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$23m Abacha Loot: Publish FG’s Agreement with U.S., SERAP tells Buhari

For transparency and accountability, President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to direct the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami...

NBC bows to stakeholders’ pressure, suspends shut down of 52 debtor TV, radio stations

Bowing to pressure from stakeholders including professional bodies, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said on Friday that it has suspended the shutting down...

Pipeline surveillance contract: PANDEF cautions Northern youths against provocative statements

Apparently incensed by the statement credited to some Northern youths calling for the termination of the N4 billion pipeline surveillance contract awarded to...

Deaths of 20 Nigerian students: Stay away from Northern Cyprus for now, FG alerts Nigerians

With about 20 Nigerians so far killed in Northern Cyprus, the Federal Government has warned Nigerian youths against traveling to the country to...

Mopol Police Inspector assassinated in Lagos

Gunmen have snuffed a mobile police inspector on Lagos road in a broad daylight, a police source said on Thursday. The officer was...

FG commits N42bn to road projects in five Northeast states

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Mu’azu Sambo, says the Federal Government has approved about N42 billion for some road infrastructure in the five...

Deserving Cheers For DSS Boss, Gentleman Bichi

BY AMOS DUNIA With the commencement of his second four-year tenure beckoning on September 14, 2022, Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi has been roundly...

ASUU, Inflation, Monkey Pox and Other Problems

By Reuben Abati   “Ko ko Ko.  Pon Pon, Pon. . Helloo oh” “Who be dat?” “Na me oh?” “Who be na me?...

NBC’s deadline to shutdown 53 TV, radio stations: NGE, SERAP haul Buhari, others before court

As the deadline for the 53 TV and radio stations across the country to renew their licenses expires by Tuesday night, the Nigerian...

U.S. govt to repatriate another $23m Abacha loot to Nigeria

Nigeria will be $23 million richer when the United States Government makes good its promise to return the money being part of the...

Notorious online vendors’ robber nabbed in Lagos

Police operatives at Makinde Divisional headquarters in Lagos State have arrested 44-year-old man (names withheld) who is notorious for robbing online vendors. SP...

We didn’t demand, collect $100m Paris Club fund for elections, it’s patent lie, says Nigerian Governors Forum

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has hit back at Ned Munir Nwoko (NED), one of the consultants working on Paris Club refund, describing...

On IPI Nigeria’s intervention, NBC suspends shutdown of 53 TV, radio stations 

Following the intervention of the International Press Institute (IPI), Nigerian chapter, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has temporarily “backed down” on the revocation...

Breaking: 188-day-old strike: SSANU, NASU suspend strike, ASUU still adamant

With the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) still undecided and adamant, the two other unions in the nation’s tertiary institutions —...

Update: N2.6bn indebtedness: NBC releases names of 52 TV, radio stations it ordered shut

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has given 52 television and radio stations including state-owned media across the country 24 hours to shut down...