Police inspector mobbed to death for allegedly shooting passenger

The Police Command in Adamawa State has confirmed that a mob killed a police inspector on Thursday along the Wuro-Dole-Pariya Road in Girei ...

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Monkey pox: Bayelsa investigates cause of outbreak

Monkeypox PHOTO:CDC The Bayelsa Government is investigating suspected cases of monkey pox outbreak in its communities, the Commissioner for ...

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Nigerian Army launches free medical outreach in Abia

The Nigerian Army has launched a free medical outreach in Ovim, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia, as an integral part of the ongoing...

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HURIWA wants NNPC’s GMD suspended, probed over alleged scam

The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Maikanti Baru PHOTO: TWITTER/NNPC A pro-transparency and non-governmental organisation, Human Rights Wr...

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Doctor, 10 others in Bayelsa State are diagnosed of strange virus

A new airborne Ebola-like viral disease, referred to as ‘Monkey Pox” has hit the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), Okolobiri...

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EFCC to prosecute erring firms in alleged N30tr duty scam

PHOTO: Jumia The Senate says it is handing over the companies that were found wanting in its investigation of an alleged N30 trillion duty s...

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PTAD discovers 15,600 ghost pensioners on FG’s payroll

Executive Secretary to PTAD, Mrs. Sharon Ikeazor Verifies 5,000 at New Nigerian, others The Pension Transitional Administration Directorate ...

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Reps seek Magu’s arrest over Patience Jonathan’s bank accounts

Patience Jonathan The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions yesterday sought a warrant of arrest to compel appearance of th...

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PENGASSAN, NUPENG plan nationwide strike over N800b debt

We await NASS approval, says govt Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union o...

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Federal Government approves N26 billion to pay debt owed DISCOs by MDAs

Transmission Company of Nigeria • To investigate export of rotten yam tubers to U.S. • Don’t drag Nigeria into your predicament, FG tells Di...

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NNPC, NAPIMS compel firms to fund projects in North East

IDPs’ camp. PHOTO: hrw.org • Each to pay $100 million yearly to undisclosed account • It’s illegal, height of social injustice, say SERAP, M...

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Reps to probe NECO, JAMB over alleged unethical books in schools

House of Representatives The House of Representatives has disclosed a plan to probe the National Examination Council (NECO) and the Joint Ad...

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Senate to probe Kachikwu’s allegations against Baru, corruption in police

The Senate has set up a committee to conduct a comprehensive investigation on the alleged insubordination and due process abuse made by the ...

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Presidency to commercialise State House Medical Centre

The Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Jalal Arabi says the State House Medical Centre (SHMC), which currently offers free medical service...

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Senator loses bid to stop EFCC’s forfeiture order

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday refused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Peter Nwaoboshi’s application to vacate th...

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Court to hear Alison-Madueke’s application on October 30

Former Minister of Petroleum, Alison-Madueke Justice Rilwan Aikawa of Federal High Court in Lagos will on Oct. 30 hear an application by a f...

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Kachikwu condemns leakage of his memo to Buhari

Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu. PHOTO: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum Ibe Kachikwu said the leakage of a confidentia...

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NLC seeks regular review of salaries

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Niger on Wednesday called on the state government to review the salaries of its workers periodically in...

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Senate to hand over erring firms to EFCC over alleged N30 trillion revenue scam

The Senate Wednesday announced that it has concluded plans to hand over companies found culpable in its investigation of alleged N30 trillio...

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Alison-madueke seeks to defend self in suit against senior lawyer

Diezani Alison-Madueke Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, yesterday prayed the Federal High Court, Lagos t...

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