As the world marks World Tobacco Day, the Federal Government has announced plans to begin the immediate enforcement of key sections of the 2015 National Tobacco Control Act (NTC). The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole disclosed this yesterday in … read more
Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since an independent republic of Biafra was declared, sparking a brutal civil war. In Onitsha, the economic hub of Anambra state on the banks … read more
Kidnappers of six students of Igbonla Model College, Epe, Lagos State, have reportedly demanded N1 billion ransom from their parents. According to Punch, the parents were contacted yesterday and allowed to briefly speak with their children. Two of the parents … read more
A Lagos High Court has barred local government areas from conducting marriages across the country. The court, in a judgment, declared that the Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate was unknown to law and therefore unconstitutional, null and void. A Certified … read more
After the cancelation of its flights worldwide due to computer glitch at the weekend, British Airways yesterday resumed flights to Nigeria and other destinations, as flight BA075 departed London Heathrow Airport at 12:09p.m. Nigerian time to Lagos. BA website indicated … read more
Nigeria’s ailing president was glaringly absent Monday as his deputy marked their two years in power, with no word on the head of state’s health three weeks after he went on indefinite medical leave. Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy Yemi … read more
The long-awaited oil governance bill passed by Nigeria’s upper chamber of parliament proposes breaking up the state oil company into three commercial entities supported by a regulatory body and a fund to oversee the distribution of money. The Petroleum Industry … read more
Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has lambasted Kenyan Airline for bringing a corpse from Ebola-hit Congo into the country without proper documentations despite the Ebola alert issued by the country. In a press statement released by the Ministry of … read more
Just as Nigeria’s government and militants in the restive Niger Delta have managed to reach a kind of fragile truce with talks, amnesty funding, and incentives, a pipeline close to the Warri oil hub was attacked by suspected rebels in … read more
Nigeria’s economy continued its slump and contracted for a fifth consecutive quarter in the three months to March after the oil industry shrank and agricultural expansion slowed. Gross domestic product (GDP) in Africa’s most-populous nation shrank 0.5 percent in the … read more