Nigeria Can Earn $13.3bn Extra Revenue Yearly from Creation of National Asset Register – Edun
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, yesterday, stated that Nigeria could…
Oando Secures $800m Afreximbank Commitment for Agip’s Assets Acquisition
Afreximbank and Oando Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading indigenous energy solutions provider, yesterday, signed an $800 million…
Driver Who Killed Lagos Street Sweepers Submitted Self To Police
A motorist who killed two street sweepers in Lagos while attempting to evade arrest from traffic officers has surrendered himself to the police. The driver of a Honda Saloon car with registration number EPE 984 DV…
Oshiomhole Faults Labour’s Strike Over Ajaero
The senator representing Edo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, has picked holes in the…
Poor Services: 2.5m Mobile Subscribers Swap SIMs
No fewer than 2,559,745 subscribers, out of the 222,571,568 active voice subscriptions, engaged in porting activities across the various mobile GSM networks from May…
CBN Ways And Means Fuelled Inflation, Weakened Naira – Sanusi
Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said the apex bank’s lending to the federal government under…
Disobedience Of Court… CSOs, Lawyers Call For Labour Leaders’ Arrest
Lawyers and civil society organisations (CSOs) have called for the arrest of labour…
Man Steals Bus In Lagos, Caught While Altering Its Body In Ogun
The police in Ogun State have arrested one Wariz Taofeek for allegedly stealing a minibus in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. It was gathered… The police in Ogun State have arrested one Wariz Taofeek for allegedly…
INEC Speaks on Alleged Manipulation of Figures on Results Viewing Portal, IReV, During Imo Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed allegations that the commission manipulated the voter…
Alarm Over Plot To Undermine Supreme Court, Sack Nigerian Governor
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to use judicial manipulations to…
Tinubu’s govt not prepared for consequences of its fundamentalist market policies – NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the Bola Tinubu-led government was not prepared for the consequences of its fundamentalist market policies of massive currency devaluation and ‘subsidy’ removal. According to…
My daughter not sexually molested, suspect innocent – woman cries out
A 28-year-old single mother, Faith Omoruyi, who was arrested alongside her ex-boyfriend over alleged molestation of her six-year-old daughter, has exonerated her boyfriend of culpability. Omoruyi, a victim of human…
Strike: Labour directs workers to step up momentum
ASSBIFI directs Bank senior staff, others to join strike The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has commended Nigerian workers for the success of the Day One of the ongoing nationwide strike. In a circular to its…
Saturday’s off -season elections confirmed our worst fears – PDP
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Amb. Umar Damagun, has said Saturday’s off-season governorship elections especially in Kogi and Imo States confirmed the party’s worst fears about the Independent…
Kwara: Court remands suspected killers of hotel manager in correctional facility
A Kwara Magistrate Court has ordered the two suspected female armed robbers who allegedly killed the managing director of a popular relaxation home, Water View Hotel, in Ilorin, one Adeniyi Ojo, to be remanded in the…
Lagos-London airfares seen crashing on local carriers’ entry
Airfares on the Lagos-London route are expected to reduce as local carriers prepare to commence operations from Nigeria to the capital…
Why Saudi Arabia cancelled visa of Air Peace passengers in Jeddah – MD, Arafat Air Services
Passengers on the Air Peace flight to Saudi Arabia whose visas were cancelled weren’t carrying the appropriate visas and supporting documents, Abdulaziz Sabitu managing director of the Arafat Air Service Nigeria…
Canadian team arrives Nigeria to probe High Commission explosion in Abuja
A specialized Canadian team has arrived inNigeria to investigate the cause of the recent explosion at the Canadian High Commission in Abuja, which reportedly killed two persons. It would recalled that the incident…
Nigeria’s non-oil income outpaces oil by N1.5trn in one year
… covers 16 percent of FG’s expenditure Nigeria’s non-oil revenue surpassed oil revenue in twelve months, marking the third time this has…
I am a committed APGA faithful, no plans to leave the party — Obiano
Former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has said his commitment to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) was well-known and widely…
Liverpool’s Luis Diaz, Dad Reunited After 12-Day Kidnapping Ordeal
Liverpool striker Luis Diaz had a tearful reunion Tuesday with his father, freed last week after a 12-day kidnapping ordeal at the hands of Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group. Diaz was back home in Colombia to join…
Bayelsa Poll: INEC Conducted One Of The Best Elections Ever, Says Gov Diri
Governor Douye Diri has hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the conduct of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election, saying it was credible. Diri defeated his closest rival Timipre…
Nigerian Private Aviation Handling Company, SAHCO Workers Busted For Running Multi-billion Naira…
Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency have busted a drug syndicate using the Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) shed of the…
FG calls for calm over Saudi Arabia’s cancellation of visas
The Federal Government has called for calm following the cancellation of visas of Air Peace passengers from Nigeria upon arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The government said according to reports it received from the…