The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of the former chairman of the Presidential Task Team on Pension Reform, ABDULRAHEED MAINA, in the Niger Republic. Force Public Relations Officer, D.C.P FRANK MBAH, said MAINA was arrested in Niamey after he jumped bail in a case of alleged two-billion-naira fraud. D.C.P MBAH said the Nigeria Police Force…
The Federal Government has signed a deal for the importation and storage of petroleum products from Niger Republic. The petrol import is meant to come from a fifteen-thousand-barrel excess production by Soraz Refinery in Niger Republics, which has the capacity to produce twenty thousand barrels per day. However; Niger Republic’s total domestic petrol requirement is about five…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI and the Federal Government has welcomed a complaint by a group of British citizens over the handling of incidents of violent attacks and killings in Nigeria. Presidential spokesman, GARBA SHEHU, said that government appreciate the seriousness of the concerns from the UK lawmakers, legal experts and campaigners. SHEHU said government welcomes the attention paid…
The Federal Executive Council has approved a contract of nearly two billion dollars for a rail line that runs into Niger Republic. The Minister of Transportation, ROTIMI AMAECHI, said the one point nine-five-nine billion dollars’ rail track would run through the Nigerians cities of Kano, Dutse, Katsina, Jibia and Maradi in Niger Republic. AMAECHI told State House…