Year: 2015
Shell To Axe 6,500 Jobs
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) says it will axe 6,500 jobs this year and step up spending cuts, to deal with…
El-Rufa’i cuts overhead by 60%, cancels pilgrims sponsorship
Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, says his administration has cut down overhead costs by 60 per cent as part…
Nigeria, Cameroon Vow Closer Cooperation Against Boko Haram
The leaders of Nigeria and Cameroon pledged on Thursday to improve the exchange of intelligence and security cooperation along their…
Alleged Forgery Of Senate Rules: No Case Submission
By Senator David Umaru Under the Penal Code Act, forgery is defined in section 362 thus: a person is said…
APC: DSS DG Not Our Card-Carrying Member
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied the allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the Director-General of the…
Man Arrested For Stealing Own Child
Cyriacus Izuekwe There was drama at Ejigbo Magistrates’ court after a 30-year old man arrested for stealing a 4-year old…
Nigerian Teenagers In Germany For Copa Coca-Cola Int’l Camp
The world’s largest brand-supported grassroots football initiative, Copa Coca-Cola is hosting over 100 footballing teens from around the world, including young…
Pinnick: Nigerian Sports Need Positive Support From Media
President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has emphasised the strategic position of the media in projecting Nigerian football,…
Nigerian Youth And Drug Abuse
By Michael Oputeh A drug is a substance used for medical purposes that changes the state or function of the…
Cultists Spreading Terror
The last few months have been a harrowing experience for Lagosians as hoodlums, social miscreants and so-called cultists have engaged…
Nigerian passport ranked 57th in the world
The Nigerian passport is ranked 57th in the world out of 199 indexed passports. This is according to Passport Index…
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Buharism: Nigeria’s power supply now at 4656mw
The Management of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Wednesday stated that the National Grid Transmission has recorded another peak…
Shell to axe 6,500 workers, cut spending
Royal Dutch Shell says it will axe 6,500 jobs this year and step up spending cuts, to deal with an…
Nigeria’s population set to overtake US, says UN
In 2013, the World Bank put the population of Nigeria at 173.6 million while an estimation by the United States…
Resign now, Edo APC Working Committee tells its Chairman
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Certainly these are not the best of time for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) both at the…
NNPC repairs Arepo oil pipeline
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said it had repaired the System 2B Pipeline, which was breached on July 21…
DSS boss a confirmed APC member, PDP tells Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to review the appointment of Alhaji Lawal Daura as…
DPR collected N30bn illegally, says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole has suggested that the Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) illegally collected about N30billion by deducting cost of…
How we met Kaduna State and what we are doing to change it – By Nasir El-Rufai
Dear good people of Kaduna State, It has been exactly two months since I took the oath of office as…
Compel DPR to refund all illegal deductions, Oshiomhole charges RMAFC Chairman
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State called on the Chairman of Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC),…
Electricity supply to court disconnected over N250,000 bill
Cyriacus Izuekwe There was disagreement between electricity workers and court officials after the workers of the Ikeja Electricity company stormed…
Nigeria Prisons Service announces new heads for strategic commands
Following the recent promotion of officers and men of the Nigerian Prisons Service by the Civil Defence, Immigration, Fire and…
Nigerian Air Force cuts off Boko Haram’s fuel supply routes
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigerian Air Force has announced on Wednesday that it has succeeded in blocking routes through which petroleum…
India set to overtake China as most populous country – UN
United Nations World Population Prospects report said on Wednesday that India would in six years sooner than previously forecast overtake…
Nigeria will abide by ICJ ruling on Bakassi – Buhari
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria will abide by the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Bakassi Peninsula, President…
50 West African universities expected in Nsukka for Games
At least 50 universities are expected to converge on Nsukka, Enugu State in October for the 14th West African University…
Police apprehend 9 more suspects over 4-year old boy’s murder
The Police in Lagos on Wednesday said they had arrested nine more suspects in connection with the murder of a…
APC not witch-hunting Saraki, says Oyegun
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Wednesday distanced the party from Mrs Toyin…
Some state govts lost bailout money to bank loans – Gov. Yari
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara has said that some indebted state governments lost their bailout money to servicing outstanding loans…
I promise to pay backlog of salaries – Aregbesola
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has promised to pay the backlog of salaries owed civil servants. This promise was contained…