Nigeria’s government on Thursday retracted its announcement that another Chibok girl was free, saying she was not one of the 219 whose kidnapping more than three years ago caused global outrage. The presidency said on Wednesday evening that the teenager Read more
The Federal Government may have lost over N3.8 trillion to shortfall in oil production due to militants’ attacks and oil theft last year in the Niger Delta. Specifically, Nigeria is said to have lost about 700,000 barrels daily throughout last Read more
Tragedy struck yesterday in Ibadan when a tanker carrying diesel was involved in an accident. It burnt a woman, three vehicles and several buildings, including a church. The truck, said to be carrying diesel to a filling station in Ologuneru Read more
FG, Imo raise emergency committees To address the fresh outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organisation (WHO) may deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine against the scourge for the first time Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari may have got faceless and mischievous people peddling lies online that he has passed on – like they did on Monday. But he is alive and not in short supply of well-wishers who are standing by him Read more
The Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit, PCRRU, of the Nigeria Police Force has said it has initiated an investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident leading to a viral video showing a suspect handcuffed to a police patrol vehicle Read more
A Chatham House report launched yesterday in Abuja has estimated that at least $480 billion was stolen by corrupt officials between 1960 and 2004.Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is an independent policy institute based in London. The Read more
The out-going Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, told journalists in Maiduguri during a farewell visit by Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) that the military rounded up the suspects who infiltrated several IDP Read more
• Approves construction of shopping mall, rehabilitation of inner roads at Abule-Egba Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday commissioned the two newly-built bridges in Ajah and Abule-Egba, stating that it would not only help reduce travel time but also boost Read more
The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to the Niger Delta on Wednesday said its troops had rescued two kidnap victims in an operation conducted at Brass and Ekeremor local government areas of Bayelsa. Rear Admiral Suleman Apochi, Commander of JTF, Read more