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This is all nice and good, but if this is as a result of bribery in Nigeria, what is happening to the Nigerian officials who were at the receiving end of the bribes?
We are not talking of an investigation that concluded with a slap on the wrist against Halliburton, but one that led to $559 [...]

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has summoned British Airways to its office to explain why it allegedly maltreated some passengers in its aircraft, BA83, which emitted smoke in the cockpit while airborne on its way to London from Abuja, forcing it to land at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Saturday night.
The industry regulator [...]

True to the speculation which has been making the round for sometime, former Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih, has emerged Chairman of the Board of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA).
The Federal Government announced the reconstitution of the governing boards of some federal institutions and agencies yesterday.
A statement from the office of the Secretary to [...]

Is there anyone out there who still believes the Nigeria Police have any semblance of normalcy in them? Last month, they got an innocent by-stander, Blessing Alawode, riddled her corpse with bullets, dressed her up in charms, and then paraded the corpse as that of the leader of an Armed Robbery gang.
While that issue remains [...]

ABUJA—The Police Authorities have engaged services of 21 seasoned lawyers to engage the pioneer Chairman of EFCC, Mr Nuhu Ribadu in an on-going legal battle ignited by him to reverse his dismissal from the Nigeria Police Force.
The police made the disclosure on a day Ribadu described as unfortunate the statement credited to the Police [...]

Does the President-elect of America, Barack Obama, have roots in Nigeria? The Obama community in Rivers State says yes, claiming that the great-great-great grandfather of the next US President, who assumes office tomorrow, is their “kith and kin”.
The community, which is in present-day Bakana in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, said the name [...]

MIXED reactions have continued to trail the surprise visit by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to his former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo at his Abeokuta home, Monday.
The former Vice-President, with Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State, who President Olusegun Obasanjo described as the “facilitator” held a closed door meeting with the former President which lasted about [...]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has threatened to revoke the operating license of Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators that sell official foreign exchange above the two per cent maximum spread.
CBN Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo was said to have given this warning during a meeting with the executive council of Association of Bureaux De Change [...]

The Federal Government has rescinated its decision to suspend the execution of the $8.5billion contract for the rehabilitation of the Nigeria Railways.
Minister of Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Bio, said the government had now decided that the project cannot be abandoned at this stage and as such should be reactivated.
A statement signed by the Assistant [...]

THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in collaboration with the Lagos State Government has begun investigation into the discovery of a fake brand of paracetamol syrup in the market that is capable of causing kidney failure and, ultimately, death in children.
However, the authorities declined to give the name of the [...]