We didn’t stop ministers, MDAs from honouring legislative summon – Buhari’s aide
The Presidency has said that there is no directive from President Muhammad Buhari stopping heads of agencies or ministers from attending any legislative engagement.
Akpabio urges NGE to help in nurturing Nigerian democracy
The Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday urged the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) to help in nurturing the nation’s democracy.
22-year-old steals 5-year-old baby for 400,000 in Imo
One Chiamaka Ukeje, female, 22-year-old from Umuduru Isiala Mbano Local Government Area, of Imo state, along side three others were paraded yesterday, by the Imo police command, for stealing and selling one Chinagorom Ndukwe, five year old baby, to the tune of four hundred thousand naira.
Critical Ingredient but no Magic Wand: Restructuring for a more united, productive Nigeria by Atiku
Remarks by the Chairman, Atiku Abubakar, GCON, former Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the launch of Tola Adeniyi’s book, Belly of the Vultures, at the NECA Event Centre, Hakim Balogun Street, Alausa, Ikeja-Lagos
Former British PM, Tony Blair, urges EU to help Britons stop Brexit
Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has urgedEU leaders to commit to reforms, notably on migration, to help convince Britons not to go ahead with leaving the bloc in 2019. Blair made the call when he met with a think-tank audience close to the European Parliament on Thursday in Brussels. He said he believed the […]
Navy confiscates 3,574 bags of smuggled rice in Calabar
Naval personnel attached to the Nigerian Navy Ship Victory in Calabar, have arrested a large wooden boat laden with 3,574 bags of foreign rice worth N53.6 million smuggled from Cameroon republic.
FG creates 64,000 jobs through Housing Programme, says Fashola
The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has said that the federal government had through 2016 National Housing Programme generated about 64,000 jobs across the nation.
IPOB Asks A’court to void order proscribing it as terrorist organization
The Indegeniuos People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday, went before the Court of Appeal in Abuja to challenge the order that proscribed and designated it as a terrorist organisation.
Alleged N4.6bn laundering : Bank official gives evidence against Usman, Fani-Kayode
More revelations were made on Thursday at a Federal High Court in Lagos in the ongoing trial of a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenandi Usman, who is facing a corruption charge.
We will go back to Chad Basin with full force- NNPC
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Makanti Kachalla Baru Wednesday said with the release of staff of corporation captured while exploring oil in the lake chad basin, it will return “with full force” to continue with exploration activities in the basin.
Kano Hisbah apprehends 48 beggars – Official
Kano State Hisbah Board said it arrested no fewer than 48 beggars in Kano metropolis last month for allegedly violating the law banning street begging in the state.
