Nigeria’s oil unions Monday began a three-day warning strike over growing insecurity in the oil-rich Niger Delta. “The strike has begun today and will go on until Wednesday,” the president of the white-collar Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association … read more
There’s a looming diplomatic row between the maritime regulatory authorities of Ghana and Nigeria as a marine tanker vessel, MT Kemepade, declared missing in Nigeria has been found in Ghana, slated for urgent scrapping. Already, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and … read more
A kidnapped Saudi businessman has been released with the help of Nigerian authorities on Saturday after seven days of captivity. “The released Saudi citizen is now on his way to the Saudi embassy in the Nigerian capital,” Director of the … read more
The Nigerian government is now trying its best to convince it critics that its decision, this year, to scale down its usually elaborate Independence Day celebration was “cost-saving measure” and not out of fear of terrorist attack. Critics of the … read more
Government’s resolve to remove subsidy on fuel, arrest of former governors over corruption allegations, the warning strike by non-academic staff union of universities (NASU) and a rare medical feat overshadowed all other stories in Nigeria this week. The Punch ran … read more
Once upon a time, Nigeria was peaceful and prosperous. Its citizens walked with their heads tall everywhere in the globe. They travelled overseas without hassles. They schooled abroad and returned home immediately. There was nothing like visa scam and there … read more
Nigeria’s lower house of parliament has approved a deal in which offenders convicted in Britain will serve out their jail terms in their home country. The agreement still requires approval from the Senate, where it is likely to pass soon. … read more
If what the Minister of Health, Dr. Onyebuchi Chukwu said recently is anything to go by, then we may soon see a sharp drop in the incidence of sending public officers abroad for medical treatment. Explaining the impending policy to … read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will no longer allow oil companies to buy U.S. dollars at its auctions to fund oil product importation because the firms should use the foreign exchange they earn from exporting crude oil, the CBN … read more
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged the National Assembly not to pass a bill seeking to authorize e-surveillance of telephone calls by the security agencies, as part of efforts to check the worsening insecurity in the country. In … read more