Two Army Generals escape death in deadly Boko Haram bomb trap
Two senior army officers escaped any harm as their convoy encountered and cleared four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) buried by suspected elements of Boko Haram terrorists along their way from…
NCC, FIRS set up joint Revenue Quality Assurance Committee to boost revenue management efficiency in telecoms
In order to improve the level of efficiency in tax management and revenue generation through deployment of technology, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS)…
Senator Isiaka Adeleke dies of heart attack, aged 62
A senator in the current 8th Assembly, and a three term senator representing Osun West senatorial district, Isiaka Adeleke, is dead. Sen. Adeleke, aka Serubawon, died at the age of…
Respect courts’ decisions, release Colonel Dasuki on bail, Dangiwa Umar tells Buhari
The decision by the Federal Government of Nigeria to suspend the SGF Mr David Babachir Lawal and the DG NIA Mr Ayodele Oke while they are being investigated is a…
Hadi Sirika, a different kind of minister, by Ken Ugbechie
For a moment, I thought the minister of state for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, must belong to another part of the world. When he swore to his honour that he would…
Fortune comes with babies: Father of quintuplets gets house, job from FG
Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita Head of Service of the Federation has promised to give a house to the couple who newly delivered quintuplets at the National Hospital Abuja. Oyo-Ita made the…
Police arrest Urban Gorilla, Niger Delta Avengers’ kingpin
Men of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris’s Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have arrested a top commander of the Niger Delta Avengers, identified as Anthony Pepple, aka Urban…
Labour insists on N96,000 minimum wage for workers
The Northern Coordinator, United Labour Congress (ULC), John Gimbason on Saturday reiterated the union’s demand for N96,000 minimum wage for workers in the country. Gimbason, also a former Kaduna State…
Oil producers agree to extend production cut for another six months
An OPEC and non-OPEC technical committee recommended that producers extend a global deal to cut oil supplies for another six months from June, a source familiar with the matter said,…
Airtel partners China ZTE to roll out 4G
The Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria, Mr Segun Ogunsanya, has said the telecommunications company rolled out Fourth Generation (4G) wireless mobile telecommunications technology in Nigeria. Ogunsanya said in a statement in…