archiveSeptember 10, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has lost “a loyal and honest staff,” Buhari Nalado Sandamu, who served him and his family for more than 30 years. Sandamu, popularly known as “commander,” died at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano on Monday. A statement by presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, quoted the president...

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Federal Government will in the next two weeks begin the deduction of the N614 billion Budget Support Facility it gave to 35 states. The minister disclosed this at the Public Consultation Forum on the draft 2020-2022...

  The Federal Government has received N2 trillion as revenue from January to June 2019, the Director-General (DG) of the Budget Office, Mr Ben Akabueze, has said. Akabueze disclosed this at the Public Consultative Forum on the 2020 to 2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) in...

The Consul General of Nigeria in Johannesburg, Godwin Adama, has said that the first batch of the Nigerian returnees from South Africa would depart South Africa for Lagos on Wednesday. Mr Adama told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that the first batch of returnees, are...

  The Presidential Election Petition tribunal Tuesday announced it will deliver judgment on Wednesday in the petition of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the February 23, presidential poll. Contrary to the speculations across political...

  A Nigerian Shiite organisation, Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), said 12 of its members were killed in a nationwide crackdown on Tuesday. The Shiites were embarking on their annual religious rite, Ashura, across many states in Nigeria. The group’s spokesperson, Ibrahim Musa, in a statement Tuesday afternoon said the...