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Lagos — Nigerian company, Egbin Power Plc, has expressed interest to invest 630 million US Dollars (about 1.4trn/-) in construction of a natural gasfired power Read more
Warri — Urhobo/Isoko militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDJM), yesterday claimed it bombed another Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) delivery line in Ughelli Read more
For a country deeply enveloped in an economic crisis that has put political hanky-panky to the backwaters, the week ending today has undoubtedly been exciting Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the key to Nigeria’s quest for economic diversification and survival lies in agriculture and the manufacturing sector. According to Read more
The Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will grow Jatropha in 20 states as part of the development of bio-fuel to Read more
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has set up a high level taskforce to identify all issues militating against quality of service in the networks. Read more
As the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, commences the enforcement of speed limiters on commercial vehicles across the country tomorrow, the Corps Marshal and Chief Read more
The Vice-President of the Republic of India, Mohammed Hamid, yesterday at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), charged the federal government to recognise its enormous responsibilities Read more
The Federal Government is to build ranches and grazing reserves to end incessant clashes between cattle rearers and farmers, it was learnt yesterday. Secretary to Read more
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said it was sheer madness for anybody occupying public offices to be looking for money. He said President Muhammadu Buhari Read more
A Nigerian drug lord who was deported from Kenya in 2013 following a presidential order was arrested in Kayole, Nairobi, on Wednesday after sneaking back Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reiterated that it has no intention to crowd out financial institutions from financing the real sector, particularly agriculture Read more
Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has claimed that Nigeria was already walking out of the economic recession. She said the development came following some positive Read more
Officials of the Abuja Municipal Area Council made startling discoveries on Wednesday when they embarked on the evacuation of street traders at Nyanya Market. Correspondents Read more
The House of Representatives on Wednesday suspended its former Chairman, Appropriations Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, from the parliament for 180 legislative days (roughly one year). He Read more
Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE with assistance of Civilian JTF, have arrested three suspected members of the Boko Haram terrorists group. The suspects include Abba Read more
The House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee on Niger Delta and Joint Task Military Force, JTF, has visited Bayelsa State to investigate the cause of last Read more
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has revealed in a policy brief that Nigeria loses $200 billion yearly due to the non-passage of the Read more
No fewer than 21 persons from Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State were on Wednesday docked at a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for allegedly burning Read more
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has expressed dismay over the level of stigmatisation faced by women living with infertility in Nigeria. Mrs Read more
The United States Government has said it will not hand over physical cash accruing from looted funds by Nigerians in the country to the federal Read more
The continuing spate of arrests and detentions of journalists and bloggers amid the security forces’ violent disruption of peaceful protests underscores how the Nigerian government Read more
The house of representatives has read for a second time a bill for an act to amend Trafficking in Persons (prohibition) law enforcement and administration Read more
AFTER casting his ballot at Ward 10, Unit 1, Iyamo, Edo North Senatorial District, Governor Adams Oshiomhole was in a boisterous mood yesterday. The governor, Read more
OWERRI—A bloody confrontation played out yesterday in Owerri, between some members of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, from Ohaji/Egbema local council area of Imo State, Read more
Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo said he foresaw the current economic recession the country is currently going through in 2014 and he hinted of its Read more
The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State, has concluded plans to carry out a mental test for policemen carrying firearms within the zone, which Read more
A Nigerian doctor based in Canada, Dr. Adekunle Williams-Owolabi, has been banned from medical practice for six months after making sexual comments to patients at Read more
By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) – The African Development Bank is looking to provide a total of $4.1 billion to Nigeria over 2016 and 2017, Read more
IMO state police command has declared one Nnaemeka Darlington Emekwe wanted. The suspect who was the acting president and the immediate past Secretary general of Read more
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