No fewer than eight Nigerian pirates have been deported to Nigeria by the Ghanaian authorities following a directive of the West African neighbour’s Interior Minister. According to reports from Ghana, the suspects were handed over to the Nigerian authorities by a team of officials comprising the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Immigration Service led…
A World Bank loan of $200 million has been approved for Lagos State by the Federal Government of Nigeria. At the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting held on Wednesday and presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, the government explained the money was part of the $600 million loan granted by the Bank for roads and…
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has assured the people of Ezza that work will soon resume on the Ugwuachi end of the North-Onueke Ezza Road in the next one week. Umahi, at a civic reception for him by the people of Ezza Ezekunna at Onueke on Staurday, added that work on the Ezzama-Oshiri-Onicha Road…
President Buhari on Wednesday pulled a surprise on members of his cabinet when he arrived before time for the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting. The meeting, which holds Wednesdays in Abuja, is to review activities of the government. President Buhari arrived the meeting at about 9:50am, 10 minutes before time, 10am, and only 19 ministers…
Former Chairman, Security Committee of Wike’s New Rivers Vision Campaign Organisation, Brigadier-General Elton David Amah, has decamped to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Amah joined APC at an elaborate ceremony held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday and disclosed that he entered into politics after his retirement from…
Spokesman of the Nigerian Senate, Aliyu Abdullahi, has clarify the controversy trailing the N6.08 trillion 2016 budget said to be missing at the National Assembly. On Tuesday, reports went viral that the document was no where to be found. Later in the day, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the…
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has hinted that those coming into the Force may be subjected to a psychiatric test. He also added that this may apply to serving officers too. Arase made this disclosure on Tuesday at the Nigeria Police Force Health Policy Revalidation meeting in Abuja. According to the police chief,…
Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos has barred MTN Nigeria Communications Limited from moving any of its funds from all commercial banks in Nigeria abroad pending hearing of its suit challenging the N1.4trillion fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC. The Federal Government, through the NCC, initially imposed…
Following reports on Tuesday that the N6.08 trillion 2016 budget was missing at the National Assembly, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Saraki was at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday night for a meeting with the President, ostensibly over the missing budget. However, he declined speaking…
The dreadful Lassa Fever has reached Ondo State and has claimed the lives of two persons there, the Ondo State government has confirmed. Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Dayo Adeyanju, announced the latest development on Tuesday in Akure, the state capital, at a Lassa prevention stakeholders meeting organised for health workers, religious, opinion…