Nigeria

$1.1bn Malabu Oil fraud: FG files charges against Adoke, Etete, Shell, others

  A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke has been charged to court over alleged $1.1 billion fraud in the...

Slow, epileptic internet in Nigeria: Submarine cable damaged

     …cripples communication, banks, business transactions Nigerian internet subscribers have continued to experience hitches and ceaseless downtime including banks, financial...

Cheaper petrol of N97 per litre coming, says Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister

  As part of initiatives to give Nigerians cheaper petrol, the Federal Government says it is considering providing alternative petrol lower than the...

Obiora’s Deputy Governor’s appointment: Commendation, laudatory remarks and cheers for Pres. Buhari

    The profile of President Muhammadu Buhari further burgeoned on Thursday, Jan. 16 with the appointment of a world-class Economist and Statistician,...

Kyari: Taking NNPC out of bureaucratic boondoggle to boom, zeroing out queues at filling stations

  …Buhari’s “Next Level’’ agenda translated into reality – seamless petroleum products supply   The appointment of Malam Mele Kyari as the Group...

Nationwide blackout as Nigeria’s National Grid Collapses

  The year 2020 recorded its first catastrophic National Grid collapse on Thursday, throwing the nation into darkness. The Transmission Company of Nigeria...

Buhari appoints Dr. Kingsley Obiora as new CBN deputy governor

  President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Kingsley Obiora as the deputy Governor of the Central  Bank of Nigeria. The president has also forwarded...

UBA Group Chairman, Elumelu, donates IT Centre to alma mater, Ambrose Alli Varsity

  Another intervention in the nation’s education sector has been made by the UBA Group Chairman, Mr Tony Elumelu, with the donation of...

Ailing village college teacher gang-raped by horny five school girls in Ogun

…girls bolted after he became unconscious In Ogun State, an off-colour secondary school teacher, believed to be a rake, got more than he...

Breaking: Amotekun is illegal — FG

  Six days after the inauguration of “Amotekun”, Southwest regional Security outfit, the Federal Government has declared it as illegal, saying it is...

Finance Law: Nigerians to start paying 7.5% VAT raise now

  Nigerians and foreign nationals in the country will start paying the new 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) with immediate effect...

VP Osinbajo pledges more infrastructure, investment in Buhari’s second term

  The vice president Prof Yemi Osinbajo has revealed the Federal Government will continue to implement game-changing infrastructure projects around the country to...

Oil Upstream, power, gas development: Russia to partner NNPC — Ambassador 

    As part of initiatives to develop Nigeria’s upstream, gas and power sectors, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the Russian government has agreed to partner...

Insecurity : Southwest regional outfit, “Amotekun”, launched in Ibadan 

  … not an agenda to divide Nigeria — Southwest govs In fulfillment of their promise to tackle insecurity in the Southwest in...

APC faces extinction post-Buhari administration, says President’s ally

Worried by the future of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after President Muhammadu Buhari’s exit in 2023, a senior party member and former...

Haters of Nigeria floating 3rd term agenda – Tinubu

  National leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has said he knew right from the start that President Muhammadu Buhari,...