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Emefiele remanded as EFCC Arraigns him for alleged $4.5bn, N2.8bn fraud

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, is cooling his heels in the detention facility of the Economic and Financial...

Another restful week of Eid-el-Fitr for Nigerians as inflation bites harder

Just a few days after Nigerians emerged from almost a week of rest stretching from two Thursdays ago to about Wednesday last week for...

Falana: How FG is using new electricity tariff to raise money for broke DisCos

Electricity Subsidy Non-Existent, FG Raising Funds For Cash-Strapped DisCos — Falana Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says the Federal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory...

One week after burial of Delta 17, insurgents ambush, kill six soldiers in Yobe

Fresh tragedy hits Nigerian Army as soldiers die in Boko Haram ambush At least six soldiers have lost their lives in an ambush along Biu-Buni...

Attack on Kogi community: Police say 19 killed; community folks say 34

Not less than 34 persons have been killed in Kogi State, community folks in Agojeju-Odo community though the  Police put the figure at 19. The...

“We have no hope of fair trial for Nnamdi Kanu in treasonable felony charges”, lawyers lament

The legal team of the detained self acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has cried out that there is...

NERC fines AEDC ₦200 million for making many Abuja, Niger, Kogi, Nasarawa residents pay N225 per Kwh of electricity, orders refund

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has fined  the Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) N200 million for making all residents of Abuja, Niger, Kogi,...

Nigeria records 1,580 human rights violations in March alone, NHRC reveals

By Yemi Oyeyemi, Abuja. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) revealed on Friday in Abuja that the country recorded 1,580 human rights violations in the...

Residents of Abuja cry out over illegal mining, ‘life-threatening’ rock blasting

By Yemi Oyeyemi, Abuja. Some occupants and property owners in the Guzape area of the Federal Capital City have sent a 'Save our Soul' (SOS)...

Drama as Obi, Otti, Senators absent at LP’s National Convention, drops 14 out of 22 NWC members

By Chuks Moses, Awka The Julius Abure led Labour Party (LP) has returned him and about 7 others to the Nat Working Committee. 14 others...

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