AVR: NEMA receives 153 Nigerian returnees from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 153 stranded Nigerians from Libya. The Director-General of NEMA, Mr Mustapha Maihajja, represented by Mr Slaku Lugard, an official…
Court fixes Sept. 11 for hearing in IMN’s case challenging proscription of its activities
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed Sept. 11 to hear a motion filed by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), asking the court to vacate the…
Oil well Inferno: Ondo lawmakers direct Chevron to clean up affected communities
The ad-hoc committee set up by the Ondo State House of Assembly to investigate the inferno at Ojumole Oil field has directed Chevron Nigeria Limited to clean up the affected…
Lagos BRT accident: Transport company absorbs driver of any blame, says nothing he could have done
Primero buses The operators of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos, Primero Transport Services Limited, have absolved its driver who died in a fatal accident in Lagos on Tuesday…
Court refuses to grant Sowore’s application challenging his detention by the DSS
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant the motion filed by Mr Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow protests, challenging his detention for 45 days by the Department of…
TICAD: PM Abe says Japan will drive Africa investment with enhanced trade insurance
Japan will offer enhanced trade insurance to boost private sector investment in Africa, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday as his country competes with rival China for influence in…
‘We believe in Africa,’ Prime Minster Abe says at TICAD opening ceremony
Participants at TICAD, 2019 The seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan has officially been declared open by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The Japanese Prime…
Ekeh, Zinox boss, fights poverty in Imo State with N1.5bn Fund
Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has declared a three-year interest free loan of N1b to petty traders and small and medium businesses in Imo State. Ekeh, a native of…
CBN adds milk to FX restriction list, stops credit payments for milk imports
The Central Bank of Nigeria has told lenders to stop processing milk imports on a credit basis, bankers said on Tuesday, after the bank last month said it would ban…
LASG pledges to foot medical bills of Ikorodu accident victims
Photo credit, LASG: L-R: Commissioner for Health, Lagos State, Prof. Akin Abayomi speaking with the driver of the ill-fated truck that collided with the BRT vehicle, Sheriff Adebayo, during…