archive2018

The Federal Government said it recovered more than N143.89 billion from corrupt officials through the implementation of the Whistle Blower policy. The Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) disclosed this in a report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. The report showed that...

  Leaders and stakeholders from the northern part of the country rose from a meeting at the weekend, declaring that none of the politicians currently in power is deserving of their support in the 2019 general election. Citing lack of ability to find a solution to the rampant killings and...

  The Nigerian Army has said that it has no record of deserted Sergeant David Bako, who was reported to have leaked how Dapchi girls abduction was planned and executed with N80 million. The Army disassociated itself from the report and requested the public to disregard the confession made by...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the call by former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (retd), that Nigerians should defend themselves against killers, is yet another testimony of the tragic situation which the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have dragged the nation...

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said on Sunday that the Federal Government has no ulterior motive behind the letter she sent to the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, on cash assets recovered by the agency between May 2015 and January 2018....

  The Ogun State Government has commended Promasidor Nigeria Limited for initiating a career guidance workshop for secondary school students, describing it as a laudable effort towards the development of education and youth empowerment in the country. Speaking at the second edition of Promasidor Harness Your Dream programme, organised by...

An erstwhile Secretary to the Osun State Government, Engr Fatai Akinbade, has enjoined the people of the state to continue to work and pray for the emancipation of the state from its present bondage as foisted on them by the Rauf Aregbesola administration. The former SSG maintained that this had...

      Card-to-card payments disrupter PaySend continues to bring a new generation of money transfers to the African market through its new partnership with Access Bank Nigeria. PaySend’s rapidly expanding business now operates in more than 60 countries and it is looking to boost its presence across Africa. Ronald...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the Abebe family as well as the government and people of Edo State on the death of Dr Christopher Abebe, aged 99. President Buhari in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, on Friday, also...

  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said secession is not recognised as an offence in the Nigerian laws and is therefore questioning the jurisdiction of the Federal High court sitting in Abuja to proceed with the trial of four of her members over treasonable felony. The group said...