Ex Minister queries existence of black market
Osas Musa In Benin A former minister of State for Works under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi on Wednesday queried the existence of dual dollar exchange rates in…
Suicide Bomber Kills 1 at Northeast Nigerian Bus Station as Amnesty insist Army killed 150 Pro Biafra campaigners
Aliu Shehu with Agency report A civilian self-defense commander says a suicide bomber has exploded outside a bus station in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing himself and one other…
EFCC swoop on UNIBEN arrests Vice Chancellor
Osas Musa in Benin The Economic and Financial Crrime Commission is investigating massive corruption allegations against the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin Professor Faraday Orumwense. Our exclusive investigation…
Shell sued in UK for ‘decades of oil spills’ in Nigeria
Shell sued in UK for ‘decades of oil spills’ in Nigeria About 40,000 Nigerians mainly from Ogoni land have dragged Royal Dutch Shell to court in London, demanding action from…
Boko Haram Besieging Villages in Chibok Area, Say Leaders
Boko Haram fighters are overrunning villages near the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, forcing hundreds of people to flee as the insurgents loot and burn in the area where nearly…
5 Reasons Why Selling the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano Attack Aircraft to Nigeria is a Good Idea
AGENCY REPORT The fight against violent Islamic jihadists truly has become a global war on terror. The threat has metastasized like a cancer and is proving just as difficult to…
Bloody protest in Benin Over N300m approved for Oshiomhole, Deputy
From Osato Michael in Benin Many people were alleged to have sustained injuries today as protest embarked upon by the Civil Society Group turned violent in Benin, the Edo state…
N36bn Green Bond Targets 19 Projects In Environment, Power, in Nigeria
The Minister of Environment, Mrs Amina Mohammed has disclosed that Nigeria’s N36 billion Green Bond would attract about 19 projects in the Environment, Agriculture and Power Sectors as well as…
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara said 155 persons had been killed by bandits in less than a month in the state.
Yari disclosed this on Monday in a statewide broadcast on the security challenges facing the state. He also said that over 50 persons had been kidnapped during the period. He…
Supreme Court verdict: Bayelsa NASS Caucus congratulates Gov Dickson ….. pledges support for development
Preye Jonathan in Bayelsa Bayelsa Caucus of the National Assembly has restated its commitment to collaborate with the Dickson-led administration to attract various development projects and programmes to the state.…