Nigeria

Maina pleads innocence, remanded  

  Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, has been remanded in Abuja Correctional Centre (prison) on the orders of a...

Maina, ex-Pension Task force boss, arraigned in Abuja, enters no-guilty plea

  By Kunle Akinsola   The former chairman of Pension Reform Taskforce, Abdul-Rasheed Maina, who was arrested at an Abuja hotel few weeks...

Nigeria’s border closure: Falana asks FG to mull over re-opening

  … warns of regional retaliation against Nigeria   By Kunle AKINSOLA About 66 days after Nigeria closed its borders with neighbouring countries,...

A Glance At The Mandate And Operations Of The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission

  BY CELESTINE TORUKA The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), is the apex national regulatory body for Christian pilgrimage in Nigeria. It is...

Casualties, people trapped at Lagos Bridge multiple vehicles pile-up

  By Kunle Akinsola   For the umpteenth time, multiple accidents involving at least 10 vehicles have locked  down the traffic on the...

In Enugu, Police fatally shoot, dump auto mechanic’s body in stream

  The body of an auto mechanic apprentice, Okey Chinweike, who was allegedly shot dead by some policemen in Enugu, has been  found ...

UBA Reports 2019 Third Quarter Earnings of N428.22 Billion

  United Bank for Africa Plc on Tuesday posted profit and record revenue that exceeded expectations on the strength of consumer banking operations....

Gowon at 85 and Fani-Kayode by Reuben Abati

  General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s military Head of State from 1966 -1975, turned 85 on Saturday, October 19, 2019. In a congratulatory message,...

Participants in Russia-Africa Forum to Discuss Sustainable Partnership in Agricultural Sector

    Participants in the Russia–Africa Forum will discuss Sustainable Partnership in Agricultural Sector in Sochi, organizers disclosed Tuesday morning.   African countries...

EFCC misled court into granting temporary forfeiture order — Saraki

  Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said that the EFCC may have misled the court into granting an order for...

Senate President holds special multi-level security parley over FCT

    By Kunle Akinsola Worried by the security challenges facing the Federal Capital Territory, the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, on Monday...

Ex-Police Chief found dead hours after kidnap

  Few hours after he was reportedly kidnapped, a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Edike, has been found dead.   ACP Edike...

Nigeria/Russia Relations: The Missing Link

By Hussaini Monguno   On November 15, 1884, 14 mainly European countries gathered in Berlin for a meeting which lasted to February 26,...