archiveMay 2019

Inaugural speech by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari following his swearing-in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29th May, 2015 I am immensely grateful to God Who Has preserved us to witness this day and this occasion. Today marks a triumph for Nigeria and an occasion to...

  Out-going Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, has said that he will not be attending the formal inauguration of Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, saying the new governor deserves to enjoy his historic day without having him share in the glory with him. Ambode, in a statement by his Chief...

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concerns over the deteriorating state of security, especially in the north-western part of Nigeria. According to the UN agency, the rising spate of insecurity has forced an estimated 20,000 Nigerians to seek safety and security in Niger Republic since April....

The outgoing Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has disclosed that the Federal Government recovered a total of N279 billion as at November 2017 in the prosecution of the Buhari administration’s anticorruption war. He noted that as at 29 May 29, 2015, the balance in...

The bull staged a comeback on The Stock Exchange Nigerian on Tuesday as the market capitalisation gained N490 billion or 3.68 per cent even as the All-Share Index improved by 1,112.29 points or 3.68 per cent to close at 31,307.00, against the 30,194.71 with which it closed on Monday. The...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the 22 states in 2017 stood at 63.8 trillion naira or 56 per cent of Nigeria’s nominal GDP in that year. The NBS disclosed this in a State Nominal Gross Domestic Product (2013 to 2017) Phase...

Senator Lawan Shuaibu, the Deputy National Chairman of the party (North) has called for the immediate resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Shuaibu made the call in a letter dated May 27 and addressed to Oshiomhole, entitled: “APC: It’s fortune and misfortune, time to act!” The APC...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange has donated a sum of N10 million to Maisandari Alamderi Model Nursery and Primary School, located in the Abuja Talakawa District of Maiduguri. This donation was in fulfilment of the Exchange’s commitment to a three- year funding scheme for the administration and maintenance of the school...

  Commissions FG & State projects in Gombe VP gets rousing welcome by N-Power beneficiaries & Homegrown School Feeding cooks in the State The Federal Government’s programme for the establishment of special economic zones; its agricultural diversification programme and partnership with the Brazilian government under the Green Imperative initiative, are...

  The Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), a pan-Igbo political and socio-cultural group, has called for the establishment of Igbo radio to cater for the high number of migrant Igbo traders in all parts of the country. NAN reported that the President of NUF, Mr Augustine Chukwudum, made the call in...