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Total launches new oil field off Nigeria

French oil giant Total on Friday said it would begin work on an oil field off the coast of Nigeria,…

Shell shuts major Nigerian pipeline, cuts output

Shell has shut a major pipeline in Nigeria after an explosion and fire in an area where oil theft has…

Kenyan aircraft still grounded in Nigeria

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A Kenyan aircraft grounded in Nigeria on 3 June 2013 for non-adherence to security procedures remains grounded,…

Nigeria Seized 3.4m Kilogrammes Of Drugs In 23 Years

Nigeria’s anti drug trafficking agency said on Thursday it has seized 3.4 million kilogrammes of hard drugs in the country…

Arik Air Splashes $297m On Next Generation Planes

Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, has signed a firm contract to acquire three CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft and four Q400 NextGen…
God is angry with Nigeria - Ex-Lagos Deputy Gov, Ojikutu 

Ex-Lagos deputy governor wanted for N130m fraud

Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, former deputy governor of Lagos state has been declared wanted by the Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU),…

CBN extends cashless policy to Abuja, 5 more states

The cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, which has been in force in Lagos since last year, has…

GOtv Launches Two New Channels

From 19 June, two new channels will be added to the growing content of GOtv, P.M.NEWS Showbiz Trends learnt. The…

13 Airports Now Cargo Terminals

Thirteen airports in Nigeria have been designated as perishable cargo airports, authorities said on Tuesday, describing the move as a…

Power Sector Tussle

Two power companies owned by Professor Barth Nnaji, former Minister of Power, take on the Bureau of Public Enterprises in…

Report: West Africa now world’s piracy capital

West Africa has overtaken Somalia as the world’s piracy hot-spot with 966 sailors attacked last year, a report by the…

IBM Offers Lagos ‘Smart Transportation’

A team of IBM experts completing a month-long pro bono consulting assignment, has made recommendations to the Lagos State Government…

Indian Firm Makes Foray Into Nigeria’s Mobile Money Sector

India’s leading mobile financial services technology enabler, Estel Technologies, has entered into a partnership with pan African technology service provider,…

MD Faces Trial Over N1.7b Oil Subsidy Fraud

There is no reprieve yet for the Managing Director and CEO of Stonebridge Oil Ltd, Mr. Samuel Owa who is…

Boko Haram Sacks 19,000 Farmers

Islamic militants have driven 19,000 rice farmers from their land in northeast Nigeria while a military crackdown is preventing thousands…

S/ African company invests in Nigeria’s E-retail firms

Cape Town based Silvertree Capital (www.silvertree-capital.com), an Africa-focused business builder and venture capital investor, has invested in two of Nigeria’s…

N144m Fraud: Ex-Bank GM’s Arraignment Stalled

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till 30 September, 2013 criminal charges of stealing about N144 million…

Court Awards N5b To Maevis

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Monday, awarded Maevis Nigeria Limited the sum of N5 billion…

Climate agency warns on dangers of burning coal

With rainfall patterns changing and food growing region getting drier, an Australia climate agency warned today that most fossil fuels…

Nigeria grounds cargo plane from Ukraine

Nigeria’s authorities have grounded a Ukrainian cargo plane suspected to be carrying military hardware at the Malam Aminu Kano International…

Angola begins gas export to Brazil

Angola announced Sunday it has started producing and exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG), with a first shipment departing from the…

Fastjet Airways to Begin Operation in Nigeria

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Fastjet plc (fastjet), Africa’s lowcost airline, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria’s Red1AirwaysLtd(Red 1), to…

Court Fixes Date For Fawaz Suit Against FG

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday fixed 21 June to hear the suit instituted by Mustapha Fawez,…

Microgames Networks Launches Online Casino

Microgames Networks, has launched Nairagames.com, Nigeria’s first online casino which features instant wins on the “wheel of wealth” games. According…

Junk Plane Found In Lagos Suburb

A junk plane belonging to flamboyant preacher and founder of Bethel Ministries, the late Gabriel Oduyemi, triggered panic across Lagos,…

Samsung Heavy wins $3bn order from Nigeria

SEOUL(AFP) – South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries said Thursday it had won a $3.0 billion order to build a…

Court Declines To Hear Taraba Gov’s Health Case

A Federal high Court siting in Abuja on Wednesday declined to wade into a suit relating to the health condition…

NDLEA Arrests Two With Cocaine Inside Shoes

Two men who craftily concealed cocaine inside shoes have been arrested, Nigeria’s anti-drug agency said on Wednesday. The National Drug…

Chevron offloads two Nigerian oil blocks

US-based Chevron announced Tuesday it was selling its interest in two Nigerian oil blocks, becoming the latest multi-national to part…

FirstBank Concludes IT Upgrade, Lauds Customers’ Support

First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) has successfully concluded its upgrade to the Finacle 10 banking application thereby paving the…
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