Strong indications emerged last night that youths in Benue State in a bid to counter the recurring attacks by Fulani herdsmen in the state may have...
The price of crude oil rose further Thursday exceeding $68 per barrel, its highest since May 2015, supported by unrest in Iran and raising concern about...
Based on a document obtained by Daily Trust, oil marketers collected a total of $3.075 billion from government to import fuel at the rate of N305...
The Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, Paul Unongo, has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of being the chief financier and most influential member of...
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said yesterday that it would go ahead with the conduct of the Anambra Central Senatorial re-run, which it earlier scheduled...
Contrary to reports making the rounds that the date for the planned sale of 9mobile has been shifted from January 16 to February 16, 2018, the...
After a two-week of recuperation, former Senate President David Mark was back yesterday at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with alleged N5.4billion...
Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Intelligence Unit (NCIU) have uncovered a concealed box containing 70 rounds of live ammunition in a 20 foot container at the...
Following the outrage that trailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent appointment of dead people into the boards of Federal Government’s agencies, the President has ordered the Secretary...
Commuters on the Abuja to Kaduna will enjoy two hourly train services when the two new locomotives and ten new coaches are deployed, Daily Trust has...
Kakatar Construction and Engineering Ltd and its Managing Director, Azibaola Robert, are not part of any scam involving alleged diversion of monies allegedly meant to settle...
The poaching of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislators by the All Progressives Congress (APC) is unlikely to abate despite the outcry by the leadership of the...
THE Federal Government is considering payment of N800 billion fuel subsidy arrears to oil marketers, provision of tax holidays and other incentives as part of measures...
Within a space of about 16 hours, the country’s electricity grid collapsed twice, leaving many parts of the country in total blackout. It was learnt that...
Detectives have uncovered the alleged award of N279,675,796 phony contracts at a Federal Government agency. Nigeria Hydrological Service Agency (NIHSA) Director-General Moses Oluwatoyin Beckley and seven...
Energy drink producers are now positioning their products based on product innovation and repackaging on the backdrop of rising concerns over consumers’ health. The health concern...
The Nigerian port users are counting their losses occasioned by a variety of factors, especially the recession that hit the economy as well as the deplorable...
The All Progressives Congress has dismissed opposition claims that President Muhammadu Buhari’s January 1st nationwide address is an indication that the restructuring debate is over. The...
Apparently scandalised by the acute petrol scarcity, which marred the Yuletide celebrations, the federal government is set to review the $6 billion Direct Sale-Direct Purchase (DSDP)...
In an outright rejection of the allegation of padding the yet-to-be passed 2018 budget, the executive arm of government, yesterday, described as spurious and mischievous, claims...
The House of Representatives on Monday accused the Federal Government of illegally reintroducing subsidy on the Premium Motor Spirit. It said Nigerians deserved an explanation on...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said it would be more meticulous in its approval process for any IT project to be embarked upon...
The New Year celebration turned tragic in Rivers State as gunmen opened fire indiscriminately at people returning from the church in the early hours of Monday...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may have decided to go ahead with the conduct of the re-run election for the vacant Anambra Central senatorial seat...
Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Muhammed, yesterday urged Nigerians to brace up as the new year maycome with more misery and suffering for the people. He told...
The deadline for the sale of 9Mobile, formerly Etisalat Nigeria, lapsed yesterday without the process producing a major buyer. The Guardian learnt that the five bidders...
FOLLOWING the recent directive of the National Pension Commission, PenCom, which limits access to such contribution after retirement, employees making voluntary contributions into their Retirement Savings...
Armed policemen and officers of the Department of State Services kept vigil, as usual at the Cedar Crest Hospital, Gudu District, Abuja, welcoming the New Year...
The Lagos State Government has recovered N13 million paid into accounts of dead colleagues and overpaid salaries of staff in its ministries and parastatals. This is...
One week after a deadly attack on Atan Ota, Ogun State by land grabbers, traumatised residents have begged Governor Ibikunle Amosun and the state police command...
Four days after the only son of President Muhammadu Buhari, Yusuf, was involved in a motorbike crash in the Gwarinpa area of Abuja, reliable sources at...
Crisis has erupted in Garkem, Bekwara Local Government Area of Cross River State over the alleged killing of one Edward by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)....
Abuja, some petty sellers close to the hospital are happy about the boost in their sales due to the influx of dignitaries, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt....
Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) has denied the allegation that over N3 billion was missing from the funds allocated to it in 2015. In a statement by...
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello, yesterday said the Federal Government is capable of realizing more than N17bn per annum...
There are indications that the wife of the president, Aisha Buhari has been hospitalised following trauma she suffered after the shocking news of the condition of...
The Federal Government, through the Department of Petroleum Resources, has sealed over 62 petrol stations across the country. The petrol stations were shut down due to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered over N27.7billion from six banks being unremitted withholding tax on dividends. Also, about seven more banks were...
Doctors at Cedarcrest Hospitals, Abuja Thursday continued their efforts to stabilise Yusuf, the only son of President Muhammadu Buhari, who had a power-bike crash on Tuesday...
Some bridges in Lagos are at a risk of buckling under the weight of parked heavy-duty trucks. The Ijora, Eko and Carter Bridges are under great...
With the December 31, 2017 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for Micro-Finance Banks (MFBs) to enrol their customers on the Bank Verification...
There is no sign of improved electricity supply to Nigerians as the nation recorded an average power sent out of 4,108MW on December 26, data from...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives have quizzed a former Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Mallam Suleiman Dikko, for alleged N20billion...
At least 36 prison inmates escaped yesterday during an attack on Ikot Ekpene Prison in Akwa-Ibom State. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Ogbajie...
As the effects of the lingering fuel scarcity bite harder on the citizenry, some unpatriotic Nigerians have made and still making huge fortunes from this unsavoury...
Amidst recent upsurge in the importation of arms and ammunition into the country, maritime industry stakeholders are in tango over usage of scanners at the nation’s...
The Major Marketers Association of Nigeria confirmed that its members, including Total Nigeria Plc, 11 Plc (formerly Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc), Oando Plc, Conoil Plc, MRS...
President Muhammadu Buhari has set up a 17-man fact-finding mission to bring back Nigerians trapped in Libya. The team may also open talks with Libyan authorities...
Uneasy calm has enveloped Owerri, following the renaming of Assumpta Avenue by Governor Rochas Okorocha, to Muhammadu Buhari Road. The Road which was named after the...
The Deposit Money Banks in the country have set up a multimillion-naira fund to fight scammers as the banking sector continues to record rising cases of...
