A conditional Budget Support Facility to provide financial relief to state governments is being finalised by the federal government, the Ministry of Finance has said. Read More…

For the Ogoni people, the rays of the sun have been meaningless for decades just as downpour from the clouds has for seasons. The pernicious penetration of settled spill in the earth’s bowels had ensured that the land was no longer green; the air heavy with acidic condensate; and the waters wafting slathers of sludge. That is the sorry story of oil-rich Ogoni, Rivers State Nigeria where the paradox of resource curse assumes an eerie embodiment. Read More…

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the Castle Hotel located inside the Bayelsa State Government House, Onopa, Yenagoa, the state capital. Read More…

Here are the list of some of the 200 officers retired by the Army on Friday following what the authorities said was a consequence of service exigencies. Read More…

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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said that the school feeding programme of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government must be done without the proposed 40 per cent counterpart funding from States. Read More…

‎A Federal High Court in Abuja has removed Mr. Dennis Amadi as member of the House of Representatives, representing Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency of Enugu State. Read More…

House of Representatives, yesterday passed for second reading, a bill to reduce the age qualification to contest the Presidency and other positions in Nigeria. Read More…

FOUR notorious cultists were on Wednesday gunned down by the operatives of the Rivers State Police Command during a gun battle around Ogbakri Junction in the Emohua Local Government Area of the state. Read More…

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday expressed condolence to the late Stephen Keshi’s family, friends and Nigerians. Read More…

The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has described the death of former Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, as a monumental loss to the country and the sports industry. Read More…

The Kano State Police Command have confirmed that suspected kidnappers abducted and slaughtered a 10-years-old boy in the state. Read More…

The Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has expressed disappointment over the continued delay in the payment of salaries of most of its members for over five months. Read More…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has expressed worry over the state government’s continued silence on recent cult-related killings in the state. Read More…

The 2 Brigade of Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, said on Tuesday it would soon raid hideouts of cultists who recently killed soldiers in Rivers. Read More…

The Federal Government, Tuesday expressed shock that employers in the financial sector, especially banks were breaching its directives to stop further retrenchment, threatening to withdraw the operating license of any bank or telecommunication company that breached its directive to stop mass sack of workers. Read More…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter informing the Senate about his medical vacation in the United Kingdom was Tuesday read on the floor of the Senate. Read More…

The Minister of Transportation Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has ordered railway authority to partner with security agencies and stop people hanging on train across the country. Read More…

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has commended President Mohammadu Buhari for opting to negotiate with the Niger Delta Militants, especially the Niger Delta Avengers and suspending military action. Read More…

Two old pensioners died and three others slumped during a verification ordered by the Bayelsa State Government. Read More…

Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone, has accused Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, of making a speech constituting a threat to his life. Read More…

The Nigerian government has ordered the immediate withdrawal of troops from communities in the Niger Delta region, amid allegations of a heavy-handed military response to renewed attacks on oil and gas installations in the area. Read More…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday heard that a former Chief of Air Staff, Mohammed Umar, had commenced an out-of-court settlement negotiation in the money laundering charge against him. Read More…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, June 6, 2016, in Maiduguri, Borno State, grilled two former ministers- Mohammed Wakil, a former Minister of Power and Alhaji Abdu Bulama, a former Minister of Science and Technology. Read More…