The Lagos headquarters of ExxonMobil has been shut down by the company’s workers’ unions over the sacking of 860 spy police without entitlement. The workers besieged the office of the oil company, protesting the sacking of workers, mainly Nigerians, on Tuesday in Lagos. The protesters accused the company of sacking the 860 Nigerian workers most […]
The Nigerian government will send a plane to repatriate the 200 defrauded Nigerian citizens currently stranded in Russia. Steve Ugbah, Nigerian ambassador to Russia who made this known while addressing a news conference on Tuesday, said”“my foreign minister and I spoke yesterday. “The foreign minister spoke to President Muhammadu Buhari. He approved that these Nigerians […]
About 20 Nigerian soldiers are missing after a clash with Boko Haram militants in the northeast of the country, security sources said on Monday, though the military denied reports that some troops could not be found. The confrontation between militants and troops took place on Saturday in the Bama area of Borno, the state worst […]
In a bid to boost the economic development of Nigeria through Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) on Thursday, held a lecture for policy makers. The lecture is aimed at creating an environment that will help tackle the many challenges faced by MSMEs, including challenges relating […]
The National Broadcasting Commission has shut down the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State (BSES) for allegedly breaching provisions of the Broadcasting Code. The commission’s Southwest monitoring chief Professor Armstrong Idachaba cited breach of the electoral act and broadcasting code by the media outfit, after Governor Ayodele Fayose went on air to announce alleged fake results […]
Italy is increasingly taking a tough stand against migrants. Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has accused some migrants of hijacking the ship that rescued them off the Libyan coast. It is alleged that in order to avoid being returned to Libya, at least two passengers forced the ship to turn away from the inbound Libyan […]
The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Adedamola Kuti, on Wednesday in Lagos said that the emergency rehabilitation/maintenance of the Third Mainland Bridge project would begin on July 27. Kuti disclosed this stakeholders’ meeting at the Ministry of Works office in Lagos. He said that the repair works on the bridge would be staggered over […]
At least 22,000 people have fled their homes and need humanitarian aid following last month’s violence between herders and farmers in central Nigeria, the Red Cross said on Tuesday.“The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in close cooperation with the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), is responding to the most urgent needs of more […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has had a fireside chat with Mr. Allen Blue, Co-Founder of LinkedIn, where he assured him that Nigeria was open to business. Osinbajo arrived in California where he will be headlining a number of investment forums in the San Francisco area and Los Angeles, promoting tech innovation and entertainment industries. He […]
Nigeria’s military command says it has handed to the government and the United Nations more than 180 former child soldiers who had been arrested or rescued in various military operations in Nigeria’s northeast. Commander Nicholas Rogers said Monday during the handover ceremony in Maiduguri that the children were former Boko Haram fighters being turned over […]