HUNDREDS of Muslims joined their Christian brethren in Kaduna for Christmas church services as part of a communal programme aimed at promoting peace and religious tolerance across northern Nigeria.
More than any other state in Nigeria, Kaduna is split 50:50 between Muslims and Christians but of late, has been the scene of...
NIGERIA and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have finally resolved their aviation dispute that has resulted in the federal government reinstating its approval for Emirates Airlines’ winter flight schedule consisting of 21 weekly passenger flights into the country.
Last year, Nigeria barred Emirates Airlines from operating in...
By Ayo Akinfe
Last year, Rotimi Amaechi was in China to look at the railway carriages being built. He will take delivery of 20 coaches but alas, this is nowhere near good enough. Nigeria cannot continue to be an eternal consumer. No economy has ever grown when it operates that way
Mr Amaechi needs to tell the Chinese that they...
FORMER petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has lost a court case in which she challenged the confiscation of her jewellery said to be worth about $40m that was seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In July 2019, Diezani had the jewellery, including a customised gold iPhone, seized from her...
NIGERIAN law enforcement agencies may now be able to step up the apprehension and prosecution of heavily-armed bandits who have been terrorising the north of the country of late after an Abuja high court ruled that they should be regarded as terrorists.
Over recent years, these bandit have laid waste to large swathes of...
THIRTEEN different consortia have submitted bids for consideration to manage Nigeria's four main international airports under the new tendering programme launched last week by the Independent Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC).
Under the scheme, the numerous consortia, made up of both local and foreign companies,...
FORMER Pension Reform Task Team chairman Abdulrasheed Maina has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment by an Abuja high court after being found guilty of several counts of corruption and money laundering.
Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had arraigned Mr Maina and his son, Faisal, on charges of...
NIGERIA'S ethnic tensions intensified significantly yesterday after members of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) approached the Federal High Court in Abuja asking it to order the National Assembly to ensure the exit of the southeast geo-political zone from the country.
Since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office in...
DEPARTMENT of State Services (DSS) officials have flown veteran Nollywood actor Chiwetalu Agu to Abuja for interrogation following his recent arrest over his support for the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) cause.
Mr Agu, 65, was first arrested by the Nigerian Army on October 7, in Onitsha, Anambra State, for wearing a...
GOVENOR Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has warned that the economy of the southeast geo-political zone could soon collapse if the ongoing sit-ins being called by the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) kept being heeded.
Highly popular across the zone, Ipob has called for stay-at-home sit-ins every Monday in response to the...
