Niger Delta militants threaten to stage protests
Former militant leaders in the Niger Delta oil region have threatened the Federal government to stage protests over delayed stipends granted under a 2009 amnesty.
Senate rejects 82 year old ambassadorial nominee approves 45
Senate on Wednesday rejected the nomination of two out of 47 non-career ambassadorial nominees presented for approval by President Muhammadu Buhari in January.
UK police identify parliament attacker as Khalid Masood
The man who mowed down pedestrians and stabbed a policeman in a deadly assault on the British parliament was identified by police on Thursday as 52-year-old Khalid Masood.
Super Eagles XI vs Senegal
Super Eagles XI v Senegal
Be patient, economic recession will end soon – House Committee
The House of Representatives Committee on Economic Recession has expressed optimism that the country will soon overcome recession.
London attack: The victims
Three people were killed in the terror attack outside Britain’s parliament: a woman picking up her children from school, a man from Utah, and an unarmed police officer.
Police parade 20 kidnap, robbery suspects in Kogi
The Police in Lokoja on Thursday paraded 20 persons suspected to be kidnappers and armed robbers.
Base federal character on merit, not ethnicity, says Sanusi
Worried by misapplication of the federal character principle, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi said on Thursday that the principle should be based strictly on merit rather than on ethnicity.
Buhari nominates 27 RECs for confirmation
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) to the Senate for confirmation.
Around 250 feared dead in new Med migrant boat sinkings: NGO
Around 250 African migrants are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean after a rescue boat found two partially submerged rubber dinghies off Libya, a spokeswoman for the NGO which operates the vessel said Thursday.
Japan upgrades Abuja hospital, police sanitary facilities
The Japanese Government has given a major boost to the Abuja Environmental Protection Board to be able to provide effective waste disposal and management in the capital city of Nigeria.
Reps urge CBN to withdraw mutilated currency in circulation
The House of Representatives, on Thursday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to urgently withdraw and destroy mutilated naira notes in circulation.
Clinton pleads for peace as N. Ireland’s McGuinness buried
Former US president Bill Clinton urged Northern Ireland to finish the work of peace at the funeral Thursday of Martin McGuinness, the former paramilitary commander turned peace negotiator.
Dino is a bonifide graduate of ABU Zaria – Tanimu, Dean students Affairs
A statement yet to be confirmed which is however circulating the social media and claimed to be from the Dean of Students, Ahmadu Bello University, ABU Zaria, Bar. Ahmed Tanimu has surfaced wherein the varsity don was alleged to have confirmed that Senator Dino Melaye is a “bonifide graduate of ABU Zaria who has his genuine transcript and certificate.”
We pay N1.8bn to over 44,000 retirees monthly – IBTC
The Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited says it pays approximately N1.8 billion in retirement benefit to over 44,000 retirees monthly.
