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Hard times awaits pipeline vandals in Nigeria, say NNPC, Civil Defence

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have pledged to work together to run pipeline...

Lagos lawmakers drop 3 commissioner-nominees, confirm 35

For the first time in recent years, the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday dropped three out of the 38 nominees sent...

BA London Heathrow to JFK New York Flight is the World’s Most Lucrative Airline Route

The British Airways London Heathrow to JFK Airport has been officially recognised as the world’s most lucrative airline routes. British Airways was the...

Nestlé partners IITA on youth initiative  

Nestlé Nigeria announced a partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Youth Agripreneurs to celebrate the 2019 International Youth Day...

Nigerian Presidency says FIRS boss, Fowler, not being investigated

The Nigerian Presidency clarifies Monday that Federal Inland Revenue Service chair, Babatunde Fowler is not being investigated, following a query issue by the...

The Day In Pictures: Nigeria’s Ministerial Retreat

                           

Redeemed Church Is Owing Me N17m, Ex-Pastor Cries Out

Bayo Akinjiyan, A 55-year-old pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God  (RCCG), has cried out to the leadership of the church to...

Buhari declares open ministerial retreat, warns against disunity

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared open the presidential retreat for ministers-designate, federal permanent secretaries and top government functionaries, with a directive that they...

CBN governor defends Buhari’s forex restriction directive, says regulator compiling list for food import ban

CBN governor defends Buhari’s forex restriction directive, says regulator compiling list for food import ban The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will conform...

Nigeria will appeal U.K order on $9bn payment to P&ID

The Nigerian government is preparing an appeal against a U.K. court ruling that may force the country to pay about $9 billion to Process &...

Presidency Query Into Fowler’s Variances’ in Tax Revenue May Halt Re-appointment

Some close to the Presidency believe that Babatunde Fowler, the executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) may soon be ousted...

Victory is going to be with those who stand for justice: Zakzaky loyalist in Iran says in new video

Dr. Shajareh, a Zakzaky loyalist, in Iran says it is “outrageous” that the Nigerian government put pressure on India to deport the ailing...

Deadly blast rips through wedding in Afghanistan, killing 63 people

A suicide bomb attack at a wedding in Kabul on Saturday killed 63 people and wounded 182, the Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said....

VP Osinbajo says Oyegun is “on the right side of history”

Former chairman of the ruling APC party celebrated his 80th birthday over the week-end with the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo wishing him well...

SERAP backs EFCC’s probe of Obasanjo govt’s $16bn power project

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has welcomed “the reported probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of the government of...

Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Mohsen Araki’s phone call with Zakzaky in India angered FG

Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohsen Araki looked to have sparked a potentially damaging row with Nigeria on Friday after speaking with Sheikh Zakzaky over...