The absence of the EFCC prosecution team in court on Friday stalled the corruption trial of Dr Joseph Nwobike before Justice Raliatu Adebiyi of the Ikeja High Court in Lagos. Nwobike, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) , is being Read more
Seventeen ships are discharging petroleum products and other commodities at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Friday. The NPA said that the ships were also discharging bulk wheat, empty containers, general cargo, Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday made his first public appearance in weeks, re-emerging amid mounting concerns about his health. The 74-year-old, who spent nearly two months earlier this year receiving treatment in London for an undisclosed illness, was at Friday Read more
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC),Edo Command, says it has secured 24 years’ jail term for four oil thieves in Edo. The Commandant of the Corps, Mr Makinde Ayinla, disclosed this on Friday in an interview with the Read more
A Kogi High Court sitting in Okene on Thursday sentenced two trans-border cattle rustlers – Muhammed Lawal Jauro and Yusuf Sanni – to death by hanging. The duo got the sentence after Justice Josiah Majebi found them guilty of cattle Read more
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has urged social media influencers in the country to lead the advocacy for massive reforms in the management of the country’s oil, gas and mining sectors. Chairman of the Communications Committee of NEITI’s Read more
With no official correspondence, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday again stayed away from the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The gathering, already missed thrice in a roll by the President since his return from a Read more
• Licensees lament financial straits, seek intervention • Nigeria to invest N5.9tr in upstream sector The Federal Government has concluded plans to withdraw licences of private refineries which have not been able to produce petroleum products after many years of Read more
Three suspected female suicide bombers were killed while attempting to attack a military outpost near Muna garage at the outskirt of Maiduguri in Borno State, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. Malam Abdulkadir Ibrahim, NEMA North-East Information Officer, Read more
The continued decline in the volume of foreign exchange supplied to the retail market indicates that the naira is gradually strengthening against other international currencies, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said on Wednesday. For some time, authorized forex dealers Read more