Category: Nigeria News

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former Taliban detainee who was released from captivity in a prisoner swap, is making progress in reintegration, military officials said Friday. Maj. Gen Joseph...

 The Bishop of the Anglican Communion and Leader of the Northern Christian Forum (NOSCEF), Bishop Emeritus Emmanuel Kana Mani, said it was a sad commentary and soul-wrecking that the over...

 Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has accepted the resignation of his Special Adviser on Central Business District, Mrs. Aderinola Disu, and approved her replacement with the Managing Director...

The Institute of Capital Market Registrars (ICMR) yesterday said unclaimed dividends in the nation’s purse had reached N50.94 billion as at December 31, 2013. The Chairman of Council ICMR, Mr....

 Niger  State  Governor Babangida Aliyu yesterday said it was everybody’s business to end insurgency in the country and not the Federal Government’s alone. This is contained in statement signed by...

 Crisis has erupted at the Ogun/Oshun River Basin Authority over announcement of one Mr. Akintunde Soyemi as the new Managing Director of the organisation. Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority (OORBDA)...

President Goodluck Jonathan will lead Nigeria’s delegation to the African Union’s Summit on Financing Infrastructure Development, scheduled to hold in Dakar, the Senegalese capital today. According to a release issued...

 The Pan-Africa Institute of Paralegal Studies yesterday matriculated the second set of its students in a low-key programme, due to the current security challenge facing the country. Speaking at the...

 Nigeria will, once again, be among beneficiaries of the Rhodes scholarship, the world’s most preeminent post-graduate scholarship scheme. Two exceptionally bright students will receive full funding, valued at between £40,000...

 Following public outcry of Nigerians, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, on Friday signed into law a new bill on the payment of pensions and benefits to the former...