The Nigerian navy said pirate attacks in the country’s territorial waters fell 68 percent year-on-year in the first half of this year. “In the first half of 2016, 53 pirate […]
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Return Nigerian immigrants with dignity, FG tells Italy
The federal government has urged Italy to ensure that Nigerian immigrants in that country are treated with dignity and respect. Italy has become the major arrival point for Nigerian migrants […]
International tennis star Boris Becker loses N40bn to shady Nigerian oil deal
Forty-nine-year-old international tennis and Wimbledon legend, Boris Becker, has claimed that he lost a huge part of his £100 million (about 40 billion Naira) fortune in shady investments in Nigerian […]
Cotonou slashes charges on transit vehicles to attract more Nigerian cargo
Despite Nigerian government’s ban on importation of vehicles through land border, the volume of cars smuggled into the country from Cotonou through Seme, Idiroko and other land borders has risen […]
Nigerian pleads guilty to $12m fraud in US, faces 20 years in jail
A Nigerian, Kunle Sodipo Williams, who resided in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States has pleaded guilty to mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, voter fraud and illegally re-entering the […]
Only 44 Nigerian domestic aircraft fully insured, says ART
The President, Aviation Round Table (ART), Gbenga Olowo, on Thursday decried the state of the sector in Nigeria, disclosing that only 44 domestic aircraft currently had full insurance coverage. Olowo […]
VIDEO: See Nigerian airport roof leaking water
It is a big shame as store owners at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport battled to save their wares as water leaked freely into the stores and other sections of […]
Nigerian Air Force helicopter crashes into water
An Agusta 106 Light Utility Helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has suffered a technical mishap, crashing into water in a yet-to-be-identified location in the northeast. The NAF Director […]
‘Nigerian coys have 29 private jets registered in South Africa’
The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Babatunde Fowler has said about 29 private jets owned by Nigerian organisations are registered in South Africa. Fowler spoke while addressing […]
Two Nigerian university students drown while taking selfie at school’s lake
Two students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) died on Saturday at the institution’s laboratory for fishery and aquaculture, after the canoe they were in capsized. The students were identified […]
I watched my friends die, says Nigerian woman who survived 10 days in Sahara
A 22-year-old Nigerian woman attempting to migrate into Europe via the Sahara survived after being abandoned by traffickers for 10 days. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said the woman, […]
Airline operators call for clear policy to grow Nigerian aviation sector
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has called on the Federal Government to come up with a deliberate economic policy to help grow the aviation sub-sector of the economy. The […]