A new militant group in the Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Avengers, has allegedly blown up trunk lines belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company and Shell Petroleum Development Company in Bayelsa State. Read More…

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The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has banned grazing and rearing of cattle in the state, saying those interested in cattle farming should get their own private cattle ranch. Read More…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency, Mr. Raymond Omatseye, to five years in prison for a N1.5bn contract scam. Read More…

Some yet be identified gunmen have shot dead the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Benue State on Security Matters, Hon Igbana Denen. Read More…

SaharaReporters has learned that a second Chibok girl abducted by Boko Haram has been rescued this evening. Read More…

President Buhari receives rescued Chibok Girl, Amina Ali and Family in Statehouse. Read More…

One of the missing Chibok girls has been found in Nigeria, activists say – the first since they were taken by Boko Haram militants two years ago. Read More…

Workers in Abuja defiled the nation wide strike as virtually all civil servants at all levels reported to their respective offices against the directive of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Read More…

The Nigerian government has responded to the industrial action declared by the Nigerian Labour Congress, from Wednesday. Read More…

Despite an order of the National Industrial Court restraining the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress from going ahead with their planned strike to protest the hike in price of petrol, the strike will go ahead as planned on Wednesday, labor officials have said. Read More…

The Senate on Tuesday endorsed the Federal Government’s decision to peg the pump price of petrol at N145 per litre. Read More…

The President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Justice Babatunde Adeniran Ademjumo today granted an interim order restraining the Nigeria Labor Congress from embarking on indefinite strike slated for tomorrow to protest a hike in the price of petrol. Read More…

The scheduled appearance of Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, at the House of Representatives on Monday has left the lower chamber bitterly divided, as lawmakers bicker over whether the minister should be allowed to enter into the chamber or not. Read More…

Fierce looking members of the Nigerian Army invaded Oporoza, the traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom again in wee hours of today (Sunday) in search of Niger Delta Avengers’ members. Read More…

Main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party has broken into factions, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Read More…

The two major unions in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector on Friday endorsed the price modulation mechanism adopted by the Federal Government to arrive at the new N145 per litre pump price for premium motor spirit, popularly known as petrol. Read More…

Another explosion rocked Chevron Nigeria Limited’s facility in the oil rich Niger Delta on Friday. Read More…

A former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, has prostrated repeatedly before former President Olusegun Obasanjo, begging the former head of state to forgive him over insults he hurled at him while he (Okupe) served as spokesperson for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Read More…

Thousands of angry youth in Kano on Wednesday stormed houses belonging to their Senator and member of the House of Representatives, and set the properties alight, accusing the lawmakers of failing to fulfil their electoral promises. Read More…