The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday declared that Lagos has officially joined the League of Oil Producing States in Nigeria following the discovery of crude oil by Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Company Limited in Badagry, Lagos. Read More…

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the agency was indeed probing and collating evidence against former president, Goodluck Jonathan and other accomplices in the arms purchase scandal. Read More…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met briefly behind closed door with Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike. Read More…

The former Niger Delta war lord, Ateke Tom has warned the faceless newly formed Niger Delta Avengers to stop causing more harm to the region through their criminal activities, saying that attack on oil installations would only bring pains and suffering to the people of the region. Read More…

The Federal Government has invited the leadership of organised labour to a meeting in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday to discuss the increase of fuel pump price from N86 and N86.50k to N145. Read More…

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said she is attending to the advice by human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), asking the Federal Government to focus on recovering about $200bn outstanding revenue instead of obtaining foreign loans. Read More…

Three suspected militants have been killed in a gun battle with operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the creeks of Bayelsa State. Read More…

The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, has described as untrue allegation by an ex-militant, Israel Akpodoro,  that former President Goodluck Jonathan founded the Niger Delta Avengers. Read More…

To cushion the harsh effect of the new pump price of Premium Motor Spirt, PMS also called petrol on the people, the presidency is set to implement the N500 billion earmarked in the 2016 budget for social welfare. Read More…

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The founder and general overseer of Day Spring Family Chapel, Egbeda area, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, Pastor Isaiah Ojo has been accused of defiling a 7-year-old girl in his church. Read More…

The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) said on Saturday it would stand strongly in support of the federal government’s resolve to fully deregulate the downstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry. Read More…

SaharaReporters on Friday published the phone numbers of 15 of Nigeria’s Federal Ministers and the Vice President on Facebook and Twitter as part of its efforts to enhance governmental transparency and accountability in the country. Read More…

EARING any last minute alteration, organised labour and its civil society allies have resolved to shut down Nigeria from Wednesday, May 18, over the hike in the pump price of petrol announced by the federal government last Wednesday. Read More…

The National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDE-A, has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of founding the new militant group known as Niger Delta Avengers. Read More…

The Rivers State Police Command has foiled an armed robbery attempt on a new generation bank located in GRA, Port Harcourt. Read More…

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Ikeja District Society, on Friday commended the Federal Government over the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry. Read More…

A civil society organisation, Stand Up Nigeria, SUN, has called on Nigerians to shun the threat by Senator Dino Melaye, to mobilise Nigerians to protest the pump price hike by the federal government. Read More…

The Federal Government on Friday alerted Nigerians to the outbreak of a killer disease known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome in the country. Read More…

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to disclose to Nigerians the amount his government has so far recovered from those who looted the nation’s treasury on May 29. Read More…