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Air Peace Orders 10 Embraer 195-E2 Jets

Embraer has signed a firm order for 10 E195-E2 jets with Air Peace. The order was announced Thursday, during the Embraer’s Africa Airline...

FG implements 140 reforms to ease business in Nigeria

  •Targets Nigeria to be among 100 countries by 2020     The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has disclosed that the Federal Government...

Abuse of Judiciary will hunt you, CSOs warns Yahaya Bello 

  Decries plot to remove Kogi state Chief Judge  As the conspiracy to remove the Kogi State Chief Judge thickens, a civil rights...

Shehu Sani To Nigerians: ‘Federal Government Failed You’ on Security

Senator Shehu Sani on Monday said there is no country within the continent where people are currently being killed at such an alarming rate,...

Nigerians react as SARS Stray Bullet Kills man Watching Football Match

SARS has become a danger to society, says Amnesty International Nigerians have taken to social media to react to the allege killing of...

Helicopter crash: My death would have put Kogi, many in trouble – Osinbajo

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has disclosed that those in charge of his security, the government of Kogi State, as well as those...

One of Russia’s richest women, co-owner of biggest private airline dies in plane crash in Germany

Russia’s fourth richest woman, Natalia Fileva, who chaired the executive board of S7 Airlines, has died in a crash of a small plane...

SERAP gets court permission to compel Fashola to name ‘corrupt contractors’

The Federal High Court in Lagos has given the go-ahead to Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), in its suit seeking: “an order...

Again, service chiefs fail to brief after meeting with Buhari 

For a second time in a roll, the Service Chiefs and other heads of security agencies after a closed door meeting with President...

Abuja high court orders arrest of Nnamdi Kanu

An Abuja division of the Federal High Court has ordered the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB....

Ole appointed permanent Man Utd coach

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been appointed Manchester United manager on a three-year deal after a successful stint as caretaker, the club have announced....

FG, states, LGs share N619bn for February

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, shared N619.857billion to the three tiers of government as revenue generated for the month of February 2019,...

NNPC Ongoing Recruitment Exercise Enters Second Phase

The Phase One of the ongoing recruitment exercise by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which kicked off via nationwide advertisements in the...

INEC suspends Certificates of Return issuance to Zamfara Gov, Assembly winners

The Independent National Electoral Commission Tuesday said it has suspended the issuance of Certificates of Return to winners of the last governorship and...

CBN slashes anchor lending rate by 4%

The Nigerian Central Bank on Tuesday slashed its Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by nearly four percent from 14% to 13.5 for the first...

Buhari assures expeditious action on new minimum wage report

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that expeditious action will be taken on the report on the New National Minimum Wage. The Presidential Advisory Committee...