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Breaking: Court rejects Sowore’s application challenging his detention

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant the motion filed by the human rights activist and Convener of #RevolutionNow protests,...

4 years after his death, remembering some of Amb Ade Adefuye’s iconic moments in pictures.

This week marks four years since the death of the great Ambassador Adebowale Adefuye. Adefuye died in Washington, DC on August 27, 2015....

Remembering Adebowale Adefuye (1947 -2015) By Reuben Abati 

On August 27, 2015, that is four years ago, Nigeria lost Professor Adebowale Adefuye, one of our most dedicated public servants, a fiercely...

Buhari approves new NDDC board

President Muhammadu Buhari, has, subject to Senate confirmation, approved a new board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This was contained in...

Buhari sacks Christian pilgrims board boss Ujah who is enmeshed in corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate termination of appointment of Rev. Tor Ujah, as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC)....

Breaking: US increase cost of visa application for Nigerians

  The United States (US), has increased the cost of visa application for Nigerians. The US Consulate announced this in a statement issued...

Iran’s President refuses to meet Trump until all sanctions are lifted

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said he has no interest in talking with Donald Trump as long as US sanctions on Tehran stay in...

Tony Elumelu to Deliver Keynote Address at TICAD Africa Development Conference in Japan

Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), will speak at the...

EFCC using underhand media campaign to rope me, Obasanjo, other opponents – Atiku

Abuja – Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has pointedly accused the Ibrahim Magu-led Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

Buhari arrives Tokyo As Japan Voice Concern Over African Nations’ Debt Issues at TICAD

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Tokyo on Monday for the  start of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, TICAD.   The seventh session...

Nigeria’s Foreign Policy ill-defined, Can’t Achieve Results, says ex-NIIA DG, Akinterinwa

An international relations expert, Prof. Bola Akinterinwa says Nigeria’s foreign policies are ill-defined and are incapable of achieving the desired results for the...

Stop Using Security Forces To Intimidate, Muzzle Nigerians, Soyinka warns FG

Worried by the growing trend of deployment of security apparatuses by the Federal Government against its citizens, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has...

Contempt of court: TCN MD risks jail term over concession agreement

Abuja- A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has issued a summon on the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of...

COOP kicks against Abuja court judgment on OML-11 in Ogoni

  The Conscience of Ogoni People (COOP), has kicked against the judgment on the 20 years renewal of operatorship of Oil Mining Lease...

SERAP urges Malami to develop public registers for corrupt governors, others

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has urged the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abukabar Malami (SAN),...

NNPC Records 77 per cent Increase in Pipeline Vandalism in June

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has recorded  77 per cent rise in cases of oil pipeline vandalism in its network of pipeline...