Nigeria’s newly-acquired warship, NNS THUNDER, is expected in the country by the first week of January 2012, naval authorities confirmed to PANA here Tuesday. NNS THUNDER, in the same class as Nigeria’s flagship, NNS ARADU, is expected to arrive in … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday presented a budget of 4.7 trillion naira to the Joint Session of the National Assembly. The sum of 2.4 trillion naira is for recurrent (non-debt) expenditure, while capital expenditure is 1.3 trillion naira representing 15 … read more
Nigeria is fighting a radical Islamist sect in the north and oil thieves in the south, while a host of reforms to its energy, power, and finance sectors are either delayed or in dispute. President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to … read more
Three Nigerian soldiers on a special surveillance duty with Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) in the Nigerian border with Chad were killed by Boko Haram militants, the military said on Monday. The multinational task force is a joint operation among … read more
The Special Task Force (STF) on Sunday banned commercial motorcycles, known as `Okada’, from operating in Jos beyond 7p. m, following the bomb blasts that occurred in some parts of the city on Saturday night. The STF, the team in-charge … read more
Several persons seeking compromise means of travelling and settling in parts of Europe and United States of America may have had a travel-made-easy process, as their claim to being gay could brighten their chances of seeking asylum in such countries. … read more
As part of plans to address the Boko Haram problem, a meeting has been scheduled for all former National Security Advisers (NSAs), today in Abuja. The meeting is being convened to tackle the activities of militia groups operating in Nigeria … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan is pushing to curb spending on wages and scrap fuel subsidies next year to help narrow the budget deficit in Africa’s largest oil producer. Jonathan, who will give his budget speech in Parliament in Abuja at 12 … read more
Two blasts rocked the Nigerian city of Jos on Saturday, residents and an official said, with one death and a number of injuries reported at a bar where fans watched the Barcelona-Real Madrid soccer match. One of the explosions was … read more
In what was suspected to be reprisal attack, a powerful explosion yesterday rocked a mosque in Sapele, the administrative headquarters of Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State as worshippers were gathering for the morning prayers. This was the first … read more