The Federal Government on Saturday announced the commencement of free train rides on the over $1.5bn new Lagos-Ibadan railway service. It said the free rides would last for four months and urged commuters to use the train service during the … Continue reading FG Begins Lagos-Ibadan Free Train Ride

Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission on Saturday expressed satisfaction over the justice meted out to the police officer that killed a Nigerian in South Africa. In a statement by the Head of Media and Public Relations Unit … Continue reading South African killings: Dabiri-Erewa Expresses Satisfaction with Court Verdict

A South African court has found a police constable, Austin Luciano Reynolds, guilty of murder for the killing of a Nigerian man, Ebuka Emmanuel Okoli. The NUSA President, Adetola Olubajo, in a statement on Saturday, said the accused was found … Continue reading South African Police Officer Found Guilty of killing Nigerian

Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) has secured two separate court judgements from English courts against Nigeria, a development that seems to plunge the Federal Government deeper into the issue it was trying to wriggle out of. But government said … Continue reading P&ID Gets Two Court Rulings Against Nigeria

A bronze statue that was looted from what is now Nigeria more than a century ago will be returned, Cambridge University in Britain says. The cockerel was taken in 1897 from the Court of Benin and given to the university … Continue reading UK Varsity to Return Looted Statue of Bronze Cockerel to Nigeria – 122 Years On

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up by four spots in the November ranking to place 31st on the ranking table. In the ranking table on the website of the world football governing body, FIFA, Nigeria garnered 1493 points as against … Continue reading Nigeria Move Four Spots on FIFA Ranking, Now 31st

Nigeria’s federal government launched its first national sexual offenders register on Monday – a database of those convicted for sexual violence since 2015 in Africa’s most populous nation. The record will be available online to better help the public, state … Continue reading FG Launches Sexual Offenders Register

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, auto manufacturers and the Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria have called on the Federal Government to sustain the closure of the borders. They argued that this would boost local manufacturing. They said this during … Continue reading Farmers, Auto Firms want Borders Closed Indefinitely