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  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to use this year’s Eid-el Maulud celebration to pray for the nation and rekindle our sense of national unity, fear of God and love for one another as compatriots while shunning all divisive and disruptive tendencies. The party also tasked the...

The Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) on Monday enlightened the stakeholders in various professions on the importance of management in the promotion of economic growth and the well-being of man. Dr Dawn Dekle, President, American University of Nigeria (AUN), made the remark at the 2018 lecture series organised by the...

A meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Governor’s Forum to resolve the raging dispute over the proposed N30,000 National Minimum Wage ended in a deadlock on Monday in Abuja. The meeting which took place at the Presidential Villa had the Chairman of the NGF, and Governor of Zamfara...

  ***says he deceived Nigerians with restructuring in 2019 ***says lives have been devalued, cheapened under Buhari   The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has expressed dissatisfaction with the challenges confronting Nigeria, saying that the same mistakes of previous administrations were being...

The main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP), presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,  will today launch the first leg of his campaign with the unveiling of his policy document, which he said would guide him in governing Nigeria, if he wins the election next year. The 63-page document, which...

  Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed N2.28 trillion in the third quarter (Q3) of 2018 to the three tiers of Nigeria’s government, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has disclosed. NEITI, in a statement on Sunday, said out of this sum, the Federal Government received the highest of...

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) has outlined a new $40 million lifeline for infrastructure funding for Nigeria and the rest of the continent's economies, under the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund (AIIF3). The funding which is the third in a series of equity investments, is a closed-ended pan-African infrastructure fund...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has launched his campaign for the 2019 presidential election. With the theme, 'Next Level', Buhari unveiled his achievements, as well as his plans for Nigeria if he secures a second term as president of the country. The programme held on Sunday evening in Abuja. FULL TEXT...

  Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  Atiku Abubakar, has promised to commence his campaign for the 2019 presidential election with a special address to Nigerians on Monday. He said the occasion will also mark the launch of his policy document for his presidential campaign. Released by the...

  The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, says it is “too risky and dangerous” for power to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  in 2019. Garba said this at an event organised by the Buhari Media Organisation in commencement of campaigns...