Lawyers split on $9.6b debt, Irish firm may opt for talks
How Nigeria, as a sovereign nation, can repudiate the $9.6 billion judgment debt it incurred from a failed gas contract with Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) remains…
Economy attracted $5.8b in Q2, says NBS
GOING by the capital importation report released on Thursday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the value of capital inflow into the Nigeria economy stood at $5.82 billion in…
Boycott South African businesses, Oshiomhole urges Nigerians
The chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday urged the Federal Government and the citizens to take strong measures against…
With Runsewe’s barking, can he bite Bobrisky?
Judging from happenings in the last three weeks, activities of controversial cross-dresser, Bobrisky, have reached the point where government can no longer ignore or dismiss him as unserious. The Director-General of…
Teacher ‘rapes’, ‘impregnates’ 12-year-old pupil
A 37-year-old teacher at Gurel Primary School, Namtari, a community in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, has allegedly raped his 12-year-old pupil. Our correspondent gathered…
Tenant’s decomposing body found in Lagos apartment
The recent discovery of the decomposing body of a tenant, Ijeoma Eminista, in her one-room apartment at No. 21 Onitolo Street, Surulere, Lagos State, threw other residents of the house into confusion.PUNCH Metro…
Xenophobia: President Buhari’s Special Envoy, Ahmed Abubakar Arrives In South Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari’s special envoy has arrived in Johannesburg, for a meeting with South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa. The special representative of the President is the…
Nigerian ‘defrauds’ USA Internal Revenue office of $770,000
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned Idris Akande at an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding the United States…
Nigeria considers legal option against South Africa
THE xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and others in South Africa have festered because of the failure of that country’s government to act as required, Federal Government officials said on…
BREAKING: Robert Mugabe is dead
Former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is dead. He died in Singapore aged 95, as confirmed on twitter by current President Emmerson Mnangagwa According to Mnangagwa: “It is with the…
South East govs won’t apologise to IPOB – Umahi
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi on Thursday said the South-East governors have no apology to tender to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In a recent open letter to the…
Battle for running mate begins in Bayelsa PDP
Gladiators in the Governor Seriake Dickson’s caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bayelsa State are engaged in a battle of wit to decide the running mate to the party’s candidate, Senator…
No refund of money – Oshiomhole tells Kogi gov aspirants
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Thursday dashed the hope of a possible refund of money to aspirants who lost the party’s governorship ticket in…
Wanted man appointed into MC Oluomo’s committee
A man declared wanted by the Lagos State Police Command in January has been appointed into the caretaker committee of the National Union of Road Transport Workers led by Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo.The man,…
LUCKY SAVE! Exxon Mobil, Shell lose $1.8bn suit against Nigeria in US
A court in the United States has declined to start an arbitration suit that could cost the Nigerian government at least $1.8 billion. In a 50-paged judgement document, William Pauley,…
Xenophobia: Don’t pay for evacuation flight from S/Africa – Air Peace tells Nigerians
Nigerian carrier, Air Peace has warned against scammers who are allegedly collecting money from Nigerians in South Africa for their evacuation back to the country. The Chairman of Air…
Assault: come up with evidence, Police urge Ikechukwu
Nigerian rapper Ikechukwu Onunaku better known as Ikechukwu has accused operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of beating and robbing him of his money at the Lekki…
Xenophobia: We are unaware South Africa closed Nigerian mission – Minister
The Federal government has said it is not aware that the South African government has closed down its foreign missions in Nigeria. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama,…
NNPC records 45,347 pipeline breaks
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it recorded a total of 45,347 pipeline breaks on its downstream pipeline network between 2001 and in the first six…
Federal government to rake in N16 billion from automated train ticketing service
The Federal Government will rake in N16 billion in the next 10 years from an estimated rise in the sales of train service through automated ticketing platform, the…
Son of Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi dies of heart attack at 25
The youngest son of deceased ex-president Mohamed Morsi himself died Wednesday night of a heart attack in Cairo, a family lawyer said. Abdallah Morsi, 25, suffered the fatal cardiac…
No provision for compensation, says South African minister on xenophobia
Naledi Pandor, South African minister of foreign affairs, says there is no provision for compensating those affected in the fresh attacks in the country. In an interview with Reuters,…
400 million Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed online
Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts were listed online in the latest privacy lapse for the social media giant, US media reported Wednesday. An…
South African Drivers Barred From Crossing Borders Into Other African Countries (Video)
Following the recent xenophobic attacks on foreign black people in South Africa, truckers from several African countries have barred South African truck drivers from crossing its borders. In several video circulating on social media, the…