HURIWA seeks N900m compensation for victims of banditry in Zamfara Communication gap between personnel of Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and troops of the Nigerian Army led to the killing of three policemen and two civilians by soldiers along the Ibi-Wukari ...
Read More »Senate begins amendment of oil production sharing contracts’ law, receives report on Abbo as 10 bills scale first reading
The Senate has begun moves to amend the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) Act following the consideration of a bill in that respect. Titled Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2019, the piece of legislation passed ...
Read More »Nigeria moves to protect West Africa’s $286b maritime trade as Buhari assures of new transport plan, strategy
The spate of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is posing a serious threat to import and export trade worth $286 billion in West Africa, stakeholders have disclosed. Speaking at the ongoing Global Maritime Security Conference organised by the Nigerian ...
Read More »Nigerians spent N7.2b on BBNaija votes, N1.5b in final week
Nigerians spent N7.2b to vote for the 26 housemates in the just concluded Big Brother Naija reality TV show, N1.5b in its final week and spent 2,376 hours watching the show. Announcing the results on Sunday, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu said the ...
Read More »Libya returnees, group commend, back Obaseki as PDP moves to reclaim Edo in 2020
Some Libya returnees in Edo State have applauded Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on the recent award bestowed on him as best performing governor in Nigeria by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). The group also endorsed Obaseki for a ...
Read More »C’River judiciary, Ayade disagree over alleged take over of CJ’s official quarters, others
Crisis between the judiciary, the bar and the Cross River State government has come to the fore as the 2019/2020 legal year opened yesterday. Chief Judge of Cross River State, Justice Michael Edem, has responded to concerns in some quarters ...
Read More »Fear of EFCC restrains governors from organising jumbo parties, Magu declares
Don’t leave corruption fight to anti-graft bodies, group tells Nigerians Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has revealed that some governors are afraid of organising flamboyant parties because of the commission’s eagle eyes. Magu ...
Read More »UN, Lagos, others seek innovative solutions to cities’ waste challenges
Deploy recovered looted funds to develop housing sector, surveyors tell FG The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other stakeholders have called for more innovative solutions and global investments to improve waste management across world ...
Read More »Obaseki, Oshiomhole feud cripples APC governors, N’Assembly leaders’ meeting
A meeting convened by governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with leadership of the National Assembly to promote government’s policies that require legislative support was yesterday disrupted in Abuja. But the meeting’s atmosphere changed when the lingering feud between ...
Read More »How to end sex for marks in nation’s varsities, by Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed outrage over the prevalence of sex for grades in public tertiary institutions across Nigeria and West Africa. Reacting to the exposure in the BBC Africa Eye’s latest investigative documentary, Atiku said such predatory ...
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