Drop Charges Against Envoy in Nigeria Corruption Case, Russia Tasks Italy
Russia has asked Italy to drop charges against a former ambassador caught up in a Nigerian corruption case, legal documents showed on Wednesday. Ednan Tofik ogly Agaev, a…
Alleged $390m OML 42 Fraud: Shell Reviews Deals Involving Ex-executive Accused of Bribery
Royal Dutch Shell has concluded that a Nigerian oilfield sale where it suspects an executive took bribes was not linked to a separate court case in which he…
Pipeline Vandalism: Shell Seeks Stakeholders Support, Lost 9,212 Barrels of Crude Oil to Oil Thieves Daily in 2017
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Thursday listed pipeline vandalism and encroachment into the oil firms pipelines’ right of way as major challenges confronting the…
Cyber Stalking: Court Admits Adeyanju to N500,000 Bail
A Wuse II Magistrates’ Court, Abuja on Thursday, admitted civil activist and Coordinator of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, to bail in the sum of N500,000 . Adeyanju was…
NCS Says it is Ready to Curtail Rice Smuggling in Niger, Kwara, Kogi
Hameed Ali, Customs Boss The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Thursday expressed its readiness to curtail rice smuggling in the Niger Area Command comprising Niger, Kwara and Kogi States. Comptroller Abba…
ECOWAS EOS: Parliament Express Displeasure At Nigeria’s Absenteeism
The Bureau of Parliament at the Extra Ordinary Session, EOS, of the ECOWAS and other members of parliament have expressed displeasure at Nigeria’s absenteeism at the parliament. This…
Nigeria Contributes $710m to ECOWAS West Africa Units of Account, More Than 13 Countries in 12 Years
Nigeria has contributed more money to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) than 13 other Members states put together in the last 12 years, statistics…
ASDR Tasks Govts to Strengthen Urban Planning Capacities to Address Attendant Environmental Challenges
The Africa’s sustainable development Report, ASDR, urges governments to strengthen their urban planning capacities to manage the potential of the region’s ever-expanding cities and address environmental challenges including climate…
Investigation Still On-going on Drowned Man Case -CP, Abia
The Police Commissioner in Abia, Mr Chris Ezike on Wednesday said that the command was still investigating the case of the drowned man at a swimming pool of a…
Family of Slain LASTMA Official Appeal For Release of His Body For Proper Burial
The family of a LASTMA official who was allegedly shot dead by a policeman attached to SARS on Wednesday have appealed for the release of the slain…