Two of Nigeria’s 10 presidential jets have been put up for sale as part of a drive to cut costs, a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. Buhari, a 73-year-old former military ruler who took office last year, … read more
The Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, suffered three power outages in less than one hour on Monday. The outages, which occurred between 9:15pm and 9:42pm, lasted an average of two minutes each as officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) made … read more
European Union (EU) official Fillippo Amato has advised the Federal Government to devalue the Naira as part of measures to tackle the economic recession. Amato, Counsellor, Head of Trade and Economics Section of EU, made this known in an interview … read more
If the Nigerian government wants to fight militants blowing up oil pipelines, it should send troops into the creeks and mangrove swamps of the Niger River delta. Not the city. That’s the suggestion of Babalola Olarewaju, a taxi driver who … read more
Nigerian Air Force ( NAF) has some destroyed illegal refineries and barges in the Niger Delta, its spokesman Group Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa, said in a statement in Abuja on Monday “In its concerted efforts to stop illegal bunkering and criminal … read more
Balogun Shakirat woke up with a start at 3am and put on the light in her workshop in a crowded working class district of Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos. In the following three hours, she was able to sew shirts, trousers … read more
Nigerian bankers, businesspeople and foreign investors have warned that the government’s management of its currency system is fuelling corruption, in another blow to market confidence in Africa’s top oil producer. The Nigerian central bank raised concern when it unveiled new … read more
An FCT High Court in Abuja will on October 4 sentence a Polish woman, Dora Gilmaska, convicted of N9 million fraud. This is contained in a statement issued by the spokesman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wilson … read more
Lagos State on Friday broke the world record of “Most People Playing Monopoly” with 1,300 students competing at a time at its “City of Lagos Monopoly”, beating the former set in Singapore. The former record was set at the Universal … read more
U.N. Children’s Fund warns that about 75,000 children will die next year in Nigeria. The horrible prediction is based on famine-like conditions created by Boko Haram if donors don’t respond quickly. The Fund stresses that’s far more than the 20,000 … read more