The International Press Centre (IPC) has called for the immediately release of kidnapped female reporter of the Nigeria television Authority, Mrs. Chinyere Okoye. Mrs Okoye was kidnapped in Abia by some gunmen on Wednesday night after close of work. She…
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…
Organisers of The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has unveiled Vimbai Mutinhiri and Taymesan Emmanuel as the season hosts of the 2020 award ceremony. In anticipation of the main event, Adebola Williams, CEO, RED | For Africa, also announced the launch of…
By Dataphyte | Data analysis by Dataphyte has shown the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) paid over 8 billion as salary upfront in January 2020. This is according to the daily payment data published on the open treasury portal. The review of…
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has signed an agreement with Siemens AG to kick off the next phase of a deal to revamp the Nigeria power sector. President Buhari directed his power and finance ministers to “commence the pre-engineering and concessionary…
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…
Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello has hailed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his works in reinvigorating the environmental sector of the state. He stated that the administration has restored the mandate of its agencies and making…
The board of the African Development Bank has agreed to an independent probe of its president, Akinwumi Adesina. This was after the U.S. rejected an internal investigation that cleared him of allegations of favoritism following a petition accusing Adesina of handing contracts to…
To mark the Nigerian Children Day, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, Nigeria has revealed the appointment of internationally acclaimed, award-winning Nigerian musician, producer and songwriter Cobhams Emmanuel Asuquo as its National Ambassador. Announcing this in a statement signed by…
On the 27th of February 2020, Nigeria announced the index case of covid19 in the country. Government subsequently took measures to close the borders and establish stringent protocol for screening and observing visitors and returning Nigerians. As the covid infections…
