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Rail line to Niger Republic: Presidency contradicts, scrambles to clarify key details from Ameachi’s statement
Less than 24 hours after Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, delivered a major address Wednesday that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) gave...
Nigeria’s Tony Elumelu, Dr Tunji Funsho, Tomi Adeyemi make TIMES magazine’s 2020 world’s 100 most influential people
African investor, philanthropist and Chairman of UBA, Tony O. Elumelu, an accomplished physician, Dr Tunji Funsho and Tomi Adeyemi, a bestselling novelist and creative...
Unstable fiscal regime stifling Nigerian petroleum industry – Kyari
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, says the absence of a stable fiscal regime...
Against all odds, Lufthansa launches new airline Ocean air
German aviation giant Lufthansa recently launched a new leisure subsidiary called Ocean to target long-haul tourist destinations. The Lufthansa Group also...
No Peace, No Sustainable Development, Says Buhari
The Development Goals have an intrinsic relationship to peace and stability. Without peace, all other goals—from focusing on youth, unemployment and...
ICRC lauds NNPC’s transparent public bid opening processes
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has commended the management of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its transparency in bid opening processes...
Schneider Electric unveils equipment for Discos to fix grid faults, restore power in minutes
Schneider Electric has unveiled a new intelligent equipment that will help electricity distribution companies (Discos) and others to fix major faults in the grid system...
COVID-19 lockdown: Transcorp Hotels records huge loss of revenue
Transcorp Hotels Plc, a major player in the nation’s hospitality industry, says it has lost huge, unprecedented revenue following the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, salaries...
Protecting the Girl-Child against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) during COVID-19
In spite of extant laws, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is still widespread in Nigeria because of the culture of silence about the...
NNPC says it posts ₦20.36bn trading surplus in July 2020, distributes 1.02 bn litres of petrol
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced an increase in trading surplus of ₦20.36 billion in July 2020 against...
FG unveils year-long activities for Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary, logo, theme
The Federal Government said on Wednesday that Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary celebrations will be stretched for a whole year, ending September...
Witchcraft-racked pastor warned of fatal spousal attack
Prophet Elisha Salifu Amoako, founder and general overseer of Alive Chapel International in Ghana, told the media that Pastor Sylvester Ofori suffered...
Knife-stabber faces trial, gets N100, 000 bail
By Boye Ajayi For knife-stabbing a man during a brawl at a village in Ogun State, a 25- year-old man, Obinna Ubah,...
3 Christian men facing combined 35 years in prison flee Iran
Three Iranian Christian converts, who were facing a combined 35 years in prison because of their faith, have fled the country...
Ministerial retreat: Buhari scores SGF Mustapha high, says his competence spectacular
A rare presidential commendation came from President Muhammadu Buhari to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation...
FG replies Obasanjo, says Buhari actually saved Nigeria from becoming failed state
Contrary to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s claim, the Federal Government said on Sunday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s assumption of office in...
