The African Union (AU) and ECOWAS on Friday jointly solicited the support of Nigeria in tackling the deteriorated political situation in Mali. ECOWAS Chairman, President Allasane Quattara of Cote d’Ivoire disclosed this after a tripartite m...
The Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT), Lagos, on Friday ordered Halliburton Energy Services Nigeria Ltd. not to pay the sum of 167.7 million US dollars ( N26.8 billion) to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Mr Kayode Sofola (SAN), chairman of the five-...
The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) on Friday sacked eight of its staff members for alleged acts of fraud. According to the institution’s Director of Public Relations, Mr Osita Ugwuoti, six of the affected staff members we...
The Agriculture and Allied Employees Union of Nigeria (AAEUN) and the General Agricultural Workers Union of Ghana on Friday announced a joint commitment to establish a West African Agricultural Union. Representatives of the unions told the News A...
A Karu Area Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, on Friday ordered a 50-year-old welder, James Ujah of Gwandara Masaka, to be remanded in prison custody for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl. Police prosecutor Inuwa Magida told the court th...
Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia on Friday returned 19 secondary schools to their original owners, 42 years after they were acquired by the defunct East Central State Government. Orji handed over the certificates of the schools to the heads of the different ...
Nigeria’s monthly revenue dropped to N564.8 billion in August from N825.3 billion in July, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Jonah Otunla, said in Abuja on Friday. Otunla gave the figures to reporters at the end of the monthly Federati...
The ECOWAS Commission has called for closer cooperation among West African law enforcement agencies to counter the spate of organised transnational crimes in the sub-region. A statement by the commission on Friday in Abuja said the call was made at the...
Weekly transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended positively on Friday as the All-Share Index grew by 188.71 points or 0.75 per cent to close at 25,337.18. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was against the 25,1...
Adamawa government has extended resumption of schools by two weeks following the submerging of 89 schools in floods, Mr Gabriel Hamman-Adama, the Commissioner for Education, has said. The Commissioner added that 45 other schools had been converted...
Petrol scarcity which hit Dutse, Jigawa, about seven days ago has eased as many of the petrol stations now have the product. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the long queues of vehicles at the petrol stations have disappeared. Mr Sama&rsqu...
The police on Friday arraigned two drivers, Ibrahim Adamu, 23, and Bala Umaru, 18, before an Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged theft. The drivers ply their trade at the Jabi Motor Park in Utako District, Abuja. Prosecutor Sani Yusuf told...
The Naira remained stable against major currencies at the official and black markets on Friday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The currency remained at N155.28 to the dollar at the official segment on Friday. It has been at that rate since M...
A 30-year-old housemaid, Mary John, was on Friday arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing her employer’s belongings, worth N35.1 million. The accused, who resides with her employer, Esohe Kadiri, at ...
The Federal High Court on Friday in Abuja declined to halt the House of Representatives from commencing impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan. Justice Gabriel Kolawole said that the court must be certain that the impeachment ...