The United Kingdom has begun moves to boost healthcare services in Nigeria with a £148m initiative aimed at improving the financing of the sector in the country. An officer of the UK’s Department for International Development, Chris Hindley, who disclosed … read more
The tradition of collection of illegal tolls at various points across the country had a negative implication on three police officers attached to the Rivers State Police Command when they were shot dead by a group later discovered to be … read more
Nigerian passport holders, with visas for USA, Canada, Switzerland, Japan and all countries in the European Union (UK and Ireland inclusive) no longer need transit visa to connect Paris, France. With immediate effect, passengers travelling through Charles de Gaulle Airport … read more
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) and the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), have petitioned the United Nations Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, requesting him to “withdraw your recent appointment of former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo … read more
Despite Federal Government’s position on decongestion of prisons across the country, about 97 under-aged persons are said to be under detention at the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Prisons. This revelation was made by the Committee for the Defence of Human … read more
The management of NigComSat Limited has appealed to the House of Representatives Commi-ttee on Science and Technology to prevail on the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to approve the utilisation of $500 million (N59 billion) concessionary loan for the construction of … read more
Gunmen in Nigeria have released a cargo ship and its crew, a day after hijacking it in the restive Niger Delta, a senior military official said on Tuesday. The attackers intercepted the MV Thou Galaxy on Sunday as it sailed … read more
A Chevron Corp. (CVX) unit said late Tuesday it was declaring force majeure on 90,000 barrels a day of its Nigeria gross production after a pipeline was breached in the western part of the Niger Delta. In an e-mailed statement, … read more
The freefall of crude oil prices in the international market in the last few weeks has brought down the landing cost of petrol to below N50 per litre or N20 less than the current pump price of petrol in Nigeria, … read more
Inflation which has maintained an upward trend since the beginning of the year accelerated to 14.7 percent in October as against 13 percent recorded in September, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) confirmed Tuesday. The NBS in Abuja yesterday indicated … read more