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Saudi Aramco to give advice on $6bn petchem project – S-Oil

S-Oil, South Korea’s No.3 oil refiner by capacity, said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with its top shareholder,…

Saudi Aramco, South Korean firms sign 12 pacts

Saudi Aramco has signed 12 pacts with South Korean partners worth billions of dollars, the company said in a statement…

Ganduje reappoints Abba Anwar as CPS

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has approved the reappointment of Mr. Abba Anwar as his Chief Press secretary.

UNODC raises alarm over increasing opiod users in Nigeria

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today issued a wake-up call to the Nigerian authorities over the increasing…

West Bank, Gaza growth must be focused on jobs – IMF boss

Growth in the West bank and Gaza has to be focused on creating jobs, the head of the International Monetary…

2019 general elections: Niger PDP concludes review

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger says its seven-man committee on review of the 2019 general elections in the…

UNODC: World cocaine production hits record high, Colombia the leader

Vienna-based United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on Wednesday that global cocaine production reached an all-time high…

Sex attack: Bill Cosby appeals 2018 conviction

Bill Cosby’s lawyers has formally appealed his conviction for drugging and sexually attacking a former friend at his home near…

Ikechukwu BBN star becomes instrument rated pilot

Miracle Igbokwe Ikechukwu,  winner of 2018 Big Brother Naija (BBN) ‘Double Wahala’ reality show has obtained certification as “Instrument Rated”…

Umahi dissociates self from 2023 presidency ambition

Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has dissociated himself from the purported inauguration of a campaign platform by a group of…
NDLEA operatives

Kano NDLEA intercepts 6,726kg of hard drugs, arrests 725 suspects

Dr Ibrahim Abdul, the Commander, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano State says the command seized a total…
AfDB

Food transformation: AfDB hosts experts

The African Development Bank (AfDB), has hosted a group of experts to discuss how technology can be deployed to transform…

Google opens news initiative challenge for media publishers

Google on Tuesday opened the Google News Initiative (GNI) challenge for media publishers in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.

Buratai tasks journalists on patriotic reportage

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has appealed to journalists to put Nigeria’s interest first in their…

OML-25 Shutdown: Host Communities reject Shell Petroleum

The leaders of the three communities hosting OML-25 facility in Rivers on Tuesday insisted that they did not want the…

Nigerian mafia holds sway in Italy

In a country that has fought for decades to weaken its homegrown mafia, a foreign crime group is gathering strength.…
Experts laud CBN over planned recapitalisation of banks

Re-capitalisation: Economist wants banks to ensure positive impact

An economist, Dr Boniface Chizea, has urged commercial banks and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to work together to…
Nyesom Wike

Group warns Rivers youths to shun crime

The Andoni Youth Coalition (AYC), a pressure group in Rivers, has urged youths in the state, especially of Andoni extraction…

Tiv, Jukun in bloody fight again in Taraba

Five persons were killed on Tuesday and several houses burnt in a fresh crisis between the Tiv and Jukuns in…

A cup of coffee can help fight obesity

A simple cup of coffee may hold the key to tackling obesity and diabetes, suggests a new research.

Video: I’m born again, I have a great body, beautiful – Tonto Dikeh

Controversial Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh says she is born again despite her seductive dressing and vulgar languages.

Sanwo-Olu must help this girl or she dies

Miss Fatimo Yinus, 16, is a brilliant girl and once served as the ‘One-Day Principal’ of Falomo High School, Ikoyi,…
Nigerian

Female manager, others land in trouble for stealing employer’s $298,000

A female Manager with Capital Investment Group Limited, Confidence Onabu 32, and two others have been arraigned before a Lagos…

Insecurity: Read what Vice President Yemi Osinbajo told Nigerians in New York

This is what Vice President Yemi Osinbajo told the Nigerian community in New York on the spate of kidnappings, armed…

Buhari appoints Thomas John acting board chairman for NNPC

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Thomas John as Acting Alternate Chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Governing…
Afenifere declares support for organizers of planned protest

Insecurity: Afenifere tasks Buhari on police strength

The pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to recruit more policemen from the 774 Local Government…

John Sanders US Border chief quits

Amid outcry in the United States over alarming detention conditions of migrant children in Texas, John Sanders, the acting commissioner…

Plane seat hoopla: Soyinka says it’s a minor incident

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has punctured the controversy trailing his being unseated by yet-to-be-identified Nigerian on a flight, describing…

Senate plans separate budget for police commands

The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, says the National Assembly is planning a separate budget for adequate funding…

Buhari meets Afenifere, explains ex-CJN’s suspension

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja met with the leadership of the Afenifere, where he explained why the former…