Nigeria can’t meet December deadline of crushing Boko Haram

PanARMENIAN.Net - Nigeria says it cannot meet President Muhammadu Buhari's December deadline to crush Boko Haram's Islamic uprising in the northeast, the Associated Press reports.

Air Commodore Yusuf Anas of the Center for Crisis Communication said on Thursday, November 26, the deadline was "not tenable."

He warns Nigerians to not view December as a "sacrosanct date when all suicide bombings will end."

Forces from Nigeria and neighboring Chad earlier this year drove the extremists out of areas they had proclaimed an Islamic caliphate. Recently,

Customs warns importers against trading in banned goods

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday warned importers against trading in goods banned by the Federal Government.
Malam Sani Madugu, the Area Controller, Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U.) Zone `A` Ikeja, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
“We always mention those items that have been banned,

Senate orders NNPC to end fuel scarcity in two weeks

NNCPC chief, Ibe Kachikwu

The Senate on Thursday ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and all the agencies under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to end petroleum products’ scarcity in the country within two weeks.

The upper chamber also said notable sharp practices including discrepancies in prices of petroleum products, especially Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and hoarding of products should be stopped forthwith.

1. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Lilian Ekwunife, gave the order at a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and its parastatals in Abuja.

The Senate had on Tuesday asked its committee on Petroleum (Downstream) to investigate the circumstances surrounding the perennial fuel scarcity in the country.

Senator Ekwunife insisted that Nigerians are not interested in efforts being made by the NNPC, Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and other agencies to ease the biting fuel scarcity in parts of the country.

Court dismisses Nigerian government’s application on ex-NSA, Sambo Dasuki

Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser, Nigeria

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application of the Federal Government seeking to compel the presence of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, in court throughout his trial.

In defiance of a previous court order, the State Security Service has refused to vacate the Abuja residence of Mr. Dasuki.

The SSS has also placed him on restriction,

Nigeria And The Sustainable Development Goals: Setting The Course To 2030

President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly September 28, 2015 at the United Nations in New York. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT

In September this year, under a relatively quiet banner, the Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”) were announced as part of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Created to replace the expiring Millennium Development Goals (“MDGs”), the SDGs build upon the tenets of its predecessor in addressing the many cruel dimensions of poverty; combatting inequality and injustice more holistically; and widening the breadth of the environmental targets to tackle climate change.

Despite the positive development of the SDGs,

Nigeria: Buhari to intervene in MTN negotiations

LAGOS, Nigeria 

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is to have the final say in the negotiations on the $5.2 billion fine imposed on the telecoms giant MTN on Oct. 26 for breaching rules governing registration of subscribers, the country's communication minister said Thursday.

"I don’t think there is any conflicting position on where government stands on the MTN issue," Adebayo Shittu said in a speech. 

"Recall that there were violations by MTN. The violations were to the tune of five million subscribers. There are many countries where subscribers,

Alpha Group hosts delegation from Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.

Alpha Group of Companies’ Chairman/CEO, Mr. Sheikh Mohamed Bayorh, and senior executives from leading prominent companies in UAE welcomed the Nigerian Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Honorable Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, and senior executives from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) this week at the Burj Al Arab.

The Honorable Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, Minister of State Petroleum Resources of Nigeria and senior NNPC officials met with a diverse group of government officials and leading energy companies to debate potential investment opportunities in Nigeria. Delegation from UAE included HE Suhail Al Mazrouei,