Buhari Rules Out Further Devaluation of Naira, Says its Unhealthy for the Economy
Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday ruled out further devaluation of the naira, saying it is unhealthy for the economy to devalue the currency further. Nigeria has been More...
France Pledges Military Equipment to Fight Boko Haram
French President François Hollande with President Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-French President François Hollande has pledged to assist the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) with intelligence More...
Buhari Visits France on Monday, to Confer With Hollande on Security, Economic Relations
Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for Paris tomorrow, Monday, September 14, 2015 to begin a three-day official visit to France at the invitation of President Francois Hollande. President More...
How Commencement of Oil Production in Warri Refinery Reduce Importation of Fuel
LAGOS JULY 28TH (URHOBTODAY)-The Federal Government has expressed readiness to scale down the importation of refined petroleum products following the anticipated bridging of demand gap in local consumption with More...
America in Africa: Military Ties Grow but Trade Lags
Obama LAGOS JULY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY) – President Barack Obama’s keenly-awaited trip to Africa this week comes as the US superpower’s military footprint on the continent is growing. But US diplomatic and trade More...
Buhari Goes From Nigeria’s Change Champion to ‘Baba Go Slow’
Buhari LAGOS JULY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took office a month ago on a wave of hope that he would quickly deal with a deepening economic crisis and an Islamist insurgency in the north. More...
Okonjo-Iweala Warns Her Successor of Tough Year Ahead
Okonjo-Iweala LAGOS JUNE 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said her successor will face a “difficult” year because of plunging oil revenues and the economy needs expert More...
Beware of Sycophants and Strive to Fulfill Your Manifesto, Okogie Tells Buhari
Oubunmi Okojie LAGOS MAY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Anthony Okogie, on Wednesday urged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to beware of sycophants ahead of More...
Uduaghan Advocates Intervention of Professional Management Experts to Check Downward Slide of Economy
from left: Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, President and Chairman of Council, Nigerian Institute of Management, Dr. U. N. Uwaga and the National Treasurer, Mr. Grant Orugbani during the Inauguration More...
Nigeria Borrows Money to Pay Government Salaries-Okonjo-Iweala
Okonjo-Iweala LAGOS MAY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Africa’s richest economy is borrowing money to pay salaries as it struggles through a “difficult cash crunch” brought on by halved oil prices, Nigeria’s More...
Group Scores Jonathan Far Higher than Buhari in Economic Development
President Goodluck Jonathan and Gen Mohammadu Buhari Group under the umbrella of Alliance for Nigeria Peace and Progress has rated President Goodluck Jonathan administration far higher in economic development More...
EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria Economy is in Danger- Okonjo-Iweala
Minister of Finance Okonjo-Iweala On Monday, June 10, at the third round of the 2013 ministerial platform in Abuja, Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, spoke glowingly More...
Utomi, Sagay Slam FG over Nation’s Poor Devt
Pat Utomi LAGOS — Former presidential candidate Professor Pat Utomi and Professor Itse Sagay, have lampooned the Federal Government for failing to make significant impact in the development of the country, saying More...