Yesterday was the blackest Christmas Nigeria has ever witnessed. Apart from the regular pangs Nigerians face, such as no electricity, influx of police checkpoints, heightened robbery attacks, and government insensitivity, there is now a new nemesis-terror. Boko...

Most 22-year-olds can’t even imagine having a foot on the property ladder – let alone one that costs $88million. But having a Russian billionaire father usually helps, as demonstrated by Ekaterina Rybolovleva, daughter of former fertiliser magnate Dmitry Rybolovlev....

Tens of thousands of flag-waving and chanting protesters called on Saturday for a disputed parliamentary election to be rerun, increasing pressure on Vladimir Putin as he seeks a new term as Russian president. The protesters chanted “Russia without...

One would be excused for suspecting that Aidan Dwyer, said to be 13, is in fact a small, very young-looking, 37-year-old college-educated con-man of the highest order. Such is not the case though for what the young...

During the presidential media chat, Nigeria’s no. 1 citizen made a lot of pronouncements. Yesterday in front of millions and millions of Nigerians, Mr. President admitted that the government can pay the subsidy and is in fact...

“All animals are equal but some animals are created more equal than others.” George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) Why else will two families be entitled to N 1 billion worth of breakfast, lunch and dinner per annum,...

The Nigerian Stock Market continued to propel its upward trajectory over the past few days. In trading today the winning continued as the All Share Index appreciated by 77 points to close at 20,763.26. Fidelity led the...

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), Europe’s largest oil company, confirmed the source of what could be Nigeria’s worst offshore spill in more than a decade to a leak in a flexible export line to a tanker. Cleanup operations...

SHAREHOLDERS of Ecobank Nigeria Plc, yesterday, approved the bank’s board’s proposal to conclude merger agreements with Oceanic Bank Plc, after Ecobank’s parent firm Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) acquired 100 per cent stake in the troubled financial institution...

Ecobank has announced that Arnold Ekpe, its Group Chief Executive Officer will be retiring at the end of 2012. Mr. Ekpe will be replaced by Thierry Tanoh, the CEO designate. Mr. Tanoh is currently the vice-president in...