After years of litigation, the Federal Government of Nigeria has recovered the Ajaokuta Steel Complex in Kogi State. Speaking in an interview with journalists at the National Assembly complex, a Senator lawmaker representing Kogi state, Smart Adeyemi said the federal government is also in the process of negotiating the return of the Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe, also the state. The Federal Government has ...

The Senate Committee on Privatization and Commercialization has kicked against the proposed guided liquidation of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) saying that the plan is not in the best interest of the country. Speaking in an interview with journalists at the National Assembly Complex, the Chairman Senate Committee on Privatization, Olugbenga Obadara said the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE ...

Recently, President Goodluck Jonathan said that Nigeria was currently facing its worst security challenges in recent times. This crisis is in various forms; communal, religious, political and socio-economic with varying degree of casualty, mostly innocent citizens of this country. On 14 May, President Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three northern Nigerian states, Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, and orde ...

It was an interesting first day at the kick-off of the Channels National Kids Cup as a total of 49 goals were scored in six matches. First timers, School Road Primary School from Abia State secured the first win of the competition, defeating Lagos State representative Toyibat Nursery and Primary School 4 - 3. In a spectacular display of resilience, pupils from Uguomili Primary School, Anambra State defeated ...

As the footballing world gears up for the biggest and last game of the season – the Champions League finals at Wembley, there are many things we can look forward to which will make the match as interesting and pulsating as it is billed to be. The might of Bundesliga will be on full display and the stadium could be mistaken for one in Germany. Legions of German fans are expected to make the atmosphere quite ...

The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has expressed concern over the funding mechanism used to finance power projects. The Minister is calling for a special intervention fund for the power sector, besides budgetary allocations. Prof. Nebo, in an interview with some journalists in Abuja, said unless something serious happens to ensure power projects are not stopped midway, the sector was at the risk of ...

The Adamawa Government on Tuesday reduced official working hours in the state by one hour, to ease the difficulties civil servants face since it imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew. The 6pm-to-6am curfew was imposed last Wednesday to reinforce the current State of Emergency in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Kobis Aris,  said workers would now close at 3pm. He explained in a statement: "Sequel t ...

Consequent upon the directive of the President, the Defence Headquarters is to release from detention a number of persons being held in connection with terrorist activities in Nigeria. The move, according to the defence spokesman, Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade, is in furtherance of the Federal Government's position regarding the requests by the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Reconciliation. He s ...

The police have discovered that the pseudo motherless babies home located in Umuaka community of Imo State had held pregnant teenage  girls hostage until they delivered their babies, with some of them allegedly bringing the pregnancy from their homes. Initial reports of the fake orphanage claimed that a young man who was arrested with the girls was employed to get them pregnant. The building in which the te ...

The Special Forces deployed to rid the nation of any act of terrorism that has been rocking the northern region of the country has apprehended 65 persons confirmed to be terrorists, attempting to infiltrate Maiduguri while fleeing from various camps now under attack by the Special Forces deployed after President Goodluck Jonathan declared State of Emergency on three northern States that were fast becoming t ...