The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, granted an interview after one year of detention by the security agencies. Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court dismissed his bail application on the grounds that he failed to convince he court why he must be …

The amount spent as subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, and on refinery rehabilitation between January and May this year was N1.301tn, figures released on Monday by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited showed. NNPC disclosed this in its latest presentation to the Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, depart Abuja on a State Visit to Portugal at the invitation of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. According to a statement signed on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President will be conferred with the country’s National …

Police authorities in Imo State say they have arrested one of the suspected killers of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Gulak. The former Political Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was reportedly killed on Saturday, 29th May, 2021, while returning to Abuja from Owerri, the Imo state …

The Federal Government has vowed to considerably cut down the about 17 million housing deficits across the country before the end of the current administration in May 2023. Although it argued that the projected 17 million housing deficits in Nigeria had not been scientifically proven, the government insisted that it …

The Federal Government has said it would strengthen the Securities and Exchange Commission to reposition the Nigeria’s capital market to be at par with its peers globally. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed made the commitment in Abuja Monday, when she received the Revised Nigerian …

The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation, a new groundbreaking institution that will significantly enhance Africa’s access to the technologies that underpin the manufacture of medicines, vaccines, and other pharmaceutical products. African Development Bank Group President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said: …

The presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday, left the country for France. Tinubu departed Nigeria shortly after he held a closed-door meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in the morning. This was contained in a statement …

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to swear in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) today, following the resignation of Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad on health grounds. Justice Ariwoola, who is the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, next in line to Muhammad, will be …

Indications have emerged that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Tanko Mohammed, has resigned on the ground of ill health on Monday. The resignation according to reliable source is based on health grounds. It was gathered that since after his last health trip to Dubia, the Chief Justice of Nigeria …