Suspected links between Boko Haram and Islamic State (IS) militants appeared to have been confirmed on Wednesday following claims by the Mosul Youth Resistance Movement, Iraq.The movement, which was formed to fight IS in Mosul, reportedly killed five Boko Haram insurgents who were in training, according to BasNew.Saed Mamuzini, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Mosul spokesperson, told BasNews that the youth [...]
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President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to revive Ajaokuta Steel and Itakpe National Iron Ore Mining Companies when he assumes office.Olugbenga Okunlola, a professor and president, Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS), made the call at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.According to Okunlola, the companies have the potentials to serve as the backbone for economic diversification and industrialisation [...]

The Nsukka Platform Asaba, a socio-cultural organisation, has called on President-elect Muhammadu Buhari to appoint an indigene of Nsukka to represent Enugu state in his cabinet.The group of professionals resident in Asaba said in a statement in Asaba on Tuesday that the Enugu north senatorial zone should produce a minister in the incoming administration.The group said the area had not [...]

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has appointed Laoye Jaiyeola as its new director general to manage the affairs of the organisation.He succeeds Frank Nweke II, who retired in November 2014 after six years of service as director general.Jaiyeola’s appointment was ratified by the board of the organisation in March 2015, after his retirement as the managing director of Kakawa [...]

The shareholders funds of five commercial banks dipped by N312 million in 2014, following fines they paid to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for contravening the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act.Investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) showed that they are GTBank, Zenith Bank, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Access Bank and Sterling Bank.A breakdown of the figure [...]

About seven persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in a Sunday-night inferno that affected more than 109 shops and residential buildings in the Ijora area of Lagos state.The fire was said to have started from one of the shops where black oil was stored around 7up company in the area.Ibrahim Farinloye, south-west zonal spokesman of the national emergency management agency (NEMA), [...]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it is set to resume oil search in the Chad Basin following remarkable improvement in the security situation in the north-east.Ohi Alegbe, group general manager, group public affairs division of the corporation, said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday.The statement quoted Joseph Dawha, group managing director of NNPC, to have [...]

The Enugu state government says it is unaware of the impeachment process instituted against Sullivan Chime, governor of the state, by a 15-man faction of the state’s house of assembly.Chukwudi Achife, chief press secretary to the governor, said this in a telephone interview with NAN from Enugu on Monday.Achife described the action of the faction of the assembly led by [...]

Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, have named their second child Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, royal officials said on Monday.According to the royal report, the name pays homage to the infant princess' great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth and now deceased grandmother, Princess Diana."The princess is the fifth great-grandchild of Queen Elizabeth."Princess Charlotte is the fourth in line to the throne, behind her [...]