The Senate on Wednesday was thrown into a rowdy session when a lawmaker, Biodun Olujimi, accused President Muhammadu Buhari of losing authority on his administration. Mrs. Olujimi, PDP-Ekiti, was responding to a motion on the face-off between Nigeria’s security agencies raised by Dino Melaye, Kogi-APC. Officials of the State Security …

House of Reps Speaker, Yakubu Dogara The House of Representatives has ordered a probe into over $20billion spent on Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt refineries by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The decision to probe the expenditure followed a motion raised by Ibrahim Isiaka (APC, …

It was an all-female affair as fifteen year oldSamuella Sam-Orlu of British Nigerian Academy Abuja,emerged the overall winner of the 2017 edition of the UBA Foundation National Essay Competition, winning an educational grant of N1,000,000.00 to study in any African university of her choice, as well as a laptop. Samuella clinched …

The governorship election in Anambra State has come to an end at the GRA Unit, Onitsha with the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, hopeful of emerging in a landslide victory. Anambra State Managing Director of Urban Development, Hon. Patrick Obianwu, in a chat with newsmen noted that the full results …

Mr. Olusegun Ogunsanya, Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Nigeria Airtel Nigeria Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Olusegun Ogunsanyais in big trouble as the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the operational activities of telecoms operators panel has threatened to issue an arrest warrant against him and chairman of the defunct Etisalat Nigeria, Akeem Bello-Osagie for …

A former Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria, Pius Anyim, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja over fraud he allegedly committed involving Centenary City in Abuja. Mr. Anyim is in detention and is being interrogated by EFCC officials

President Muhammadu Buhari plans to spend N1.001 billion on travels in 2018, details of the proposed 2018 budget released by the Budget Office of the Federation show. The amount breaks down to N751.3 million for international travels, and N250.02 million for local travels. The budget shows that another N907 million …

Hadiza Bala Usman, Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) may have unwittingly disclosed that Heritage Bank may be facing liquidity challenges, as the bank had refused to release $21.3 million belonging to the agency. She made the disclosure while appearing before a House of Representatives Committee investigating compliance with the Treasury …

Many people died, on Thursday morning, at the Abbatoir area of Agege, in the outskirts of Lagos State when a train derailed. Several person were seriously injured while many vehicles and other property worth several millions were destroyed. Lagos State police spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, who confirmed the incident told The …