archiveMarch 2018

  The Nigerian Army has said that it has no record of deserted Sergeant David Bako, who was reported to have leaked how Dapchi girls abduction was planned and executed with N80 million. The Army disassociated itself from the report and requested the public to disregard the confession made by...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the call by former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (retd), that Nigerians should defend themselves against killers, is yet another testimony of the tragic situation which the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have dragged the nation...

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said on Sunday that the Federal Government has no ulterior motive behind the letter she sent to the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, on cash assets recovered by the agency between May 2015 and January 2018....

  The Ogun State Government has commended Promasidor Nigeria Limited for initiating a career guidance workshop for secondary school students, describing it as a laudable effort towards the development of education and youth empowerment in the country. Speaking at the second edition of Promasidor Harness Your Dream programme, organised by...

An erstwhile Secretary to the Osun State Government, Engr Fatai Akinbade, has enjoined the people of the state to continue to work and pray for the emancipation of the state from its present bondage as foisted on them by the Rauf Aregbesola administration. The former SSG maintained that this had...

      Card-to-card payments disrupter PaySend continues to bring a new generation of money transfers to the African market through its new partnership with Access Bank Nigeria. PaySend’s rapidly expanding business now operates in more than 60 countries and it is looking to boost its presence across Africa. Ronald...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the Abebe family as well as the government and people of Edo State on the death of Dr Christopher Abebe, aged 99. President Buhari in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, on Friday, also...

  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said secession is not recognised as an offence in the Nigerian laws and is therefore questioning the jurisdiction of the Federal High court sitting in Abuja to proceed with the trial of four of her members over treasonable felony. The group said...

  Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that the Federal Government received N3.532 trillion as Petroleum Profits Tax and Royalties from oil companies between the third quarter of 2015 to third quarter of 2017. Besides, oil producing states in Nigeria received N103.46 billion as 13% Derivation...

Spanish police have rescued 39 girls from a Nigerian organised crime ring who kept them in a cave-like house and forced them into prostitution in Spain. According to reports, they were freed in a joint operation involving the UK’s National Crime Agency and Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of...