archiveJune 27, 2019

Buhari government committed to securing release of Leah Sharibu, other abducted girls- Osinbajo Nigeria is a great nation, says US VP   Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, and his American counterpart, Mike Pence, held discussions on Wednesday  in the White House, with both leaders affirming the mutual benefit inherent in...

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has said that the Yoruba people must remain united if they hope to achieve the much-desired growth in the South West. The Governor, who was represented at the public presentation of an autobiography titled Awo,  by his Deputy, Engineer Rauf  Olaniyan,  said that without...

The Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), on Thursday shared N679.69 billion among the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils as federal allocation for the month of May. A statement by Mr Hassan Dodo, the Director, Information, Ministry of Finance, said the allocation was shared at FAAC’s joint session at...

  Trading transactions on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed upbeat on Thursday with the market capitalisation growing by N62 billion, reversing the previous three consecutive trading days losses. As a result of this, the market capitalisation up N62 billion to close at N13.110 trillion compared with N13.048 trillion on...

  The Federal Government has repudiated claims attributed to the Northern Christian Elders Forum (NORCEF), who it said alleged that the Muhammadu Buhari administration was practicing bigotry and alienating Christians. According to a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media &...

  A Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Richard Uwakwe says that 90 per cent of those who commit suicide have traces of mental illness in them. Uwakwe made the disclosure in Enugu while delivering the 2nd Public Lecture of the College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT),...

The Inter-Party Advisory Council has refuted reports that 60 presidential candidates and chairmen of political parties endorsed the 2019 presidential poll that culminated in the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. IPAC, which is the only umbrella body of all political parties recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, said only...

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday swore-in Elias Mbam as chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). Buhari presided over Mbam’s swearing-in as well as the swearing-in of twenty-nine others as members of the commission at the Council Chambers in Abuja. The Nigerian Senate, Wednesday, May 8, confirmed the...

  The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors implementation by States of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), will meet in Geneva from July 1 to 26 to review the situation for human rights in Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Netherlands, Nigeria, Paraguay, and Tajikistan. The public sessions will...

The Lagos State Government on Thursday reminded Lagosians of plans to shut Akanni Doherty Street by the popular Ashade, in Ikeja from Friday night. The closure will last till morning of Sunday June 30, 2019. This closure according to the earlier release signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation,...