NIGERIA: Timeline of Boko Haram clashes with the state
THE Jama’atu Allus Sunnah Lilda wati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram, (Western education is sin), came into existence in the 1960s but survived through the decades under various...
NIGERIA: APGA, Disregard Okwu’s National Convention plan, Umeh tells party members
Embattled National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh, has warned all members of the party against the national convention purportedly being planned by the self-acclaimed interim national...
NIGERIA: NAFDAC nabs fake wine manufacturers, others
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has arrested two manufacturers of fake Red Label Whiskey and Carlo Rossi Wine in Lagos. To this end, the...
NIGERIA: FG plans uniform tax regime
THE Federal Government is considering a more harmonized tax regime for all sectors of the economy, including the informal sector. Acting Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, and...
NIGERIA: Controversy trails conduct of ACN congress in Ebonyi
CONTROVERSIES seem to be trailing the conduct of the last congress of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Ebonyi State as the factions allegedly headed by the Deputy National Organising...
NIGERIA: Ekiti Police Commissioner must go – PDP
Ado-Ekiti—EKITI State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, to transfer the State Police Commissioner, Mr. Sotonye Wakama out of the...
NIGERIA: PHCN obeys court order, releases contract details
POWER Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, has revealed the documents containing details of a World Bank-assisted contract for the supply and installation of High Voltage Distribution systems in Abuja, Lagos...
NIGERIA: I ‘ve won 95 cases against govt – Alaafin
ALAAFIN of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, said yesterday that since he assumed the throne 42 years ago, he had filed no fewer than 100 cases against governments in courts, saying...
NIGERIA: Channels, My Oga at the top and satellite runs
No doubt, Sunrise daily,Channels Television’s breakfast show was made even more popular by the My Oga at the topruckus. Many have had a good laugh about it, and quite a...
NIGERIA: 60 killed as luxury bus, petrol tanker collide long Benin-Ore road
OVER 60 persons were reportedly burnt to death Friday in a road accident that occurred at about 1.30 pm in Ugbogui village, near Ofusu, the boundary town between Edo and...