Nigeria

Nigeria’s Supreme Court nails Atiku’s presidential dream, affirms Buhari’s poll victory

    With an air of finality, Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday thrown out the appeal filed by the People’s Democratic Party and...

CBN’s N100bn textile industry lifeline unleashes 2m jobs on nation’s economy

    After several decades of flip-flop policy of reviving Nigeria’s textile industry, the Central Bank says it is injecting N100 billion as...

Nigeria-China New Rail: FG Offers Free Train Services From Lagos To Ibadan Nov. 30

    Barring any delay on the completion of the rail tracks from Iju Ishaga to Ebute Meta in Lagos, the Federal Government...

Finally, Atiku loses at Supreme Court, appeal dismissed

    Nigeria’s Supreme Court has dismissed PDP’s Presidential Candidate’s (Atiku) appeal , says it is lacking in merit. Details coming soon  

Vice-President Osinbajo holds the fort for Buhari, presides over FEC

    By Kunle Akinsola   In the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the weekly Federal...

Bailouts: Governors reject N162m monthly repayment plan

    The governors under the platform of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) have rejected the proposed plan by the Federal Government to extend...

Fake news, hate speech: FG has no intention of stifling press freedom

  In a bid to curtail hate speech and fake news in Nigeria, the federal government on Tuesday revealed that it is set...

How drunk police inspector killed himself, his prisons inspector-wife in Lagos barracks

  More details have emerged about the killer-cop, who shot dead his wife and himself following an unresolved marital issue.   The policeman...

Nigeria’s border will remain closed until neighboring countries meet conditions for reopening – Emefiele

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Monday stressed that the nation’s borders will remain closed until neighboring...

BREAKING: Barracks’ rage: Policeman kills self, wife in Lagos

  Tragedy struck early Monday morning in Lagos as a policeman, in a fit of rage, killed his wife and then proceeded to...

President Buhari to embark on two-weeks trip to London

President Muhammadu Buhari will embark on a private visit to London after attending the third edition of the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh,...

Sowore: Falana mulls over his restrictive bail condition, says last imposed in colonial era

    … urges rights groups to fight dictatorship in Nigeria   The continued inceration of the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore,...

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...