The Nigerian government is currently negotiating a fresh $14.4 billion loan which is about N5.9 trillion to finance two rail lines in the country. Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi disclosed this in an interview with Bloomberg. According to the minister, Standard Chartered Plc, a British multinational bank will be ...

  Friends and family are mourning the demise of Ebenezer Ayeni, a gospel music producer reportedly killed by armed robbers in Oyo State. Naija News learnt that the gospeller was attacked and shot at in Ibadan, Oyo state capital on Thursday, June 10. A friend of the deceased who disclosed ...

Police embark on show of force ahead of June 12 protest The police command in Oyo on Thursday embarked on a show of force in major areas of the state over an alleged invasion of armed bandits amid the proposed June 12 protests The police command in Oyo on Thursday ...

Veteran actress and philanthropist, Halima Abubakar has once again impressed her fans as she looks absolutely radiant and stunning in her new collection of pictures released today. Halima Abubakar, who has proved her mettle as one of the longest standing and relevant actresses, is not relenting on her oars. She ...

    PSociety gazette reports that the leader of Christ Apostolic Church, Prophet SK Abiara has visited the widow of Prophet TB Joshua who was called to glory last weekend. Several sympathisers have gone to the deceased house to console his widow and the CAC Leader has just joined the ...

Society gazette reports that a pastor in Kajola, near Osogbo, the Osun State capital, Olagunju Adetunji, was on Wednesday paraded by the state police command for being in possession of human hands and legs. Also paraded alongside the 40-year-old pastor were Rasheed Ajani, Saka Akeem, Abiodun Adetimilehin and Adewumi Gbadamosi, ...

  The president’s comment comes amidst the rise in the activities of bandits in some states in the two zones. President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he has given the military and police a marching order to be ruthless on bandits in the North-west and North-central zones. The president stated ...

The Federal Government through the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, has begun the payment of the consequential adjustment to pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme, DBS. The Executive Secretary of PTAD, Chioma Ejikeme, disclosed this development through a statement by the Directorate’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Gbenga Ajayi, informing ...

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has called various parties’ calls for Nigeria’s breakup “idiotic.” He said this at the luncheon and investiture of Kehinde Isijola as the new chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), Ogun State branch, on Wednesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State. He criticized proposals for secession ...

According to a news that was posted by Linda Ikeji Blog this morning, it was alleged that the operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have successfully apprehended two robbers, whose names were given as Fidelis Francis, 28 and Lukman Jimoh, 40, for allegedly robbing a branch of RCCG in ...