President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that the recent data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that Nigeria’s economy grew by 3.4 per cent in 2021 was a
Nigeria’s federal government has ruled out the possibility of completing the 43-year old Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill in Kogi state this year, saying its initial resolve to resume the construction
Some survivors of Monday night’s deadly attack on Kaduna bound train, have been recounting their horrible ordeal during the encounter with the bandits. At least 8 people are now known
The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has estimated that about 250 million men, women and children across the continent go on empty stomach from
A drug kingpin, who heads a syndicate operating at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and six other members of his gang have been arrested by the National Drug Law
Another forty-eight hours after bombing an Abuja-Kaduna train, killing, maiming and kidnapping passengers onboard, some daredevil terrorists, again, invaded a low cost housing estate in Zaria city, Zaria Local Government
Nigeria has lost over $14 billion yearly due to the frequent farmer-herder clashes, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday. Osinbajo made the disclosure in Lagos, while declaring this year’s
Governors of Nigeria’s 36 states have appealed the court judgment which dismissed their suit challenging the federal government’s planned deduction of $418 million from the federation account to settle debts
As many as 200 passengers might have been kidnapped during Monday’s raid on a Kaduna-bound train by dare-devil terrorists in a well-organised operation, THISDAY has learnt. A THISDAY special investigation
The Kaduna State Government has received from the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), the detailed passenger manifest for the Abuja-Kaduna train service AK9 which was attacked by terrorists on Monday. According
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mallam Mele Kyari, on Monday said the Nigerian economy had weaned itself off total dependence on oil revenues,
Forty-eight hours after attacking the Kaduna airport, killing an aviation worker and injuring many others, terrorists, on Monday, escalated their attacks by bombing an Abuja-Kaduna train, with some 970 passengers
The 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, on Monday, said, “About 12” of the terrorists that attacked the Kaduna International Airport on Saturday were killed through air strike. Briefing
Honorable Minister for Information and Culture, Lia Mohammed, speaks on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s achievements as regards infrastructure. According to the Minister, those opposing the President cannot turn a blind
Justice Emeka Nwite of the federal high court sitting in Abuja has refused bail to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari. The court, on Monday, held that the
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has warned that the livestock industry in the country might soon go bankrupt as a result of banditry, cattle rustling, kidnapping
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Sunday criticised the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for Saturday’s invasion of the Kaduna International Airport by bandits. PDP
Fourteen Nigerian governors have arrived Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE) for an Annual Investment Meeting, starting Tuesday, March 29. The gathering is expected to witness a highly engaging interaction, which
Two drug traffickers, Elvis Iro, 53 and Uwaezuoke Christian, 42, have excreted a total of 165 wraps of cocaine following their arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja by
Federal universities in Nigeria would witness total shutdown of activities following the resolve by the Senior Staff Union of Universities (SSANU) and Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) to
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