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www.www.aso.rocks search engine understands that President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return back to Nigeria tomorrow, Friday March 10, 2017. A statement issued Thursday by Femi Adesina, special assistant media and publicity, reads:  President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return to the country tomorrow, Friday March 10, 2017. The President left the country on January […]

In order to clear fleeing Boko Haram terrorists hibernating within remote and border areas, Nigerian and Cameroonian troops have carried out another joint operation to weed out Boko Haram terrorists along Nigeria and Cameroon border. The two days joint operation which was led by Col Dourai and Lt Col  Mohaman of the Cameroonian Defence Forces […]

The Nigerian affiliate of Abu Dhabi-listed telecoms company Etisalat has opened talks with 13 Nigerian banks to renegotiate the terms of a $1.2 billion loan it took out four years ago after missing a payment. At current official rate, the loan, without interest stands at N377 billion. Ibrahim Dikko, vice president for regulatory affairs at […]

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Retired Col. Hameed Ali, has approved placement of 60 per cent rebate across board on vehicles brought from 2015 downward. The customs chief approved the adjustment of points of payment of duty on old vehicles to ease the process. The Acting Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Joseph Attah, announced […]

Mustapha Mohammed, a witness in the trial of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Haliru Bello and his son, Mustapha Mohammed on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 told Justice A. R Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja how over N160million was paid to Umar Tafida Kebbi, a former governorship aspirant in […]

A former governor of the now defunct Western State of Nigeria, Robert Adeyinka Adebayo, is dead. He was 89-year-old. According to family sources, the former governor died in his sleep on Tuesday. The late Adebayo became governor after Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi’s death in the 1966 coup d’état, ruling from 4th August 1966 to April […]

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday warned the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) against collecting duties on old vehicles.  The Senate also said that Customs should drop the proposed move until its Comptroller-General, Hameed Ali appeared before it, to explain the idea behind the collection of the old duties.  In a motion ably moved by the Deputy […]

It is time for the international community to take another look at the international legal instruments and conventions that govern warfare and conflicts in the light of the very unconventional and brutal operations of terrorists and insurgents around the world today. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, expressed this view today during a meeting he hosted […]

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has successfully destroyed a logistics base concealed by fleeing Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in Sambisa.  Two fleeing terrorists were tracked by NAF Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft to the concealed location where they had gone to retrieve some items before fighter aircraft were called-in for strike.  The coordinated attack was […]

The arraignment of Dr. Fortunate Fiberesima by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Peter O. Affen of the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja earlier scheduled for Tuesday, March 7, 2017 could not go on after all. Justice Affen has fixed March 25, 2017 for the arraignment to hold. Fiberesima, former […]

The Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) which unveils a road map for Nigeria’s economic recovery, growth and sustainable development has been released. It is available on both the Ministry of Budget and National Planning website (www.nationalplanning.gov.ng) and that of the Budget Office (www.budgetoffice.gov.ng). The development of the plan went through a rigorous process including […]Read More

Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen is now a Grand Commander of Order of the Niger (GCON) and was decorated during his swearing-in as 20th Chief Justices of Nigeria (CJN). He was given the award, Nigeria’s second highest, by acting President Yemi Osinbajo. The inauguration was witnessed by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; former Chief justices of […]