A 21-year-old undergraduate of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu, has been arrested for the murder of Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, and a Director in Super Network Limited, Michael Usifo Ataga. The suspect, who was paraded on Thursday at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja,Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on his 59th birthday. Buhari said Gbajabiamila has brought vision, maturity and courage to Nigeria’s leadership. He felicitated with the Speaker and his family on the auspicious moment, joining the National Assembly, particularly members of theContinue Reading
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism that the current security challenges facing Nigeria will soon become a thing of the past. He also stressed that the federal government has intensified efforts aimed at adequately securing the country with the recent supplementary budget sent to the National Assembly for approval forContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday travel to London, the United Kingdom, for a “scheduled medical follow-up”. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, says the trip is a follow-up to his last visit. “President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed to London, the United Kingdom on Friday,Continue Reading
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has clarified his administration is not borrowing to execute projects in the state. Speaking at the flag-off for the construction of Trans-Kalabari Road Phase 1 in Degema Local Government Area on Thursday, Wike reminded the people that even the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)Continue Reading
The Presidency has said it had no hands in the current amendment to the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) Act and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act by the National Assembly. Media stakeholders have criticised the move to amend the Acts, with some saying it is like a reintroduction of theContinue Reading
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday lamented the escalating incidence of petrol smuggling across Nigeria’s borders, which it puts at a whopping 42 million litres per day. The corporation said the unbridled smuggling has increased Nigeria’s estimated daily consumption of 60 million litres to 102 million litres. With the menaceContinue Reading
Senate Minority leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has vowed that no amount of threat will stop Ndigbo from demanding equitable treatment in Nigeria, insisting that the marginalization has become unbearable. According to Abaribe, despite the fact that Igbo are the glue that holds Nigeria, some people are trying to push themContinue Reading
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday, differed on the nation’s debt-to-Gross Domestic Product ratio. Experts who spoke to our correspondents also expressed worry over the nation’s rising debt profile. While Ahmed putContinue Reading
The Presidency has washed its hands off the current attempt by the National Assembly to amend the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) Act and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act, a move media stakeholders have condemned as an attempt to gag the press. The Special Adviser to the President on MediaContinue Reading
