Some beneficiaries of the Federal Government N-power programme in Nasarawa have protested the non-payment of their five months stipend. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesters who carried placards and leaves marched for over five kilometres from the Lafia Branch of United Bank for Africa to the Government House. Spokesman of the group, […]Read More

The Nigeria Union in South Africa said on Wednesday that two Nigerians were shot dead in Western Cape Province of that country. Mr Mike Ibitoye, the Chairman of the Union`s chapter in the province, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Cape Town, South Africa, that the Nigerians were shot by unidentified […]Read More

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, has been remanded in Kuje Prison following his arraignment at a High Court of the FCT, Gudu District, yesterday. Justice Abubakar Talba gave the order following his not-guilty plea subsequently after charge was read to him. He would remain in Kuje Prison pending the […]Read More

. Want 100% funding of projects by govt . Seek 50% investment of 13% derivation funds in schemes . They’re alternatives to illegal refining, says govt The proposed investments in community-based modular refinery projects across oil-bearing states of the Niger Delta will become a pipedream unless government reviews its model to accommodate divergent interests among […]Read More

Nigeria is seeking $5.2 billion from the World Bank to expand electricity generation and help the economy recover from its first contraction in 25 years. The bank’s private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation, may invest about $1.3 billion in power projects and electricity distribution companies. Its political risk insurer, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, […]Read More

The Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps [FRSC], Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, on Monday said the number of cars in the country was putting undue pressure on the nation’s road network, thereby causing accidents. Oyeyemi said Nigeria has over 7.6 million cars plying through its 204, 000 kilometer road network. “This statistics show that there […]Read More

An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Monday ordered the Inspector-General of Police to pay N1 million each to four men for violation of their fundamental right. The men, Ozor Okolocha, Elvis Obiaku, Edward Onyenoknone and Imoni Micah hail from Ase-Omuku in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta. The respondents are the Inspector-General of Police […]Read More

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a leader of the All Progressives Congress has warned those speculating on President Muhammadu Buhari’s health to stop it. The former Lagos State governor said Buhari who Nigerians overwhelmingly voted for on March 28, 2015, because they believed in his capacity to fix the country, is on a mission – to […]Read More

The European Union (EU) has welcomed the return of 82 chibok girls that were released by the Boko Haram sect. The European Union High Representative, Federica Mogherini has described the release of 82 Chibok girls as a “glimmer of hope” that all the Boko Haram abductees would regain their freedom. Mogherini, in a statement on […]Read More

The 82 rescued Chibok schoolgirls have arrived Abuja to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this development on his twitter handle, said the Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Abba […]Read More