A Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday granted N100, 000 bail to a boxer, Bashiru Ali (a.k.a.Bash Ali) docked for alleged criminal trespass. The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, ordered the defendant to provide one surety in like sum that must reside within the court’s jurisdiction. He
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in a unanimous judgment has granted a reprieve to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over a $100 million Bank guarantee in a case involving it and a service company, IPCO (Nigeria) Limited. The reprieve was the latest in the protracted dispute arising from the contract between NNPC and IPCO […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has launched the country’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. The brief event took place inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting. It was attended by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of
A team of United Nations experts has arrived in Nigeria to assess the number of landmines Boko Haram terrorists have laid in the Sambisa Forest. Agnes Marcaillou, the Director, UN Mine Action Service, told a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in New York that the team arrived the country on Tuesday. According to […]
Forty Nigerians were deported on Tuesday by the Italian government for immigration and criminal offences. The deportees, comprising males and females arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 8:25pm aboard an Air Meridiana aircraft with registration number E1-FNU. The deportation is coming few days after the repatriation of 23 Nigerians for
The German government plans to repatriate 12,000 Nigerians who are seeking asylum in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Diaspora Affairs, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Tuesday at the public presentation of two books “From Libya with Tears’’ and “Practical News and Feature Writing’’ written by former Managing










