The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday allegedly aborted an attempted oil theft at Lekki Waters and arrested four men identified as men of TANTITA Security Service, owned by a Niger Delta ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo. They were arrested by men of the Nigerian Navy stationed at FOB LEKKI at waterways near […]
Niger will be able to thwart sanctions imposed by West African bloc ECOWAS in response to last month’s coup, new Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine said in an interview released Monday. “We think that even though it is an unfair challenge that has been imposed on us, we should be able to overcome […]
Russia has warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that military intervention in Niger Republic could escalate the crisis. Leaders of ECOWAS member states met in Abuja on Thursday and resolved to deploy a “standby force” in a bid to restore constitutional democracy to Niger and reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. ECOWAS […]
Thursday 10 August 2023 Niger: UN, AU, ECOWAS meet on next move, NSCIA warns FG Four Amotekun officers dismissed for indiscipline – Ondo commander El-Rufai, Wike meet Tinubu over ministerial confirmation Nursing mother, sibling jailed for stealing Three arrested for killing Bauchi policeman Niger coup: Sanusi meets junta leaders, briefs Tinubu Illegal checkpoint: IGP […]
Monday 24 July 2023 Ganduje intensifies lobby as N’Central APC demands chairmanship slot Senate gears up for ministerial screening, awaits list this week Ogun begins probe as eight die after alcohol bout Operators lament building materials price hike FG arraigns 12 suspected oil thieves aboard Cameroon-bound vessel Operators lament building materials price hike ‘Criminal […]
Sequel to the two week sit-at-home order issued by the self- acclaimed Biafra Prime Minister, Simon Ekpa, cum other security challenges bedeviling South East region of the country, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Friday advised the federal government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, noting that […]
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has issued a warning to the Federal Government (FG) against additional borrowing, citing that 73.5% of this year’s revenue will be used to service debt. According to the DMO, this high Debt Service-to-Revenue ratio is unsustainable and poses a threat to debt sustainability. The DMO recommended that the FG […]
Wednesday 14 June 2023 10th N’Assembly: Tinubu’s candidates floor APC rebels, Akpabio leads Senate Student loan: NANS demands ASUU’s removal from board Group demands Justice Bulkachuwa’s probe over husband’s ‘confession’ FG issues two oil export terminal licences, eyes $11bn Jonathan briefs Tinubu on Mali referendum Lagos Gov Poll: Rhodes-Vivour Tenders Over 20,000 Documents ‘I’m Prepared […]
A member of the House of Representatives from Zaria Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, Tajudeen Abbas has been elected Speaker of the Green Chamber. The anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Idris Wase and Aminu Jaji in a voice vote on Tuesday at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. Abbas scored […]
The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, on Tuesday, increased to N1,200 per litre in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, following the declaration of the removal of subsidy on the product by President Bola Tinubu. Scores of residents, who decried the high cost of petrol in the country, said they […]
