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Buhari President Muhammadu Buahri insisted on Friday that he was not convinced the vast majority of ordinary Nigerians will  derive any tangible benefit from a devaluation of the Naira. According to the Presidency, Mr. Buhari was speaking at a meeting with members of the Council of Retired Federal Permanent Secretaries in Abuja when he made […]

The war against Boko Haram continues in Nigeria The Nigerian Army warned on Friday that those violating the 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew imposed on Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, to effectively fight Boko Haram, will be prosecuted. “It has come to the notice of Headquarters 7 Division Nigerian Army Operation LAFIYA DOLE […]

Protests for Zakzaky in Nigeria Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian military of killing hundreds of people in the northern Nigerian city of Zaria, Kaduna State, and then covering the mass slaughter up. Amnesty published what it said was evidence gathered on the ground revealing how the Nigerian military burned people alive, razed buildings and […]

National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has refuted media reports that the party would sacrifice the senate presidency on the altar of change. Odigie-Oyegun made the rebuttal while speaking to newsmen at the party secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday. It would be recalled that a few days ago an online report […]

The chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, has asked security to throw out Raphael Oluyede, one of the lawyers of Senate President Bukola Saraki for talking back at him. He also threw out  an application by Saraki asking him to withdraw from his trial.  Speaking on the application, the CCT judge […]

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has directed all airlines, domestic and charter, operating in the country to pay all unremitted funds accruable to the agency within two months.  The NCAA also directed that the automation of payments to the agency by airlines, which offers real-time transparent transactions, must be completed within two months. This, it […]

The Senate has come under heavy attack by the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), following the purchase of exotic cars by its leadership, describing the act as another demonstration of insensitivity to the plights of Nigerians by their so called leaders. The group, comprising over 400 grassroots organizations, noted that the legislatures went ahead to display […]

Airbus Helicopters on Thursday announced the introduction of its H175 Helicopter into the Nigeria market. The helicopter made its maiden flight demonstration at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.  According to Mr Regis Magnac, Vice President and Head of Operational Marketing, Airbus Helicopters, the H175 was designed to carry 18 passengers with two pilots or 16 […]

The Rivers State House of Assembly on Thursday in Port Harcourt swore in nine lawmakers into the 8th Assembly. Congratulating the lawmakers, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Tamuno Adams, reminded them that their election was a call to serve, adding that he business of lawmaking must be taken serious. Adams urged them to join hands to […]

Following the brutal clash between the Nigerian army and the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (Shiite sect) in December 2015, the Kaduna State Government, on Thursday, prayed a high court to sentence fifty Shiite Muslims to death over the killing of an army officer. The state government had preferred a 5-count charge against the Shiite sect […]

National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, is no longer interested in holding any position within the party, he said in a self-signed statement on Thursday. Metuh, apart from being the spokesman of the party, is also a member of the party’s National Working Committee. He said his decision had […]

The ongoing trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, took a dramatic twist on Thursday as Saraki’s counsel, Paul Usoro gave details of various transfer of funds by the Senate President to his foreign account as governor. Usoro made the revelation after the prosecution witness, Michael Wetkas refused […]