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The Nigeria media world was set abuzz on Friday with an allegation from no less a personality than the National Security Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, Major General Babagana Monguno, that monies meant for the purchase of arms could have been misappropriated by the immediate-past Service Chiefs. The affected military chiefs in question are Chief […]

Contrary to media reports earlier on Friday, the Nigerian government has said that there is currently no plan to increase the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol. Dr. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment , said in a statement late Friday  that “there will be no increase in the price of […]

Bandits invaded the Federal College of Forestry and Agric Mechanization in Mando, Kaduna on Thursday night, and carted away nearly half of the female students, leaving the males untouched. Unconfirmed figures from a source close to the school said the number of female students taken away by the attacker could be as high as 50. […]

Gunmen have invaded the National Institute of Construction Technology, Uromi, Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State and kidnapped a lecturer and two students. The invasion took place on Wednesday night as the kidnappers shot sporadically. The development, it was gathered heightened tension in the area, with parents and guardians storming the institute to […]

The Naira weakened significantly on the parallel market, dropping below 480 to the dollar levels at 485 most recently. The Central Bank of Nigeria introduced a ‘Naira 4 Dollar Scheme’ for remittances from the diaspora, in what is being seen by markets as effectively a further official devaluation. In a circular issued to all deposit […]

  Economic freedom is improving in sub-Saharan Africa, according to this year’s Economic Freedom Index, published by the Heritage Foundation. Progress, however, remains painfully slow. In the Washington DC-based think tank’s scale of 1 to 100, sub-Saharan African nations’ scores on property rights, government integrity, and business freedom are all lower than world averages by […]

  The Niger State government says it will close all public schools in the state for two weeks to enable authorities to assess the level of threat of insecurity and its impact on schools.   The declaration was made by the State’s Ministry of Education, which said it had directed all the affected schools to […]

The Nigerian government declared on Thursday that it will not negotiate with bandits who are currently terrorizing the country from various locations. This stance was disclosed by Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), the National Security Adviser (NSA), who spoke with State House Correspondents at end of the weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in […]

The House of Representatives on Wednesday declared that the Federal Government cannot spend the £4.2m Ibori loot being expected to be returned to the country from Britain without involving the Delta State government. The House, therefore, asked the Federal government not to spend the amount retrieved from former governor James Ibori, until it concludes an […]

Nigerian workers, from both the private and public sectors, on Wednesday, threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if a bill that seeks to remove the National Minimum Wage from the exclusive to the concurrent legislative list, is not withdrawn from the National Assembly. The workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress and […]

…as governor asks bandits to lay down arms President Muhammadu Buhari has deployed 6,000 troops in Zamfara State to complement the efforts of the current security forces in the state, which has become the hotbed of banditry in the country’s northeast. Bello Matawalle, governor of the state, revealed this and also banned the movement of […]

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday suspended indefinitely all activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state, after one person was killed as the crisis rocking the union escalated.   Two other people were shot as rival factions of the union attacked each other.   Akeredolu spoke through […]