Buhari signs the Endangered Species Control Bill into law

President Buhari has assented to the ‎Endangered Species Control of International Trade and Traffic Amendment Act 2016, earlier passed by the National Assembly. 

The intent of this amendment is to bring the penalty provisions in line with economic realities and to act as a deterrent or deter

Inflation rises by 92%, Exchange rate by 122% in 2016 – NBS

The sum up of Consumer Price Index (CPI) reports from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in 2016, shows that the rate of inflation in Nigeria increased essentially by 92% from 9.62% in January, to 18.5% by November this year. 

From 9.62% in January, the CPI moved to 11.38% February, 12.77% in March and 13.77% in April. Moreover, it bounced to 15.58% in May, 16.48% in June, 17.13% in

Nurse Accidentally Pulls Off Baby's Hand During Delivery In Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an auxilliary nurse, just distinguished as Oyekanmi, for her role in the passing of an infant she took devilery of in the Odogunyan, Ikorodu area of the State. 

The Punch accumulated that the casualty's mom, Adeola, had been taken to Oyekanmi's residence last Saturday when she went into labour. 

While endeavoring to force the delivery, the assistant medical attendant coincidentally

Pastor Ashimolowo loses $5m in a Ponzi scheme that promises 55% returns on investment

Kingsway International Christian Centre, a 12,000-member megachurch in Britain headed by Nigeria’s Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo, lost $4.8 million to a Ponzi scheme after trustees carelessly invested money in it. 

The scam was the brainchild of former Premier League soccer player, Richard Rufus, who used to be a defender for Charlton Athletic. He promised investors along with the church a return as high as 55%. 

The Christian Post reporting the findings of an inquiry published 14 December by the

I have no plan to contest 2019 presidential poll — GEJ

Former president Goodluck Jonathan has said that he has no plan to contest the 2019 presidential poll. GEJ, in a statement issued by his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, described online report that he held a meeting with his kinsmen in his hometown, Otuoke, where he said he was under pressure to contest in 2019 as mere “fabrication”. 

The statement read, “Our attention has just been drawn to a fabricated online publication alleging that the former President Goodluck Jonathan made

Renowned Port Harcourt-based gospel artiste, Will Adiks, assassinated on his way from a church program

Godswill Adiks a.k.a Will Adiks, was shot dead by yet to be identified gunmen, who ambushed him at the Rivers State Axis of the East-West Road, while returning from a Programme in Benin, Edo State. 

It was gathered that the gunmen had trailed his car, shot him at close range, alongside

Diaspora Nigerians remitted $35b home in 2016, highest in Africa, 3rd highest in the world

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has revealed that Nigerians living abroad remitted over $35 billion back to the country in 2016.

She stated this during her visit to the executive members of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). Dabiri-Erewa said,