Some residents of Calabar, Cross River capital, have decried the continued scarcity and increasing pump price of petrol in the city. They on Sunday in Calabar...
No fewer than 26 states will be participating in the 2017 Calabar carnival, scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Mr Gabe Onah, Chairman of the Carnival Commission...
Barely 24 hours to Christmas, bank customers in Benin lamented over the inability to make withdrawals from Automated Teller Machines (ATM). A news correspondent who went...
As the ongoing scarcity of petrol continues to bite harder, passengers travelling for Christmas were stranded at Mararaba motor park in Nasarawa State on Sunday. As...
Against the backdrop of the ongoing fuel scarcity, the prices have skyrocketed as petrol is currently selling at N200 per litre in Lagos. More filling stations...
No fewer than 4,920 officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) of the Bauchi State Command have been deployed in various churches and other...
Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammad has said that anticorruption war is everybody’s war and that unless there is a collaboration that involves the government, the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to remember soldiers fighting Boko Harram insurgents in the northeast as they celebrate the christmas. He appealed to the people...
Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, immediate past Chairman, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has urged the NNPC to increase the supply of petrol to...
THE National Chairman the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has charged Nigerians to use the occasion of this year’s Christmas to offer special prayers...
WHEN President Muhammadu Buhari, on November 7, 2017, presented before a joint session of the National Assembly, a budget proposal of N8.612 trillion for the 2018...
The President General of the umbrella Igbo Organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, has deplored the current fuel scarcity which has made travelers for...
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has confirmed speculations by appointing General Constantino Chiwenga, the former army chief who led a coup that ended Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it has no hands in the present crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) after its convention, which led...
The Nigeria Shippers’ Council has said the federal government plans create vehicle transit parks across Nigeria to engender economic growth in the host states and regional...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government is not contemplating any form of hike in...
THE DEMANDS Price increase Total deregulation of petroleum products Payment of outstanding subsidy FG’S OFFERS Creation of special window for Forex from CBN...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it is intensifying efforts to flood the market with petrol and other products to ease scarcity pervading the country....
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has directed immediate commencement of Stop and Search operations throughout the yuletide period. A statement by the Force spokesman,...
Many airlines operating domestic routes in Nigeria have hiked air fares due to volume of traffic of passengers travelling for the Christmas celebration, the News Agency...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in conjunction with Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday in Kano flagged off ‘Operation Eagle Eye’operation to handle road...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday felicitated with Nigerians, particularly the Christian community, on the occasion of this year’s Christmas celebration and reassured that “better days lie...
Scores of Osun indigenes, resident in Lagos and its environs, on Saturday, enjoyed free train ride to Osogbo to celebrate Christmas, courtesy of Gov. Rauf Aregbesola....
Many airlines operating domestic routes in Nigeria have hiked air fares due to volume of traffic of passengers travelling for the Christmas celebration. A survey, which...
As the scarcity of petrol persists in Ibadan, transport fare has gone up by 100 per cent. However, in spite of the fuel shortage, there were...
As the Yuletide celebration approaches, prices of goods and services have soared in major markets in Ile-Ife, Osun State. A market survey conducted by the News...
Dr Victor Oye, National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has blamed the current fuel scarcity in the country on corruption and confusion in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari, as the Minister of Petroleum Resources, to find a quick solution to the lingering fuel scarcity...
Israel police have arrested three Turkish tourists at a holy site in Jerusalem after an “incident” following Muslim prayers, a police spokesman told AFP on Saturday....
Chaotic traffic scenes continued in Lagos, the nation’s commercial capital on Saturday morning with commuters spending hours on the road just two days to Christmas. The...
It was excitement for Libya returnees in Edo State, Friday as the Edo State Government, commenced the payment of N20,000 monthly stipend to four sets of...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Yusuff Tukur Buratai has described the death of the first wife of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji,...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that the Nigerian economy was still vulnerable despite the country exiting recession. The IMF in a statement issued...
The Commissioner of Police in Niger, Mr Dibal Yakadi, on Saturday advised Nigerians against accepting wrapped gifts from strangers during the Christmas and New Year festivities....
Over 50 trucks loaded with petroleum products meant for supply have been prevented from leaving a depot in Lagos, a coalition of civil society groups alleged...
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to the persistent fuel scarcity in the country and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign for failing...
As Nigerians groan under a biting shortage of petrol, Nigeria’s ruling party has said the product is available in abundance. “There’s no ‘actual scarcity’,” the APC...
The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has dashed the hope of workers in the state as he only paid half salary for the month...
PDP: Nigerians must not be subjected to this type of anguish after supporting APC to win in 2015 We’re working round the clock to stabilise supply,...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has ordered a comprehensive operational strategy to beef-up security nationwide during the Christmas and New Year. A statement by...