archiveJuly 19, 2019

Six humanitarian aid workers are missing after their convoy was ambushed in the state of Borno in northeastern Nigeria. The driver of the vehicle was killed, a statement issued by the Action Against Hunger (AAH), an international humanitarian organisation, said on Friday. The statement added that the convoy was heading...

  Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the second time on Friday when a fortuitous second-minute goal gave them a 1-0 win over Senegal in the final. Baghdad Bounedjah stunned Senegal with a shot which took a wicked deflection off a defender and looped over the bewildered...

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Friday suspended some aviation security unit heads at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The indefinite suspension followed the Friday invasion of the airport runway by a yet-to-be-identified man. The man disrupted an Azman flight to Port Harcourt when he jumped...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked banks to back all Treasury Bills bids with customer demand, The Nation reported that it learnt. The directive is part of the bank’s plan to improve lending to domestic economy. In the past, banks have bought government debt rather than assume risk...

Market indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) rose marginally by 0.20 per cent on Friday after weeks of downward movement. The All-Share Index, which opened at 27,864.49, grew by 55.01 points or 0.20 per cent to close at 27,919.30 due to price gains. Also, the market capitalisation appreciated by...

  South-West Governors Forum has reacted to a recent call by Northern Elders Forum, NEF, asking herdsmen to leave the Southern region of the country and return to the North saying the call was most unfortunate, divisive and retrogressive. The Chairman of NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, had in a press...

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration remains committed to securing the country as well as creating peaceful and stable socio-economic environment for all citizens. The president gave the assurance when he received the National and State Executive members of the Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group led by its National...

  The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Abdallah (retd), says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recruitment of 5,000 personnel for the agency to boost its manpower. Abdallah made the disclosure on Friday at the Public Destruction of Drug Exhibits by Taraba Command of NDLEA in Jalingo....

India government may grant Nigeria credit line for the purpose of revamping the country’s moribund petroleum refineries to boost the domestic supply of refined products. At a visit to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Abhay Thakur, said India...

An Australian Supreme Court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Anthony Harvey, who admitted to killing his three young daughters, twin, two-year-old and three-year-old with their mother and grandmother to life imprisonment. The people were found dead inside their home in suburban Perth in Sept. 2018, after Harvey, walked into...