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Bichi and Rano emirates in Kano State has raised fresh application challenging the interlocutory injunction filed by Kano Concerned Elders against the new emirate council laws. In their separate applications before Kano Chief Judge, Justice Nura Sagir, the communities sought ...

Cross River State Governor, Benedict Ayade, has distanced himself from the plight of Agba Jalingo, who has been held by security agencies for alleged treason. Ayade, who fielded questions from State House Correspondents after a closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari ...

Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has urged management of the ministry and heads of River Basin Development Authorities to prioritise completion of all water projects within five years. Adamu made the call in a communiqué issued in Abuja after ...

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has disclosed that the Federal Government will begin reconstruction of the Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa expressway next month. He stated this during an inspection of ongoing federal road projects in Osun State yesterday. The Federal Executive ...

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has disclosed that the Federal Government has assured that the 2019 Finance bill recently signed into law by President Muhammed Buhari will curtail government’s excessive borrowing. Mustapha said this when ...

The Delta State Government in collaboration with the Nigerian Export, Import Bank (NEXIM) will host the South-South geo-political zone’s Export Enlightenment and Engagement Programme from Tuesday, January 28 and Thursday, January 30, 2020 in Asaba. The programme with the theme, ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a suit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to order President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, governors and their deputies to publish details of their assets. Specifically, it requested an ...

The Senate has clarified on its move to investigate alleged involvement of Deputy President, Ovie Omo-Agege in the stealing of mace during the Eighth Assembly, declaring that it may close the case as soon as practicable. Senate’s position is coming ...

The Niger Delta Accountability and Development Coalition (NDADC) has warned that recent actions of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC’s) Interim Management Committee (IMC) may undermine its forensic audit as earlier directed by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement by ...

The National Assembly (NASS) has disclosed that it is working towards making laws that will aid the development of main and mini-grids to boost electricity supply in the country. A grid is a network of wires and cables through which ...