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Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has relaxed curfew in the state by one hour, following its Security Council meeting in Damaturu, the state capital. A statement issued by Director General Press Affairs to the Governor, Abdullahi Bego in Damaturu, ...

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has released N679.699 billion as May, 2019 entitlements to the three tiers of government. The figure includes earnings from gross statutory revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT) and sundry income exchange gains. Addressing reporters after ...

A Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) report on the 2019 general elections has blamed involvement of security services in the electoral process on government’s failure. It also blamed the development on failure of the nation’s security apparatuses to ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented that over 13 million Nigerian children of school age are out of school, insisting that no nation can develop with such statistics. Obasanjo also challenged youths to strive for leadership positions like their counterparts ...

The Federal Government is working closely with states to rid the country of kidnapping and other security challenges bedeviling the nation, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said. He made the disclosure in his message at a town hall meeting with ...

Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano, wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, the Edo branch of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), and a faith-based non-governmental organisation, Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry (CADAM), have canvassed an end to substance abuse ...

 The Imo Government has accused the Rochas Okorocha administration of carting away N50 billion of state assets. It listed them to include 60 vehicles, spoons, beddings and window curtains. The Emeka Ihedioha government had pledged to reward whistle blowers willing ...

Troops of the Nigerian Army 1 Division and other security operatives, under Exercise Harbin Kunama III, have neutralised 24 bandits and arrested 64 other suspects. General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Maj.-Gen. Faruq Yahya, who disclosed this at a press briefing ...

Rivers State government has abolished service charges in its health facilities for persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to encourage HIV patients in the state to access treatment. Governor Nyesom Wike said the state would take over the payment ...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet may not be constituted before October, especially with the threat by federal lawmakers to keep away from the National Assembly until their allowances are paid. It was learnt that two weeks after the inauguration of the ...