archiveAugust 2019

  The Lagos District, Nigerian Railway Corporation, on Thursday announced the termination of the Mass Transit Train Service at Agbado Station due to the ongoing construction of a standard gauge. Mrs Khadijah Aroyewum-Adekomaiya, the District Public Relations Officer, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. NAN...

  Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji  Atiku Abubakar, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the reported secret burial of 1,000 Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram and ISWAP. A statement he signed Thursday said the Wall Street Journal report on the matter was saddening and...

The convener of Concerned Nigerians group, Deji Adeyanju and President Mohammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie are unanimous that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2019 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, cannot defeat President Muhammadu Buhari at the ongoing presidential election petitions tribunal. Adeyanju claimed that Atiku cannot defeat...

Football’s world governing body FIFA has approved the expansion of the Women’s World Cup from the existing 24 teams to 32 for the 2023 edition. It has also reopened the bidding process for potential hosts. “The FIFA Council has unanimously agreed to a proposal to expand the number of teams...

  To commemorate this year’s Pan-African Women’s Day and in line with the global theme which addresses maternal and neonatal mortality in Africa, the female staff of Jumia Nigeria have rallied support for new mothers and other patients who couldn’t meet the discharge requirement as a result of unpaid medical...

  The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Wednesday issued a seven-day strike notice to the Federal Government. NUPENG wants the President Muhammadu Buhari government to compel Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, to honour the agreement it reached with the union on June 20. It said that...

Today (Thursday), the Islamic Movement in Nigeria will file a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja, to challenge its proscription by the President Muhammadu Buhari regime. Femi Falana (SAN) confirmed this to PUNCH. The lawyer, on Wednesday, said, “They (Shi’ites leaders) consulted us and they reached an agreement with...

*Says Federal Government took a step too far, supporting Sunnis against Shiites Catholic's Cardinal John Onaiyekan says President Muhammadu Buhari's proscribing the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) is a step taken too far and forebodes a bad omen for Catholics living in Nigeria too. Speaking to Vatican Radio, Cardinal Onaiyekan...

Boko Haram has killed more than 27,000 Nigerians since 2009 when the terrorist group took up arms against Nigeria, says the United Nations. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, gave the figure while speaking at an event to mark 10 years since the crisis erupted in Borno, Adamawa...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, on Wednesday declared that the corporation  was not in contest for market share with the forthcoming Dangote Refinery but rather providing support to the promoters of the project to boost in-country refining capacity. This was coming...