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By Edith Ike-Eboh The Federal Government has inaugurated a new Nigerian Gas Transportation Network Code (NGTNC) to enhance gas production and revenue generation in the country. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva inaugurated the code at ...

Adoke rejects EFCC custody, prefers Kuje prison A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), on Monday, expressed his preference to be remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre to the custody of the Economic and ...

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has pledged to turn around the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) to enable it compete with the likes of Cable News Network (CNN) if the $500m loan the ministry requested is approved. He stated ...

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered for the arrest of Emeh James Anyalekwa, publisher of Igbere TV News and National President, Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN).

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, said on Monday that he knew a former governor in one of the South-West states who had a killer squad that helped him to eliminate his political opponents.

Press Statement: The Killings In Plateau – Statement By The Fulani Nationality Movement, (Funam) – We Remain Solid And Unshaken By The Wind Our attention has been drawn to the series of campaigns being waged against the FULANI NATIONALITY following ...

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari not to destroy the unity and foundation of the country with his nepotistic appointments.

A lot of dramas have happened in Imo state after the Supreme Court announced Hope Uzodinma the Imo state governor.

Popular human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a complete failure.

The President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd . ) , on Tuesday, described banditry as “ one evil plan against the country”. He stated that before the elections, everyone knew about Boko Haram, but admitted that today , ...