, made the disclosure when he paid a visit to the Calabar Port Complex. According to him, dredging of the channel is a priority of the authority. “The ...

Eleven persons lost their lives to a multiple auto crash near Isara Bridge, Ogere, off the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday night. Seven other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the inferno that resulted from the accident. Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed ...

Indications have emerged that there are some current EU members who have concerns and are currently making moves, with possible implications that threaten the ambition of Ukraine to become a full-fledged member of the European Union. These existing members includes Germany and France and some other EU current members whose ...

The UK High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing have advised Nigerian students intending to study in schools in the United Kingdom this September to make time a priority in their calculations. Speaking in a video message, which Clariform has obtained, she said that early application for the student visa is ...

The European Union (EU) has inaugurated the ‘Team Europe Initiative (TEI) Nigeria Green Economy’ project aimed at stimulating sustainable climate-smart agriculture and renewable energy for economic growth and diversification. The EU ambassador to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ms Samuela Isopi, unveiled the project at the ...

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was not denied a second bail application as originally thought, but was in realty refused his application to upturn the revocation of his existing bail and also to quash the arrest warrant issued by the court against him. ...

Following the repeated attacks and killing of Christians in Nigeria, a group of United State senators are asking that Nigeria be re-designate as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) by the US government. This call was made in a letter written to the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken by ...

A serving Nigerian senator representing Delta North senatorial district, Peter Nwaoboshi, has been jailed by a Nigerian court for the crime of for money laundering in the sum of N322 Million, which happened between May and June 2014, according to the charges, seen by Clariform. He was jailed for seven ...

Mr Sunny Ofehe, the governorship candidate of Youth Progressive Party (YPP) in Delta, has said that he will make the state seventh largest economy in the sub-Saharan Africa, if elected to office. Ofehe said this on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The ...

Activities at the Calabar Port were boosted on Thursday as a general cargo vessel berthed with 204 heavy-duty trucks, 22 cubic metres of pipes and other containers. Speaking with newsmen on Friday in Calabar after the berthing of the vessel, the Port Manager, Mr Festus Olumati, said this was coming ...

Nigerian workers under the auspices of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have adopted the candidacy of Mr Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Nigerian presidential election. This was disclosed on Friday by Mr Amaechi Asugwuni, the Deputy President of ...

In a Channels Television political program, Politics Today, monitored by Clariform on Thursday, the Benue State governor, Mr Smauel Ortom was explosive in his characterization of the situation in the country, while also blaming Channels Television for its failure to hold government responsible. The governor who is serving his second ...

The governor of Benue State, Mr Samuel Ottom yesterday spoke passionately and very explosively about what transpired during the process that led to the choice of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as the running mate of  Abubakar Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP. Above all, he said that ...

Nigerian labour unions have announced a plan for one-day mass action across the country to protest the overall situation of things in the country, which has affected its teaming members. The organized labour union said it would be organizing the protest to call the attention of the Buhari led federal ...

A new twist in the ongoing criminal trial of Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu in the United Kingdom may jeopardize the alleged asylum application of their accuser, Mr. David Ukpo Nwanini. In the resume trial on Thursday, new details of the accusation against the Senator and his ...

The US on Wednesday pledged more troops, warplanes and warships for Europe as NATO launched its biggest military expansion since the Cold War in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Western military alliance declared Russia the “most significant and direct threat” to peace and security, and vowed to increase ...

Explosive video of Governor Samuel Ortom challenging Channels Television for inability to allow truth to be told to power on their programs. He claims the station has been caged by the government, which why he does not respect them anymore. He says the APC and Buhari`s government does not believe ...

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming 2023 general elections, have reacted to the growing challenges to his emergence as the party`s flagbearer, as well as the crisis currently rocking the opposition PDP. Reacting through series of tweets on Thursday, the former ...

For undisclosed reasons Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu appeared before the Uxbridge Magistrate’s Court in London again today, 7 days earlier than expected, to continue their defense on the “organ harvesting” trial. The senator representing Enugu West senatorial constituency of Enugu State was arraigned before same Magistrate ...

As the Nigerian Army day celebration holds in Imo State from June 29 to July 6, 2022, Clariform investigations have unearthed some issues about the Army that could be of interest to our readers. Our look at some of these issues was informed by the endless cries of marginalization from ...

As a sign of commitment to promptly honour its debts obligations always, Nigeria has redeemed its 300 million dollars diaspora bond, which matured on June 27. This is according to a statement by the Debt Management Office (DMO) on its website on Tuesday. The DMO said that the diaspora bond ...