Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, conferred National Honours Awards on 447 recipients comprising Nigerians and non-Nigerians labelled “friends of Nigeria”. The award investiture ceremony was held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. It…
Contrary to claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited that oil bunkering started 20 years ago, the crimes had been on for more than five decades, Niger Delta leader and First Republic Federal Commissioner for Information, Edwin Clark, clarified…
The Federal Government has approved the construction of the Lekki International Airport in the Lekki-Epe area of Lagos State. Lagos State Government said it would begin the construction of a new airport in the Lekki-Epe area of the state in…
The United States has repatriated to Nigeria, 23 Benin Bronzes, part of the thousands of artifacts that were looted by the British during their invasion of Benin Kingdom in 1897. At the repatriation ceremony in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, the…
By Ogaga Ariemu Fear has gripped some Nigerians as the United Kingdom plans considering tightening the rules on how many relatives migrants can bring into the country. Nigerian migrants bring in the highest number of dependants when compared to other…
Three men who allegedly stole a company ‘s truck batteries, tyres and rims, valued at N3.5 million, were on Tuesday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The defendants are, Abdullahi Abba, 27, and Olalekan Idowu, 15, both scrap material…
The leadership of G-9 Benue South Progressives Forum on Tuesday, said its members appointed to the All Progressives Congress, APC Governorship Campaign Council in the state have turned down the appointment. In a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Akor…
The Police in Adamawa said it arrested 45 suspected criminals for alleged kidnapping, culpable homicide and other crimes in September. Ajina Musbahu, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of operations, said this during a press briefing on Tuesday in…
A medical doctor, Oyeyinka Oyetunde, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly causing the death of a patient through negligence. Reports state that Oyetunde is facing a count charge of involuntary manslaughter. He, however, pleaded not…
Operatives of the tactical team of Rivers State Police Command have been deployed to the Diobu axis of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area following activities of rampaging cultists. Suspected cultists numbering about 50, armed with different types of dangerous…
