Pastor in shrine drama denies dumbness
An Ogun state based pastor, Adewale Fagbere, reported to have been struck dumb after violating a community shrine, has denied the story. Pastor Adewale Fagbere, also spelt Read more
An Ogun state based pastor, Adewale Fagbere, reported to have been struck dumb after violating a community shrine, has denied the story. Pastor Adewale Fagbere, also spelt Read more
LAGOS, NIGERIA — As many as 75,000 children will die over the next year in famine-like conditions created by Boko Haram if donors don’t respond quickly, Read more
LAGOS, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s minister for industry, trade and investment dismissed accusations on Thursday that he was involved in an alleged illegal transfer Read more
By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – A Nigerian militant group claimed an attack on Thursday on a crude pipeline operated by state oil firm Read more
The Army on Wednesday said its troops, Operation Lafiya Dole, killed nine suspected terrorists at Bulabulin, Borno. Sani Usman, acting Director, Army Public Relations, said 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
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
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
LAGOS, Sept 28 (Reuters) – The Nigerian naira plunged further to a new record low on Wednesday, down 1.76 percent against the dollar on the Read more
Nigeria has reacted to the story by The Economist of London, equating the recently launched ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign with WAI, the War Against Indiscipline launched Read more
By Ihechinyere Abaribe The police in Abia on Wednesday confirmed the death of one unidentified man and a woman in a brothel in Umuahia. The Read more
The trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for alleged forgery was stalled on Wednesday, because the prosecution counsel, Aliyu Umar, said he had not prepared Read more
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has earmarked 6,300 jobs for youths in the Niger Delta region. Beneficiaries of the scheme that will include unemployed Read more
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 28 (Reuters) – South African telecoms giant MTN on Wednesday denied an allegation that it had illegally repatriated $13.92 billion from Nigeria, saying 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
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday took a swipe at the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, declaring that his advice on the prevailing economic crisis was Read more
The recent recommendations that Nigeria sell its asset to raise funds is dangerous and troubling, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Chukwuma Read more
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has reassured Nigerians that in spite of the difficulties posed by the current recession, the future of Read more
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ABUJA, Sept 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tired of watching her five children go hungry in a camp for people fleeing Read more
ABUJA (Reuters) – Lawmakers in the upper house of Nigeria’s parliament agreed on Tuesday to investigate an allegation that South Africa’s MTN, Africa’s biggest telecoms Read more
Having conducted surveys on existing and proposed infrastructure across 16 local government areas domiciled in the state, with infrastructure deficit at N255 billion, the Kwara State Read more
The senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, on Monday asked the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, to order pastoralists out of Nigeria’s capital Read more
Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has returned the case file of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Read more
*We are on national assignment, says Army spokesman *Group urges agitators to halt bombings A militant group, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) has Read more
By Johnson Eyiangho Abubakar Shekau, factional leader of the Boko Haram, is careering towards his Waterloo, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, Read more
Monday Ijeh Chief Umana Okon Umana and Sharon Ikeazor were among the 13 persons approved by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday to run Federal Government Read more
(Adds local witnesses, Niger Delta Avengers attack) LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Trans Niger Pipeline, which carries Bonny Light crude, has been shut as 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
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