NIGERIA'S transport and justice ministers Rotimi Amaechi and Abubakar Malami have been dragged to court by a group of local companies over what they term the unlawful award of a contract for a190km railway line in Niger State to a Chinese firm without due process.
Currently in the middle of a railway upgrading programme,...
FORMER Lagos State governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has stepped up his quest for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by donating N50m ($120,540) to the Niger State government.
Asiwaju Tinubu who governed Lagos State between 1999 and 2007, declared his candidacy earlier this month and has since begun...
INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors are planning to initiate investigations into the abduction of school pupils across Nigeria in response to a petition it received from the Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap).
Of late, kidnapping has become a thriving business across Nigeria and increasingly,...
LEADING member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State Jonathan Vatsa has suggested that separatist agitators Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho will have their sins forgiven if they join the party.
Of late, there has been a large number of politicians defecting to the APC from the opposition Peoples...
NIGER State government has banned all forms of horse riding during and immediately after the forthcoming of Ed-el-fitri festivities as part of a move to forestall any acts of terrorism and violence during the festival to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting month.
Next week, Muslims across Nigeria will be celebrating the end...
GOVERNOR Abubakar Bello of Niger State has revealed that he is no longer on control of large swathes of territory in the state after Boko Haram terrorists recently took over the town of Kaure in Shiroro Local Government Area and hoisted their flag there.
Daring in the extreme, Boko Haram operate in a very brazen manner,...
NIGERIA'S drive to become self-sufficient in sugar received a major boost this week after Flour Mills of Nigeria announced that its subsidiary the Golden Sugar Company intends to increase its production capacity by 250,000 tonnes per annum.
In 2018, the federal government directed the National Sugar Development Council to...
NIGERIA'S three major sugar companies are involved in a major trade spat with Dangote Group and Flour Mills Nigeria asking the federal government to check the activities of the BUA Group as it was undermining the national sugar master plan (NSMP).
In 2018, the federal government directed the National Sugar Development...
GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has dropped a bombshell by stating that Nigerians will be shocked if they found out those who were behind the recent abduction of over 300 students from the Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS) Jangebe.
Last Friday, armed bandits stormed the boarding school in Talata Mafara...
FRESH reports from Niger State have revealed that the 27 Government Science College (GSC) Kagara students were only released because the authorities agreed to hand over four armed bandits being held in detention in exchange for them.
In what is now becoming a vogue, armed hoodlums, terrorists and bandits have formed the...
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