The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, says the anti-graft agency has secured not less than 150 convictions of corrupt individuals from January to June 2018. […]
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Presidency confirms Osinbajo as Buhari’s running mate in 2019
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has disclosed that Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will still remain the running mate of President Muhammadu Buhari […]
Saudi slashes oil output as OPEC forecasts lower demand
OPEC on Monday forecast lower demand for its crude next year as rivals pump more and said top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, eager to avoid a return of oversupply, had […]
Italy denies migrant rescue ship safe harbor
Italy said on Monday it would not offer safe harbor to the 141 people rescued by the humanitarian ship, Aquarius, off the coast of Libya last week. It urged Britain […]
Air Peace commences flight operations in Kaduna
Air Peace on Monday commenced flight operations to Kaduna International Airport (KIA), Kaduna from the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos. The airline’s inaugural flight landed at the KIA at […]
China approves $11.45bn in new urban rail projects
China’s state planner has approved a total ¥78.7 billion ($11.45 billion) of urban railway projects in the capital of the northern Jilin province. This is the country’s first urban rail […]
Charity ship seeks European port for rescued migrants
Rights groups on Sunday called on European governments to tell a charity ship where it can dock and let more than 140 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean disembark in safety. […]
NIMASA urges empathy towards IDPs
The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Dakuku Peterside, has urged Nigerians to share in the grief of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Peterside said IDPs across the […]
Ethiopian Airlines frontrunner in tender for Nigeria Air, says CEO
Ethiopian Airlines Chief Executive, Tewolde Gebremariam, says the carrier is the front-runner to set up and manage a new national carrier for Nigeria. “We are among a small group with […]
Lagos light rail begins operation in 2022
The Lagos State Government has signed a major agreement with Alstom SA of France on the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) project. According to the State Government, the Marina […]
Why SNEPCO Supply Base Must Remain in Niger Delta
The Niger Delta region for many years was a centre for violence, communal clashes and militancy. It took a negotiated and sustained intervention for the government to purchase relative peace […]
INTELS is investing a lot to empower women – Okwudili
Ogbuenyi Evelyn Okwudili is a beneficiary of INTELS Nigeria Limited’s Women Empowerment Programme Synergy Scheme (WEPSS). In this interview, she speaks on her struggles to acquire a vocational skill when […]