Arik Air grounded
Three aviation unions on Tuesday shut down the operations of Arik Air, leaving hundreds of the airline’s passengers stranded across Nigeria.
Buhari, Obasanjo for South-East Economic & Security Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, will be leading other eminent personalities and delegates to attend the maiden South-East Economic and Security Summit- SEESS 2016 – holding at the Enugu State Government House, Independence Layout, Enugu on Thursday, December 22, 2016.
CODAF to FG: Stop celebrating discovery of crude oil in Borno, Lagos
COMMUNITY Development Advocacy Foundation, CODAF, a non-governmental organisation, has told the Federal Government to stop celebrating the discovery of crude oil in Borno and Lagos States and focus on how to come up with a good revenue model that would reduce fossil fuel dependence with strong commitment to combat climate change.
Court orders round-the-clock protection for El-Zakzaky, wife upon release
By Abdulwahab Abdulah Abuja—Justice G.O. Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja had ordered 24-hour police protection for the leader of the Shi’ite Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife anytime they are released from custody. El-Zakzaky was arrested by the military last December after a clash between the movement and officers of […]
FG to earn $2bn from new cash call policy
The federal government is expected to earn about $2 billion (about N61billion) from a new cash call policy that comes into effect in January 2017, while its oil production is set to increase to 2.5 million barrels per day in 2019.
PDP Crisis: Sheriff meets ex-Chair Bamanga Tukur
Chairman of a faction of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and a former chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, yesterday met behind closed doors to discuss the leadership crisis in the party.
