The outgoing secretary-general of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo has died. The managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited Mele Kyari said Barkindo died about 11 pm on Tuesday, hours after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari. "Certainly a great loss to his immediate family, the NNPC, our country Nigeria, the…

Gunmen attacked the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja with explosives on Tuesday. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Abubakar Umar, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Umar said that some yet-to-be-identified gunmen attacked the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje in the Federal Capital Territory about 10…

An advance convoy of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari was ambushed and attacked on Tuesday in his home state Katsina. The attack happened in Dutsinma, about 152 kilometres from Buhari's hometown of Daura. Buhari's spokesman Garba Shehu said the convoy included an advance team of security guards, protocol and media officers. “The attackers opened fire on…

It is still uncertain times in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as delay in reconciling post-convention crisis has affected preparation for Osun State governorship election..

It was the same old stories, yesterday, as stakeholders converged on Abuja in search of ways to finance energy projects in Nigeria amid uncertain future and severe energy crisis.