Hope for peace in the Niger Delta dimmed at the weekend as the Joint Military Task (JTF), code named Operation Restore Hope, raised the alarm that militants from a camp in Delta State were planning to attack major oil and … read more
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have insisted on the N52,200 minimum wage as proposed by the NLC to the Federal Government. Besides, the unions tasked the Federal Government to commence the … read more
No fewer than 960 people out of the 17,500 cases of Cerebral Spinal Meningitis reported in the northern part of the country have died in the past three months. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said this in a statement made … read more
Barely a week after the House of Representatives raised alarm over N3.31 trillion un-remitted to the national coffers by ministries, departments and other agencies (MDAs), no agency can say where the money is or who is keeping how much. Investigation … read more
In order to protect the health of its citizens and visitors to the United Kingdom, UK, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, a government agency regulating food items in Britain, has banned the importation of some food items from countries outside … read more
The Minister of Police Affairs, Dr. Ibrahim Yakubu Lame, has said that the directive given to the Nigeria Police Force by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to withdraw policemen attached to individuals as guards does not affect judges and legislators. … read more
The stretch of road that ushers one into the largely rural hamlets and villages that make up Ibeno local council of Akwa Ibom State is lined with some 18 hurriedly constructed structures that house officers of the Nigerian Police Mobile … read more
The first thing that used to hit visitors to Nigeria’s commercial hub was a gridlock of rusty yellow buses and the tumbledown stalls of the vast Oshodi market — the whole amid the unrelenting din of horns, sirens and vendors. … read more
ATTACKS on vessels off the Nigerian coast are going unreported and could exceed those occurring off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden, International Maritime Bureau divisional director Michael Howlett has warned. While there were 40 attacks … read more
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday suspended a brokerage firm blamed by fuel retailer African Petroleum (AP) (APET.LG) with deliberately forcing down its share price over the past two months. The NSE said on Wednesday it was investigating allegations … read more