elta Members of the deadly militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, have blown up another oil facility belonging to Shell. It was learnt that the militant group attacked a crude oil trunkline belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria in Batan, Warri South West Council Area of Delta State. The ugly incident reportedly…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday had a series of meetings with some former leaders of the National Assembly. The meetings were held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Some of those who met with the President behind closed doors were two former Senate Presidents, David Mark and Ken Nnamani as well as a former Speaker of…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has fixed October 6, 2016, to hear an appeal filed by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, challenging his criminal trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. On Monday, Justice Abdul Aboki, leading four other Justices of the Court, gave the date at the instance of counsel to the parties.…
Former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, has been granted the permission to travel abroad for medical attention. Okahim was given the nod on Monday by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The former governor is standing trial on corruption and money laundering charges and had applied for permission from the court to travel…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reaffirmed his commitment and loyalty to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, despite his battle with the party. Saraki also reiterated his belief that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government will redeem its electoral promises made during the 2015 general elections. The Senate President, who spoke at the 10th Abuja Housing…
On Monday, July 18, 2016, some women took to the streets of Lagos to demand an apology from Senator Dino Melaye for insulting his colleague, Oluremi Tinubu. They aggrieved women, who carried placards conveying various messages in Ikeja, said they were not happy that the former Lagos First Lady was ‘abused’ by the Kogi lawmaker.…
Hopes of Nigerians smiling anytime soon may have been dashed if information recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, is anything to go by. The NBS on Monday released the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation. According to the graph released by the agency, the country’s inflation rate has risen from 15.6 per…
The immediate past Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has denied ever leaving the Force with about 24 vehicles. It was reported on Monday that Arase’s successor, Ibrahim Idris, claimed that the former IGP left with the said number of vehicles. Speaking via a statement from his base in London, where he went for his son’s…
Sahara Group As Nigeria embraces a challenging economic diversification process, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Fund, SDG-F, is working in Kaduna to pilot an innovative approach aimed at revamping the food sector to create new jobs for young people, increase farmers’ revenues, improve productivity, enhance nutrition and reduce food loss through more sustainable production…
Outgoing Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Habib Abdullahi, has handover to the newly appointed boss of the agency, Hadiza Bala Usman. Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari announced the appointment of Usman as the new MD of the NPA. Usman is the founder of the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, campaign, which is…