Abel Ejikeme

Nigeria’s South-South Governors Demand Increase in Oil Revenue Payments from 2.5% to 10%

Governors of Nigeria's South-South region on Tuesday have demanded an upward review from 2.5 per cent to 10 per cent…

4 years ago

Nigeria: Na’aba, Agunloye, Aremu Lead Committee to Birth Alternative to APC, PDP

The National Consultative Front, NC Front says it has set up a high powered political merger committee to facilitate the…

4 years ago

Nigeria’s Central Bank Introduces ‘Naira 4 Dollar Scheme’ to Boost Diaspora Remittances

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a scheme that rewards senders and recipients of international money transfers through…

4 years ago

Secure Nigeria in Next Few Weeks, Buhari Tells New Service Chiefs

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the newly appointed service chiefs to ensure the country is secured in a few weeks. The Nigerian leader gave the order on Friday…

4 years ago

Nigeria Begins Covid-19 Vaccination, Cyprian Nyong First to Receive Jab

Nigeria has commenced the COVID-19 vaccination campaign after the most populous African country received almost 4 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca through…

4 years ago

Nigeria Government’s Insensitivity Worsening Security, Former Governor Fayose Says

A former Governor of Ekiti State Ayodele Fayose has said Nigeria's security situation has worsened over the years because of…

4 years ago

Nigeria: Northern Forum Asks Buhari to Extend Flight Ban to Benue, Taraba, Borno States

A political and cultural association of leaders in Northern Nigeria, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on the country's…

4 years ago

Nigeria: Governor Makinde Says No Free Land For Ranching in Oyo State

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde says the state will not provide land for ranching stating that private investors who wish…

4 years ago

BREAKING: One Dead, Two Fatally Wounded as Zamfara Schoolgirls Reunion Turns Bloody

Three people were fatally shot on Wednesday in Zamfara State where the reunion of the schoolgirls with their parents turned…

4 years ago

Nigeria: President Buhari Accuses State Governors of Rewarding Bandits With Money, Vehicles

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has warned state governors on the dangers of rewarding armed bandits stating that such policies can…

4 years ago

Abducted Kagara Schoolboys Released After Nine Days in Captivity

Armed bandits have released the twenty-seven schoolboys and fourteen others that were abducted from Government Science Secondary School Kagara, in…

4 years ago

Buhari Says Government Won’t Succumb to Blackmail after Bandits Abduct 300 Schoolgirls in Northwestern Zamfara

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will not succumb to blackmail by bandits who target innocent school students in…

4 years ago

Governor Matawalle Orders Immediate Closure of Boarding Schools in Zamfara

Hours after the abduction of 317 schoolgirls in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara, the Governor, Bello Matawalle has ordered…

4 years ago

Education in Northern Nigeria is Under Attack, Amnesty Says, Condemns Zamfara Schoolgirls Abductions

International rights group, Amnesty International (AI) says the abduction of over 300 schoolgirls in northwestern Zamfara state shows that "education…

4 years ago

Hold Sheikh Gumi Responsible If Mishap Befalls Media Practitioners, Nigeria Journalists Tell International Community

The Nigeria Union of Journalists has called on authorities and the international community to hold Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi…

4 years ago

President Buhari Is AWOL, Celebrated Journalist Olojede Says

Celebrated journalist Dele Olojede says Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has been AWOL (Away Without Official Leave) amidst the serious crisis…

4 years ago

Covid Vaccines :We Have to Work with the Country We Have, Not the One We Wish We Had, Nigeria’s Disease Control Boss, Ihekweazu Says

As Nigeria prepares to receive its first batch of the Covid-19 vaccines, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has…

4 years ago

Bandits Abduct Over 300 Schoolgirls in Nigeria’s Northwestern Zamfara State

More than 300 schoolgirls have been abducted by suspected bandits from a Government Girls Secondary School in Mafara local government…

4 years ago

Buhari Warns Against Ethnic Profiling, Promises to Deal With Insurgents

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has warned against ethnic profiling promising that his administration will continue to deal with insurgents, bandits,…

4 years ago

Nigeria’s Attorney General Malami Won’t Allow New Anti-graft Boss Bawa Succeed, Sagay Says

Chairman of Nigeria's Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Itse Sagay has expressed concern that the country's attorney-general Abubakar Malami…

4 years ago