ASGP: Nigerian Community-Based Organisations Receive Over $200,000 from U.S. Embassy
Ambassador, W. Stuart Symington U.S. Mission to Nigeria has awarded 221,902 dollars grants in response to applications to the Ambassador’s Small Grants Programme, ASGP, for 27…
$3.5bn Subsidy Fund: Senate Gives NNPC Two Weeks to Submit Documents for Exoneration
GMD, NNPC, Maikanti Baru Following the recent allegation that a 3.5 billion-dollar fund was allegedly kept and utilised by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for fuel subsidy,…
Surrender your AK-47 rifle collect N1m, Governor pleads
Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara on Thursday announced a reward of N1 million on every illegal AK 47 rifle returned to the state government. The governor, who announced this at…
We have strong links with Iran – Shiites; insist on more rallies
A spokesman of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shiites on Thursday declared that the group’s association with the government and people of Iran is not designed…
Atiku govt will crash fuel price, stop sleaze in oil sector – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the government of its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has worked out a pricing template that will immediately crash the pump price…
For N48,000 fraud, man gets N50,000 bail
A man, Agboola Aworeni, on Thursday appeared before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun over alleged N48, 000 fraud. He was, however, released on bail in the sum of N50,…
Rivers Guber: I’m still in the race – Tonye Cole
Mr Tonye Cole, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, has advised his party members to remain focused and not be distracted by unprofessional interpretation to…
Okowa receives more returnees to PDP, says no compromise on security
DELTA State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday received All Progressives Congress (APC) bigwig, Chief Andrew Orugbo and other members of opposition political parties back to the Peoples Democratic Party…
Boko Haram kill 15 in fresh attacks on Maiduguri villages
Suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency killed at least 15 people in an attack on a group of villages in northeast Nigeria late on Wednesday, residents told Reuters….
Rights groups accuse military of ‘horrific’ killings of Shiites, place toll at 45
Human rights campaigners on Wednesday accused Nigeria’s security forces of killing dozens by using “horrific” force during a crackdown on protesting supporters of an imprisoned Shiite cleric. Amnesty International said…