South Africa deports 97 Nigerians for alleged criminal offences
Amidst the wave of xenophobia sweeping through some South African cities, the government of South Africa has deported 97 Nigerians for committing various offences. The deportees landed at the Murtala…
Nigeria’s oil output hits 2.1 million barrels a day
Nigeria’s oil production has risen to 2.1 million barrels a day, the managing director of state oil firm NNPC has said, without giving an explanation for the increase. “We are…
JAMB bans cybercafés, introduces biometrics for registration, sale of forms begins in March, no more ‘awaiting result’
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has released a new set of reforms and other preparations for the 2017 UTME adding that all is now set to…
Again, no winner for Mo Ibrahim $5m African political leadership prize
Sudanese telecoms magnate Mo Ibrahim failed to award a $5 million African political leadership prize on Tuesday, the second year running the gong designed to foster regional democracy has gone…
Fraud Detection: OAGF Commences Training on Forensic, Investigative Auditing
In fulfillment of his resolve to fully implement the Internal Audit modernization process in ministries, departments and Agencies of government, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, declared open,…
Takata pleads guilty, fined $1bn for lying about airbag inflators
Tokyo-based Takata Corporation pleaded guilty Monday to one count of wire fraud and was sentenced to pay $1 billion in criminal penalties for lying about defective airbag inflators. Takata appeared…
Nigeria to attract $10bn oil and gas investment in five years – Kachikwu
Nigeria will attract more than 10 billion dollars investments to the oil and gas industry in the next five years, the Petroleum minister Ibe Kachikwu, has said. Kachikwu said this…
Trumps blames Obama for White House leaks, says ‘I will be a hypocrite to attend White House Correspondents’ dinner’
Coming off a major confrontation with US media, President Donald Trump has said he believes Barack Obama is behind the spate of protests against Republican lawmakers, and national security leaks…
Nigerians top list of migrants making ‘desperate journeys’ to Europe – UNHCR
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has raised an alarm that refugees and migrants, many of them Nigerians, are taking more “diversified and dangerous journeys” to…
Economy: GDP contracts but agriculture, ICT stay up in Q4 2016 report
There are now indications that the Nigerian economy is well on its way out of recession considering the 2016 overall and last quarter Gross Domestic Product reports. A review of…