Category: Nigeria News

Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has said the National Assembly might consider extending the tenure of the president and governors whose present tenure would expire in 2015,...

In a bid to douse fears over growing terror attacks, the latest being the dawn raid on military facilities in Maiduguri on Monday, coupled with the assertion by the International...

Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited, Guinness Nigeria Plc, Shoreline Power Company Limited, Olams Nigeria Limited, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) and Geometric Power Limited...

The age-long rivalries among the quarters in Akure, the Ondo State capital, turned violent Tuesday when youths of Isolo engaged those of Akure in a free-for-all over the directive that...

The federal government has opened an account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in which it has deposited N200 billion being part of the funds earmarked to tackle the...

A ship's cook, Harrison Okene, was rescued from his capsized tug after surviving for two-and-a-half days in an air pocket four feet high and living on sips of Coca-Cola.  ...

Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis  of the  Progressive Governors'  Forum (PGF) have    expressed displeasure over the federal government's handling of the security situation in...

Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development,  Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has been honoured with the prestigious award of Forbes Africa Person of the Year.   Adesina  defeated four other nominees, including...

President Goodluck Jonathan  Tuesday in Gombe, Gombe State capital,  unfolded plans by the  federal government to accelerate development in the North-east geopolitical zone through a special intervention scheme.   The...

The Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has denied the allegation by the faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he is on a spending spree to woo voters...