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The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has suspended its nationwide strike following the timely intervention of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru. The GMD said his intervention was in the national interest. Mediating over the faceoff between the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, and the […]

A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (Rtd) has revealed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was brought into power as a means of guaranteeing a sure return  for retired General Ibrahim as president. The revelation came in Bamaiyi’s  book “Vindication of a General”. He said the issue of who would take over […]Read More

The Nigerian Navy has released the list of candidates who are successful in the aptitude test for the Direct Short Service Commission (DSSC) Course 24 held on 17th December 2016.  The Navy said applicants should check www.joinnigeriannavy.com or www.navy.mil.ng for the list.  “Successful candidates are to report at the Nigerian Navy Secondary School Ojo, Lagos […]Read More

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) continued boosting the country’s foreign exchange liquidity by pumping in $240 million more, part of which $150 million will go to dealers in the interbank wholesale window. Those who stand to gain from the sales which was initiated on Monday through the interbank wholesale auction window include manufacturers, importers […]

The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has accused his predecessor, Kayode Fayemi of trying to bring back a stale matter in order to seize power from him. Fayose made the accusation in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Monday while briefing the press. He urged Nigerians to ask Fayemi when he would allow an end […]

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki says he does not have the power to reverse the suspension of a former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume. Saraki said this in an interview with State House correspondents on Monday after meeting behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said he would only […]

It is just as well that South African telecoms giant MTN has paid nearly $100 million of the $1.7 billion fine for failing to disconnect unregistered SIM cards in Nigeria. Tony Ojobo, spokesman for the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), disclosed Friday that MTN has already paid N80 billion of the total fine of N330 billion. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved appointments into the executive management of some government agencies and parastatals. Agencies affected include the Nigerian Television Authority, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, National Emergency Management Agency, and the Nigerian Film Corporation among others. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the  President on Media and Publicity, […]

Operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team have arrested a gang of criminals specialising in defrauding foreigners using the names of high profile politicians in the country. According to police source, the suspects had been parading as special advisers to chief of staff to the President, national security adviser, minister of petroleum, minister of Finance, […]

The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari has not changed his plan to return to his doctors in London, United Kingdom for follow-ups. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in an interview with journalists on Thursday. The media aide said it was not true that Buhari […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned  a serving member of the House of Representatives,  Nse Bassey Ekpenyong  before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State  on a 9-count charge of forgery and uttering of documents. Ekpenyong, member representing Oron Federal Constituency of Akwa- Ibom […]

Ifeanyi Ubah, the owner of Capital Oil, has on Thursday been arrested and detained by Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS). The reason for his arrest is not yet known. The businessman had been previously implicated in a fraud saga with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. Ubah’s company, Capital Oil was accused of expropriating […]