Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has maintained that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was constitutionally right in detaining the convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo ...
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Ignore publication on recruitment, NECO tells Nigerians
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has urged Nigerians to disregard a publication claiming that the examination body plans to recruit new members of staff. NECO’s Head of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja, ...
Read More »How our people’s resilience helped us to stay in office, by Wike, Tambuwal
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal, have attributed their reelection to the resilience of their people against every attempt to rig the 2019 governorship polls. They stated this at the 2020 Rivers State New ...
Read More »Experts urge all levels of government to provide infrastructure, jobs for economic growth
An economist, Professor Olanrewaju Olaniyan yesterday underscored the need for all tiers of government to improve on infrastructure and jobs creation to enhance the country’s economic growth and development. Olaniyan, a Director at the Centre for Sustainable Development, University of ...
Read More »FG borrowed N16tr in four years with no projects to show for the funds, Galadima alleges
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Buba Galadima has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government borrowed N16tr in the last four years with nothing to show for it in the country. Speaking in Abuja yesterday, Galadima, ...
Read More »FG borrowed N16tr in four years with no projects to show for the funds, Galadima alleges
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Buba Galadima has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government borrowed N16tr in the last four years with nothing to show for it in the country. Speaking in Abuja yesterday, ...
Read More »Delta first lady charges corporate organisations on CSR, lauds Fidelity Bank on medical outreach
Wife of Delta State Governor, Edith Okowa has enjoined corporate bodies and wealthy individuals to give back to their communities through humanitarian services. She gave the charge as Fidelity Bank Plc donated over 500 medicated eyeglasses and conducted 33 successful ...
Read More »NAPTIP plans to move anti-trafficking activities to borders
Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has vowed to sustain anti-human trafficking activities in the nation’s land, air and sea borders She disclosed that the agency plans to have NAPTIP’s personnel ...
Read More »Court grants SERAP rights to details of $460m spent on Abuja CCTV project
A Federal High Court, Abuja has granted the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) leave for the Federal Government to disclose details of how a $460m loan obtained in 2010 from China to fund the Abuja Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) ...
Read More »Border closure not in breach of free trade agreement, FG insists
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, has said Federal Government’s closure of the nation’s land borders is not in breach of the free trade agreement in the West African sub-region. The minister stated this in Abuja at the ...
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