Nigeria

One of the suspected suicide bombers intercepted by security agents in Maiduguri on Tuesday (7/2/17). 01016/7/2/2017/Ali Baba Inuwa/BJO/NAN An 18-year-old would-be Boko Haram suicide bomber, Amina, who was intercepted by…

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday reassured Nigerians that the economic hardship brought about by the recession in the country will soon be over. Series of protests…

The destructive Boko Haram insurgency group is currently plagued by financial difficulties, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, has said. Feltman stated this while briefing the Security Council…

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced Okechukwu Nwachukwu, Osita Ilechukwu and Blessing Eluwa to five years imprisonment for cocaine trafficking. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)…

The Federal Government says the alleged Islamisation of Nigeria under the current administration is totally false and should be perceived in its entirety as a campaign of calumny. The Minister…

Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amechi  The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday said Federal Government has secured $7. 5 billion loan for the construction of standard rail…

The Federal Government has mandated the National Institute for Medical Research and the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, to do proper study of the two claims to HIV cure…

Buhari and wife in London Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said that President Muhammadu Buhari is hale and hearty. Osinbajo, who said that he was in constant touch with…

Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele The House of Representatives on Monday summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, over alleged sale of foreign…