The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has summoned officials of Emirates Airlines to a meeting on Wednesday (today), as it continues its investigations into allegations that the airline recently asked its passengers travelling out of Nigeria to pay for air … read more
High-spending Nigerian senator, Dino Melaye, has acquired a 93-year-old Rolls Royce estimated at N180 million, amid a national recession that has left millions of his compatriots struggling to feed daily. Mr. Melaye, a first-time senator who represents Kogi Central, owns … read more
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