SCANDAL: Federal Inland Revenue Service Secretly Recruits 349 Staff Illegally...
Another secret recruitment has been uncovered in a federal government agency. This time, it is the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, that is embroiled in a scandal over the illegal employment...
View ArticleTerrorism FM: Boko Haram Launches Radio Station On 96.8 Frequency
Boko Haram, has set up an FM station broadcasting on 96.8 frequency, the Hausa service of Voice of America reports. According to the report, villagers living in the village of Tolkomari in the far...
View ArticleBREAKING: Court Adjourns Buhari’s WAEC Certificate Case Indefinitely
Justice Adeniyi Ademola, of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has adjourned a suit challenging the eligibility of President Muhammadu Buhari for the office of president of the Federal Republic of...
View ArticleDasuki Heads To Supreme Court Over Violation Of Fundamental Rights
Former national security adviser (NSA) Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) is fully set to storm the Supreme Court to press for his freedom denied him by the federal government after three different high...
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US Gov’t Accuses 3 Nigerian Lawmakers Of Attempting To Rape Hotel Staff...
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle has reportedly accused two members of the Nigerian House of Representatives of soliciting prostitutes during an official visit to the US....
View ArticleFederal Court Sentences 2 Oil Thieves To 6 Years Imprisonment In Calabar
Two oil thieves have been sentenced to six-year imprisonment each by a federal judge in Calabar. Justice E.A Obile of the Federal High Court, Calabar, Cross River State on Tuesday, June 14, 2016...
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SPOTTED: Ibe Kachikwu Visits Site Of Proposed Maritime University In Delta...
Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum on Thursday, June 16, visited Kurutie, Okerenkoko, for an on-the-spot assessment of the on-going construction of the Nigerian Maritime...
View ArticleBuhari Is Nigeria’s Problem, Not Its Solution [WALL STREET JOURNAL]
by Pete Hoekstra Nigerian President Muhummadu Buhari writes of building an economic bridge to Nigeria’s future (“The Three Changes Nigeria Needs,” op-ed, June 14). It’s hard to see how his...
View ArticleExplosion At NNPC Pipeline In Akwa Ibom Accident Not Militant Attack – Police
NAN – The commissioner of police in Akwa Ibom, Mr Murtala Mani, on Thursday, June 16, 2016 refuted an alleged explosion of pipelines at Ikot Osutek, Oruk-Anam Local Government Area of the state by the...
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BREAKING: Niger Delta Avengers Refutes SaharaReporters, Says Group Not...
The new militant group operating in the oil-rich region of southern Nigeria, the Niger Delta Avengers has refuted an announcement by SaharaReporters, a citizen reporter website that the group was...
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Mimiko Makes A Compelling Case For Universal Healthcare At London Conference
Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, governor of Ondo State in southern Nigeria has stressed the need to mainstream the delivery of primary health care solutions as key performance indicator in assessing governments...
View ArticleRestructuring Nigeria: As Buhari Rejects The Only Change That We Need [MUST...
The news in town is that both President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), have in words and in deeds rejected calls for the restructuring of Nigeria. Buhari...
View ArticleFG Saving N1.4 Trillion On Fuel Subsidy Payments – Ibe Kachikwu
Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has revealed that the country will be saving N1.4 per annum trillion from the decision to remove subsidy on petrol. Kachikwu revealed this...
View ArticleNew Group, Utorogu Liberation Movement, Threatens To Blow Up Nigeria’s...
Another militant group, Utorogu Liberation Movement, ULM, Thursday, June 16, 2016 made its first announcement , threatening to attack West Africa’s biggest gas plant, Otorogu Gas Plant in Udu and...
View ArticleBauchi Farmers To Access N15 Billion Central Bank’s Interest-Free Loan
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s agric loan scheme would be releasing N15 billion interest free to Bauchi farmers after the state met the provision of N1.5 billion contribution fund to cover the cost of...
View ArticleJUST IN: 24 Killed As Boko Haram Opens Fire On Mourners In Adamawa
Twenty-four people were killed when Boko Haram fighters opened fire on mourners near the town of Gulak in Adamawa state. The attack happened in Kuda village at about 8:00 pm on Thursday, July 16, 2016...
View ArticleEU Referendum Campaign Suspended As Britain Mourns Murdered Lawmaker Jo Cox
Britain mourned lawmaker Jo Cox on Friday after a man with suspected neo-Nazi links and a history of mental illness was arrested over a killing that has thrown next week’s referendum on European Union...
View ArticleDele Momodu: Hillary Clinton And Her Date With Destiny
In this opinion editorial, Dele Momodu predicts a victory for former US secretary of state and former first lady of the United State, Hillary Clinton in the upcoming November presidential polls. Fellow...
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Lai Mohammed Condoles With NUJ Over Passing Of Journalist Chuk Ehirim
The minister of information and culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, has condoled with the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, over the recent death of the former chairman of the NUJ, Abuja Chapter, Mr. Chuk...
View ArticleBuhari’s FG Files Charges Against Saraki, Ekweremadu Over Alleged Forgery
One year after Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu emerged as senate president and deputy senate president respectively, the federal government has filed charges against the two men at the Federal Capital...
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