Category: Nigeria News

Following lamentations by entrepreneurs and small scale business owners on low lending activities by banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria has said that it can’t force any Deposit Money Bank...

Benin – Prof. Isaiah Ibeh of the University of Benin, on Tuesday announced the development of a new drug that can allegedly ‘cure’ HIV and AIDS. Ibeh, who is the...

THE Nigerian Navy on Monday handed over a 15-man Russian crew to the Nigeria Police to be prosecuted for weapons smuggling. The PUNCH had reported the arrest of the vessel...

Accommodation crisis has hit the University of Ilorin with 34,000 students vying for 3,000 available bed spaces. However, UNILORIN Vice-Chancellor AbdulGaniyu Ambali told reporters in Ilorin on Sunday that efforts...

The House of Representatives on Monday kicked against the resumption of air services by Dana Air. Its Committee on Aviation expressed concern that the Federal Government allowed the airline to...

I am directed by the Office of Her Excellency, Hajiya Dr Fatima Ibrahim Shehu Shema, to issue you this letter of termination. Wife of Katsina State governor, Hajiya Fatima Ibrahim...

The whereabouts of the four Italians abducted by suspected pirates in the Niger Delta have unsettled security agencies including the Joint Task Force, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield. Our correspondent gathered...

President of the Senate, David Mark, has said no amount of pressure from a section of the international community and the human rights community will deter Nigeria from prohibiting same-sex...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it generated a sum of N196.5bn from its retail outlets in 2012. However, the impressive revenue profile was dwarfed by the enormous value...

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has denied that it borrowed $500m from China to acquire 30 aircraft for domestic airlines. It was widely reported last week that FAAN had...