Arik Denies Insolvency Report, Says We Are Waxing Stronger
Arik Air has denied recent media alleging that the airline is in financial trouble and may be going bankrupt any time soon. Communications Officer, Chigozie Okereke , in a statement…
Scores Feared Dead in Borno Independence Day Blasts as 80 Insurgents Surrender
While Nigerians were celebrating Independence in peaceful atmosphere is other parts of the country, a double explosion Thursday evening ripped through Maiduguri, Borno State capital in which scores of people…
Policeman to die by hanging for murder
A Rivers State High Court has sentenced one Inspector Samuel Timothy of the Nigeria Police to death by hanging for shooting and killing a sachet water dealer, Onyekachi Nwasouba. The…
We Will Soon Prosecute NNPC Crooks, Buhari Assures
On a day the Group Managing Director (GMD) of NNPC, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, was giving journalists in Lagos assurance that the corporation was not broke and will come good…
We Must Unite Against Boko Haram, Says Osinbajo, Condoles Hajj Death Families
Terrorist bombs never ask the question about the religious persuasion of its victims or their ethnic origins, before causing havoc and destruction, according to Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. To…
NNPC is Not Broke, Says Kachikwu, Optimistic of Increased Output from Refineries
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has dispelled rumours that the corporation is broke and by extension the nation. He assured…
Jega’s Brother, Justice Alkali Among the Dead in Hajj Stampede
The brother of the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, Alhaji Abdulkadir Jega has been confirmed as one of the dead in the Hajj…
WHO Delisting of Nigeria from Polio List Excites Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed at the announcement by the World Health Organisation that polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria. In a statement, the Presidency said Buhari was delighted…
Buhari Committed to IDPs’ Welfare, Presidency Explains
Contrary to erroneous impression that may have been created by reports that the Nigerian delegation to the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly missed a meeting on help…
Hajj Death: Saudi Arabia Begins Inquiry, Buhari Mourns
President Muhammadu Buhari said he was deeply saddened by the tragedy which occurred on Thursday in Saudi Arabia, in which over 700 pilgrims, including some Nigerians died in a stampede…