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The Nigeria Army has refuted recent reports that some troops operating in Benue State were ambushed by militias leading to a serious injury of one of its officers. The Force Commander, Operation Whirl Stroke, Maj. Gen. Adeyemi Yekini, Wednesday said that there was no incident leading to the ambush of...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will depart Abuja today, to attend the Africa Investment Forum organised by the African Development Bank, scheduled to hold at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dubbed by organizers of the event as the “collective deal of the century for investment in...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sent the 2019-2021 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) , and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP)  to the two arms of the National Assembly. The President in a letter addressed to president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, which content was read to senators at plenary, said work...

Elder statesman and Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said the Yoruba nation will not be deceived again by the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari next year. Speaking with Daily Independent, Adebanjo, revealed he has thrown his weight...

Unity Bank Plc has said it is currently on the verge of finalising a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will lead to capital injection into the bank to boost expansion and market competition. The Managing Director/CEO, Mrs. Tomi Somefun, who said this yesterday, during an interaction with journalists in Lagos,...

  The Presidency on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s remarks he made when receiving the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage was misinterpreted by the media. Buhari had received the highly anticipated report from the committee’s chairman, Amal Pepple, on Tuesday. According to News...

Position supports FG stance on rice importation. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the volume of rice importation into Nigeria (in metric tonnes) has declined drastically in 2018, judging by figures obtained from various official sources. Director, Corporate Communications at the CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor,, said this in a...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has commended the Federal Government for agreeing to pay N30,000 as minimum wage. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved N30,000 as the new Minimum Wage. He gave his approval while receiving the report of the Tripartite Committee on the...

  At least 16 Nigerian soldiers are missing following clashes with Boko Haram jihadists in the Lake Chad area, military and militia sources told AFP on Tuesday. The incident began when gunmen in several trucks attacked a military base and a local market in the town of Kukawa late on...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has condemned the assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and son, by gunmen. Dogara made the condemnation in a statement on Tuesday signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, in...