NNPC counters Police, says we have no hidden $470.5m and N8bn
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has no hidden $470.5 million and N8 billion in any commercial bank as alleged by the Nigerian police. The NNPC in a…
Peace in Delta has brought investments – Okowa
DELTA State Governor, Â Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has ascribed the peace being enjoyed in the state to the cooperation between security agencies. While describing Delta State as peaceful and investor’s haven,…
Abdulsalami Abubakar lists Nigerians who will never be his friend
Former Head of state, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Friday said he will forever be an enemy of anyone that tried to hinder the democratic development of Nigeria or plunge Nigeria…
MTN shares rebound on fresh talks with CBN
MTN Group Ltd.’s shares rose the most in more than six months after Nigeria softened its stance over claims that Africa’s biggest wireless carrier illegally transferred $8.1 billion out of…
Buhari: I have never met new DG DSS before
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met, for the first time, with the newly appointed Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, at the Presidential Villa,…
Breakthrough: Scientists grow human tissue from stem cells
American scientists grew human esophageal organoids entirely using pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) for the first time, potentially leading to new personalised diagnostic methods and regenerative tissue therapies to treat or…
I won’t resign, Buhari’s aide accused of certificate forgery insists
Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, Chairman, Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, has denied reports that he was under pressure to resign, saying the “purported report is false,…
Vote for me, I’ll re-unite Nigeria, Tambuwal tells FCT PDP delegates
Ahead of the forthcoming national convention of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has promised that a vote for him as president come…
Two killed in bloody Ekiti bank robbery
A bank robbery that occurred in Igede Ekiti, headquarters of Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area area of Ekiti State, late on Wednesday claimed two lives, while others sustained varying degrees of…
Delta State yet to collect 265,432 PVCs, INEC charges parties on primaries
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that 265,432 Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) had yet to be claimed in Delta. The Administrative Secretary of INEC in the state, Mrs…