The military onslaught launched by the Federal Government on Niger Delta Avengers in the South South region of the country has been suspended. The suspension was announced on Monday by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, in Abuja. Addressing newsmen, the Minister said the government was taking this action to give room for…
Financial institutions in Nigeria have been ordered to put a halt to the mass retrenchment exercise embarked upon by some of them lately. A statement issued on Friday by Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed that this decision is coming due to issues in the industry. “Following spate of petitions and complaints from…
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has directed his men to deal decisively with members of the Independent People of Biafra, IPOB, caught with arms. Arase condemned the killing of a policeman during a protest involving the group on Monday. In a statement issued by the Force spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole, in Abuja on Tuesday,…
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has directed security agencies across the country to henceforth deal decisively with any herdsmen that attack innocent Nigerians. Buhari made this known when he received the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. He said his administration is prepared to deal decisively and…
President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has told his country military in Syria to leave the war-torn country. Putin informed a meeting on Monday at the Kremlin that the pullout of the main part of the Russian forces would start on Tuesday. However, the Russian leader disclosed that Russia’s Hmeimim airbase and the its port at…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been directed by an Abuja High Court sitting in Jabi to release immediately former aide to the immediate past National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, Nicholas Ashinze. Ashinze had been in custody of the anti-graft agency since December 23, 2015. At the hearing on Monday, Justice Yusuf…
The Federal Government has ordered the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, to renegotiate the N789 billion fine it slammed on telecoms company, MTN, for not deactivating its subscribers not registered during the window opened for registration of SIM cards. President Muhammadu Buhari, who received his counterpart from South Africa, Jacob Zuma, on Tuesday in Abuja, explained…