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The Niger Delta Avengers on Friday said it has blown up another oil pipeline operated by a subsidiary of Italian oil major Eni in Bayelsa. “At about 3:00 am (0200 GMT) to 5:00 am, the Niger Delta Avengers blew up Nembe 1, 2 and 3 trunkline in Bayelsa/Rivers states,” spokesman Mudoch Agbinibo said in a […]

Two people were injured, Friday,  at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed  Airport, Lagos when the gun carried by a man identified as an orderly to a senator accidentally discharged on him and a woman as he tried to remove the magazine . The orderly who was to travel on Arik Air and […]

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand has won “The Best Retail Bank in Nigeria Award” for the fifth time, the “Mobile Payment Product of the Year award” and the “Credit Card Product of the Year award” in the 2016 Asian Banker Retail Services West African Awards which took place in Lagos, […]

There is tension and frantic scheming among former army chiefs and other top officers of the Nigerian Army as the Presidential Committee on Defence Equipment Procurement in the Nigerian Armed Forces has concluded its task and is set to submit its report to President Muhammadu Buhari in the coming days. A reliable  source close to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will not hide anything from Nigerians in its resolute commitment to restore the economic fortunes of the country and deliver prosperity to Nigerians. Receiving the Northern Christian Leaders Eagles Eyes Forum at the State House, Abuja on Friday, President Buhari appealed to the religious leaders not to lose hope […]

Six people were killed on Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Damboa, northeast Nigeria, the army said, in the latest violence to hit the restive region. Nigerian Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said the attack happened at about 5:15 am (0415 GMT) in the town of Damboa, some 90 […]

Nigeria’s top tier lender, Access Bank Plc has just received the award for ‘Africa’s Best Bank Transformation’ in the Euromoney 2016 Awards for Excellence. The award was in recognition of the Bank’s progress in the enhancement of its operations through its ‘Winning with Service’ initiative, as well as commitment to raising the standards of customer experience […]Read More

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has assured that there will be light at the end of the tunnel with efforts being made by the federal government to develop other sectors of the economy long neglected in favour of oil. The business mogul who was speaking with memebers of business group  who paid him a […]

There are remarks we hear when we are in distress, such as a loss of a loved one. Some are encouraging and likewise, discouraging. It is a time that people who are close to us want to express their show of care and sometimes hate, to us. They even teach us how to respond to grief, […]

There are strong indications that the recent retirement of 21 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) by Ibrahim Idris, the Acting Inspector-General of Police, on the approval of the Police Service Commission (PSC), has provoked deep resentment in the force. Senior and junior police officers, who spoke anonymously, lamented that with the mass retirement of the […]

There is no doubt that President Buhari’s resolve not to devalue the naira is the correct position to take in Nigeria’s circumstance. But with inflation at over 15% and rising; with manufacturers experiencing higher cost of imported raw materials; with interest rates rising as CBN battles inflation, further raising credit cost to businesses and households, […]

Protesters on Thursday took to over the streets of Ado Ekiti, calling on the state Governor, Ayodele Fayose to waives his immunity and answer defend himself in the corruption allegations levelled against him. The protesters, comprising members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties(CNPP), youths, artisans and traders […]