BY Tobi Ojetunde | A report has indicated that the gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo States may witness low voter turnout as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The study conducted by a non-governmental organization, Kimpact Development…
Αmnesty International, one of the leading human rights champion in the world, has called on the Nigerian government to commence an investigation into the killing of 60 pro-Biafra protesters in 2016. Soldiers had opened fire on protesters killing 60 with…
Former Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, is dead. Baru died on Friday after a brief illness at an Abuja hospital. He was at the helm of the Corporation from July 4th 2016…
Smuggler dashing into Ile Komi from Benin Republic to evade several checkpoints between the two Benin and Nigeria In August 2019, the Nigerian Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari declared a partial land border closure in order to halt the…
By Mayowa Adeniran | The Nigerian National Assembly has been asked to hasten the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The call was part of the resolutions reached at the end of a webinar training on “Impact of Gas Flare…
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has asked the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to deploy deploy additional agro rangers personnel in the state towards improving the state’s security. The governor aslo rated the security outift high in integrity…
By Gabriel Ogunjobi With N1000 bribe, I “smuggled” foreign rice from Benin Republic to Nigeria despite govt’s restrictions Rice smuggler on the run… In August 2019, the Nigerian Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari declared a partial land border closure…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has instituted a legal action against governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state and the government of President Muhammadu Buhari at the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over the “brutal crackdown, repression, and…
The Nigerian government has issued a query letter to the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Mohammed Umar Bello, over alleged fraud and corruption act of buying an uncompleted building for the Ministry of Agriculture…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has removed Usman Mohammed as the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria. The government said the sack was part of repositioning the power sector of the country. Announcing the removal of Mohammed, the…
