Sixty Nigerian prisoners granted pardon by the Ethiopian Government have remained in the detention facility following failures of the Nigerian Embassy in Ethiopia to process their evacuation. The freed Nigerians in a Save Our Soul (SoS) message lamented that despite their pardon on March 26 to decongest prisons in response …

The management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has applied to a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to be handed 46 property, including houses and parcels of land in Bayelsa, Delta and Edo states and Abuja seized from the agency’s ex-Chairman, Ngozi Olejeme. Justice Taiwo Taiwo had, …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has insisted that it is the turn of the South, particularly Ndigbo to produce the president in 2023. The organization warned that equity should not be sacrificed on the altar of parochialism since it was the rotation sentiment that produced the present incumbent. Ohanaeze was reacting to Mamman …

Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has signed into law the revised 2020 Appropriation Bill. The 2020 Budget was revised from the initial N177,340,521,174.00 to N122,848,822,913.00. Governor Lalong while performing the ceremony at the new Government House, said the revised budget became necessary because of the need to take care …

At least 289 Nigerians stranded in the United States due to coronavirus-related border closure have returned home. An Ethiopian Airlines plane conveying the evacuees took off from New Jersey on Tuesday night and is expected to land at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on today afternoon. This is the fourth …

THE  Western Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy has flagged off Exercise Okun Alafia II, a Yoruba word for Calm Water, to address insecurity in the maritime environment within its area of command, spanning Lagos up to 200 nautical miles of the nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Eight ships: NNS Prosperity, NNS Ekun, NNS Nguru, …

Ondo Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has unveiled a former Commissioner in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Lucky Ayedatiwa as his running mate for the October 10 governorship poll. Akeredolu, who spoke at the swearing-in of new aides, said Ayedatiwa possessed verifiable credentials. The Governor stated the decision to pick Ayedeatiwa …

Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has identified inadequate manpower and lack of regional cooperation as some of the factors militating against the ability of Nigeria and her neighbours to successfully wage the war against terrorism and other forms of insurgency. Nigeria and neighbouring countries of Chad, Niger and Cameroon have …

About 289 Nigerians stranded in the United States of America are expected back today. According to Special Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sarah Sanda, the evacuation flight left US on Tuesday. The flight manifest, Sanda stated, includes 135 males, 142 females and 12 infants. The evacuation flight, she …

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been holding on to N900 billion of lenders’ deposits as Cash Reserve Ration (CRR) since January. By the CRR policy, banks have a mandate to keep 27.5 per cent of all deposits  with the CBN. The CRR is a portion of bank’s deposit …