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HEDA to lCPC: Probe alleged corruption at FG Technical College, Asaba

  Worried by the graft rocking the Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba, Delta State, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda has asked the Independent Corrupt...

Fuel deregulation: NNPC says committed to FG’s alternative energy for Nigerians

  As part of initiatives to provide alternative energy source for Nigerians, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it is committed to aggressive...

Rape: President George Weah declares national emergency

  Liberia has declared rape a national emergency and has ordered new measures to tackle the problem after increase in cases across the...

SERAP wants court to compel NASS to publish details of corruption probes, public hearings since 1999

The National Assembly has been sued over its failure to publish reports of all completed public hearings and corruption probes by the National Assembly...

Fayose’s spoiler’s game in Southwest PDP, Tinubu is mastermind, group alleges

A group known as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Potent Force says it is spoiling for a showdown with former Ekiti Governor, Ayodele...

Strike: Buhari directs MDAs to meet labour, open books to them

  In a bid to halt strikes by the organised labour, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed ministries and agencies to open the books...

FG denies receiving Russian COVID-19 vaccine, says we only got memoir

  Contrary to media reports, the Federal Government said on Thursday that it never received the Russian COVID-19 vaccine from its Ambassador to...

I backed Adesina for AfDB job for his competence, says Buhari 

  …Adesina thanks Buhari for being his Supporter-in-Chief, and his Defender-in-Chief   President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that he staked his integrity...

Edo Elections: No Voting Without a Face Mask – INEC Chairman

    The Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that they will deny voting to voter not wearing...

Rising food prices: Buhari meets governors, others to stave off crisis 

President Muhmmadu Buhari on Thursday met with members of the National Food Security Council (NFSC) at the Council Chambers of the State House, to...

US cancels 1,000 China student visas

  The US State Department has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers it said had ties to the...

United Airlines to Commence Direct Flights From Washington, DC to Lagos

  United Airlines is set to commence non-stop round-trip flights to Lagos, Nigeria (LOS) three times per week in March, 2021. Passengers on...

Carrot thief banished from circulation for two years

Guilt-racked carrot thief is to spend the next 24 months behind the bars, a court ruled on Thursday. The 25-year-old trader, Abba Arando,...

Rape: Osinbajo prescribes stiffer penalty for offenders

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has advocated stricter punishments for rape offenders especially in situations involving lecturers and their female students in the...

Subsidy removal: Condensate, private refineries to deliver cheaper petrol in few years – NNPC GMD Kyari

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says Nigerians will enjoy cheap petrol in the next three years when condensate refineries and private refineries...

2050 National Development Agenda: Buhari appoints opposition parties, private sector to drive it

    ….says plan will lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty by 2030 President Muhammadu Buhari has coopted major political parties into the...