archiveFebruary 2020

  The Nigerian Army on Tuesday, presented cheques of undisclosed amount to 22 families of its personnel who lost their lives in battle field in 2019 for their group life assurance benefits. The Deputy Director, Welfare, Department of Army Administration, Brig.-Gen. Isah Abdullahi, presented the cheques to the beneficiaries. He...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday lauded Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the establishment of the Ondo-Linyi Industrial Hub and the construction of a N5 billion flyover in Ore. The president described the projects initiated and completed by the Akeredolu  administration as a remarkable achievement. The News Agency...

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court on Tuesday in Abuja sentenced former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa   Metuh, to seven years imprisonment. The Court also fined  Metuh N375 million to be paid to the Federal Government. Metuh is being prosecuted by the EFCC,...

Electricity consumers on Monday opposed the planned tariff increment by Ikeja Electric (IE), demanding that 90 per cent of customers should be metered before any upward review of tariff. The customers also slammed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for failing to protect the interest of Nigerians who are still...

  Chairman House Committee on Power, Rep. Magaji Aliyu has said that the over 40 years Mambilla Power Project only existed on books and papers. Aliyu said this when the House of Representatives Committee on Power, paid an oversight visit to the Ministry of Power in Abuja on Monday. News...

  Dr Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, says the Federal Government will further introduce incentives to boost investments in the nation’s capital market. Ahmed gave the assurance during a visit to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in Lagos on Monday. The minister said the ministry would...

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Monday called for synergy among all security agencies, to re-strategize and re-examine the security structure with a view to stem the rising cases of terrorism in Nigeria. Buhari made the call at an international conference on state and security held at the...

  The Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Oyo State chapter, has called for the inclusion of its members in the proposed Amotekun initiative in the state. Alhaji Yaqub Bello, a former Chairman of MACBAN in the state, made the call on Monday during a public hearing on...

The latest GDP report by the National Bureau of Statistics today indicates growth in the Nigerian economy during Fourth Quarter of last year - the Q4 2019 and Full Year (FY) 2019. While we welcome the report, it is the determination of the Buhari Administration to continue to drive the...

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday directed its lawyers to seek a review of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal verdict that declared President Muhammadu Buhari as duly elected president of Nigeria. The party is also seeking a review of already decided state governorship elections in Kano,...