Nigeria

Corruption: Transparency International ranks Nigeria 146 out of 180

No Evidence to Back up claim, FG Reacts   Nigeria has been ranked the 146th most corrupt country out of 180 countries on...

Amotekun: After weeks of brickbats, Tinubu calls for truce between Justice Minister and Southwest governors

  …says regional outfit not threat to Nigeria but complementary …describes those offended as embarking on “madcap excursion’’ Amid brick-and-mortar between the Federal...

Concerns over new virus from China prompt airport screenings for passengers arriving airports in Nigeria

  Passengers  arriving Nigerian airports will undergo enhanced health screenings out of concern over a new coronavirus that has killed two people in Asia, the Federal Airports...

U.S Set to Expand Travel Restrictions to Nigeria, Sudan, Others – Target ‘Birth Tourism’

  The Trump administration is set to add Nigeria and six other countries to a group of nations subject to travel restrictions, Per...

NNPC GMD, Kyari announces HDDT to check pipeline vandalism 

  As part of measures to monitor and check pipeline vandalism, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is to deplore Horizontal Directional Drilling Technology...

Lassa fever: 2 doctors, pregnant woman die in Kano

Lassa fever has reportedly claimed three persons including two doctors and a pregnant woman in Mano.  The deaths were recorded at Aminu Kano Teaching...

Amotekun: The Politics of Protection by Reuben Abati 

        Virtually everything in Nigeria no matter how well-meaning ends up getting ethnicized, or politicized, or religionized.  So it is with Operation...

$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...