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The Federal Government has reverted to the former visa fee for travellers visiting Nigeria from the United States of America (USA). The reversal is coming barely 24 hours after the American government imposed a new visa regime on Nigerians seeking ...
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Nigeria-Benin border was closed shut to check smuggling, Buhari insists
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration ordered a partial closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic to tame the ‘massive’ smuggling activities, especially of rice, taking place on that corridor. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the restriction at Seme ...
Read More »Borno confirms burning of 101 homes, shops by Boko Haram insurgents
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed the burning of 101 homes and shops by Boko Haram terrosists in attacks on three communities in Konduga local council. The affected settlements located on fringes of Sambisa Forest, included Borri, ...
Read More »Delta mulls implementation of property protection law, check double taxation
The Delta State Government has expressed its resolve to fully implement the Public and Private Property Protection Law enacted by the state House of Assembly recently to resolve conflicts arising from double taxation and other irregularities. The bill, also known ...
Read More »Group laments marginalisation of Muslims in Governor Godwin Obaseki’s government
The Muslim community in Edo State has said that Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki appointed less than 10 per cent of its members in his government. It accused the governor of excluding Muslims in his 18-member cabinet. Expressing dissatisfaction with ...
Read More »Apologise to Ndigbo, S’East governors or we expose your activities, Ohanaeze youths tell IPOB
The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) Worldwide yesterday urged the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to apologise to Ndigbo and South East governors over their activities, which it said, have brought humiliation to the zone and entire country. It threatened to ...
Read More »Imo State to begin payment of pension arrears next month
Special Adviser to Governor Ihedioha on Media, Steve Osuji, has disclosed that the state government has concluded arrangements to commence payment of pension arrears owed retirees in the next one month. Speaking while fielding questions from journalists on the Peoples ...
Read More »Group berates Federal Government, police for denying Igbo senior positions
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has condemned the current ranking in the country’s police force in which no Igbo officer is Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) or Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG). ...
Read More »Group links increasing insurgency to cancellation of pre-shipment inspection under Dikko
The Social Integrity Network (SINET) has blamed incessant insurgency and armed banditry in the country on cancellation of pre-shipment inspection at the nation’s seaports by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Its National Coordinator, Ibrahim Isah, who stated this at a ...
Read More »Borno blames lingering Boko Haram insurgency on porous borders, youths disagree on generalisation of terrorism
Governor Babagana Zulum has linked the protracted Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State to porous borders linking Nigeria with neighbouring Chad, Cameroun and Niger republics. The governor made the submission while addressing State House correspondents in Abuja after a meeting ...
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