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The unaccessed Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) matching grants to state governments currently stand at N73 billion, the Executive Secretary, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has disclosed. He made the disclosure in his presentation to members of the House of Representatives Committee ...

HOPE Democratic Party (HDP) has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) 48 hours to re-register it or risk an N2 trillion lawsuit. The organisation was among the 74 political parties that were deregistered by the electoral umpire last Thursday. ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja on a fresh seven-count charge revolving around money ...

As President Muhammadu Buhari has wooed investors into Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, international oil companies (IOCs) and other stakeholders in the industry expressed concern over the declining foreign direct investments (FDIs) into the country owing to government’s seeming unwillingness ...

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has explained the delay in the submission of its 2014 to 2016 accounts. The clarification followed an inquiry by the National Assembly after the office of the Auditor General of the Federation had alleged ...

The House of Representatives has flayed the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) for allegedly concealing its internally generated revenue (IGR) between 2014 and 2019. The green chamber expressed its anger when the agency’s General Manager Finance, Mr. Peter Joshua, ...

The police have killed two wanted commanders of the Ansaru Terror Group but lost one inspector, Mohammed Abubakar, attached to the Police Special Forces during Wednesday’s operation at Kuduru forest, Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna State. According to the police, 13 other officers ...

Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed that the primary healthcare centres have been standardised to provide 24 hours service. He made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja while declaring open a two-day meeting with commissioners of health from the ...

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has said that those fomenting crisis in the state, no matter how highly placed, will be arrested and prosecuted. Ortom stated this at the Government House, Makurdi when he received report from the commission of ...

Edo State High Court sitting in Ekpoma has retrained the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from conducting congresses tomorrow across the councils of the state. The restraining order contained in suit number HEK/9/2020 was filed by PDP ...