Amaechi makes case for women empowerment
The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that women should be given more opportunities to benefit from the federal government’s economic empowerment...
Pyrate Confraternity not a secret cult – Court rules
Florence Uwaeme
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday, ruled that the National Association of Seadogs aka Pyrate Confraternity is not...
MMIA Customs command intercepts $8m
Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) on Tuesday disclosed that the Custom Command at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport had intercepted 8.06 million...
Truck crushes 5 to death in Bayelsa
A fatal accident on Monday claimed the lives of five persons in Bayelsa State.
The victims included a commercial tricycle operator and his four passengers.
They...
Coronavirus: Lawmakers reject move to evacuate Nigerians, say China has better facilities than Nigeria
Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected calls for the speedy evacuation of Nigerians from China over the spread of the deadly...
Buhari unveils new visa policy
President Buhari, on Tuesday, officially presented to the public the Nigeria Visa Policy (NVP) which allows travellers to visit Nigeria without visas and only...
US returns another $308 million Abacha’s loot
The Government of Jersey, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the United States of America have entered into an Asset Recovery...
ThisDay suspends editors over Oyedepo’s visa story
Two deputy editors of ThisDAY newspaper have been suspended indefinitely over the false story: “Drama as US Embassy Denies Bishop Oyedepo Visa,” published last...
Soldiers raid Nnamdi Kanu’s hometown days to parents’ burial
A pan-Igbo group, Igbo National Council (INC), has accused the Nigerian military hierarchy of plotting to provoke civil disobedience within the South East of...
FG promises to reactivate Akwa Ibom fish terminals
In a move to complement its drive for non-oil economy and create employment for the teeming youths, the federal government has promised to reactivate...