The bombing of a Chevron Offshore facility by some members of a militant group in the Niger Delta, about 11:15pm on Wednesday, has been confirmed by the Defence Headquarters on Thursday. Chevron, an operator of a joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said the attack occurred on Wednesday. It is the latest […]
Continue ReadingFormer President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday condemned what he described as “the rivalry for supremacy among Yoruba monarchs’’. Obasanjo was speaking when the new Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, paid him a courtesy visit at his hilltop residence in Abeokuta, Ogun. The former president described the rivalry as “a distraction which can result […]
Continue ReadingThe office of the Minister of Transport said its attention has been drawn to reports in the media that tends to infer and/or suggest that immediate past governor of Rivers State and now Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi surreptitiously and clandestinely ‘leaked’ a letter written by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) […]
Continue ReadingNot less than 110 Nigerians and companies have so far been identified by PREMIUM TIMES in the leaked internal data of Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonsecca, as operators of offshore shell companies in tax havens. Prominent among the new names being revealed today, in addition to the several that were published in the past one […]
Continue ReadingIn its bid to offer more comprehensive logistics solutions that will enhance clients’ optimal satisfaction and reposition the brand to consolidate its leading position in the industry, one of Nigeria’s foremost logistics companies, Red Star Express Group has appointed new Executive Directors for the group and Divisional Managing Directors for its subsidiaries. The subsidiaries are […]
Continue ReadingSome members of the Islamic terror group, Boko Haram, attacked troops in Borno state with anti-aircraft guns, this is as confirmed by Nigeria army on Thursday. In a statement issued on Thursday by Sani Usman, army spokesman, the army says soldiers were attacked by insurgents “who came in anti-aircraft guns”, but they were warded off. “Yesterday, […]
Continue ReadingReacting to claims that he is on the run, Femi Fani-Kayode has emphatically stated that he is not running from the EFCC or anyone, as he has not even been contacted by the anti-graft agency. His Statement: I have just read some absurd reports in the media that quoted their sources in the EFCC as […]
Continue ReadingEmir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi 11, has revealed that nobody that had a confrontation with the former Minister Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, survived such an effrontery. This, Sanusi said, was because the former minister was one of the most powerful ministers under Jonathan. He said, “I […]
Continue ReadingThe Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday called on the Nigerian Government to drop all criminal charges against journalist Jacob Dickson and release him without delay. According to a statement made available to the press in Dakar on Wednesday by the CPJ, Dickson has been held in pre-trial detention on incitement charges since Friday. […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will today, Thursday arraign a retired Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Sambo, before an FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on a one-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N10 million. Mr. Sambo, who connived with Nuhu […]
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