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Nigerian football is at a new low after the ignominious crash of the Super Eagles, in the qualification rounds of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament scheduled for Gabon. The three-time African champions lost 0-1 to Egypt in the reverse fixture of their Group G match in Alexandria last Tuesday. The Eagles’ elimination […]

…Enugu Chamber of Commerce lauds Dangote Group on African industrialization Dangote Group’s giant strides in establishing cement plants across Africa has attracted commendation of Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Power (ECCIMA) which described the conglomerate as an emerging global player from Africa.   President of ECCIMA, Ugochukwu Chime speaking at the weekend during […]

Tope Aluko, the former PDP Secretary in Ekiti State who went on Channels TV to openly accuse the state governor, Ayo Fayose of rigging the state’s governorship election in 2014 has reconciled with the Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose. Aluko and Fayose met at the governor’s house yesterday night where they buried their old grievances.  […]

President Muhammadu  Buhari  has returned to Nigeria, after participating at the 4th edition of Nuclear Security Summit in the United States.   The presidential jet touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at the early hours of Monday.   He was received by the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase and other prominent […]

Dr Bernard Aliu, the president of International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO has stressed the need for aviation agencies in the country to imbibe the culture of development of human capacity building. Dr Aliu said this while addressing union members from Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and National Union of Air Transport Employees […]

Following the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s call on the British Government for intervention in his case, the United Kingdom has responded by saying it has been visiting the arrested and detained leader in prison. The spokesman for the British High Commission, Mr. Joe Abuku in an email said; “We have provided […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU, Niger Delta University branch, have carpeted the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, over their unpaid three-month salaries. Also, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the National Association of Technologists (NAAT) in the state-owned university, have […]

The Nigerian Army on Saturday announced the re-opening of the Maimalari Cantonment Mammy Market, Maiduguri, after three years it closed down due to insurgency. Brig.-Gen. Victor Ezugwu, General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, made the announcement at the launch of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Investment Initiatives for Barracks […]

The out spoken Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop what he described as his needless foreign trips.   Fayose described Buhari’s trip to the United States of America on Wednesday for the 4th Nuclear Security Summit, “while Nigerians are suffering at home”, […]

Nigeria will get its first refinery under President Muhammadu Buhari this year, according to the Integrated Oil and Gas Ltd which said on Saturday that its $116 million modular refinery would commence production before the end of 2016. Speaking on the progress of work after conducting a tour of the refinery with journalists, the Group […]

Three men have been arrested in Rivers State with 100,000 litres of illegally refined diesel costing a total of N20.4 million, the Nigerian Navy said in Port Harcourt on Sunday. Cdr. Ugochukwu Ajulu, who heads the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder’s Base Operations, told journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital that the that three […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Washington DC assured Nigerians in the diaspora of his administration’s determination to move the country forward as rapidly as possible. Speaking at an audience with a group of Nigerians who have distinguished themselves in various professions in the United States, President Buhari said that the present administration is fully committed […]