archiveAugust 11, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has queried security and intelligence chiefs on how possible it is for terrorists to have access to the arms they use despite the closure of the nation’s land borders. Speaking at a virtual meeting with State Governors and heads of security agencies coordinated from the Presidential Villa,...

Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has inaugurated the South-West security network known as Operation Amotekun. At the inauguration of the security outfit at the Gani Fawehinmi Arcade in Akure, the state capital, on Tuesday, Akeredolu stressed that with a workable synergy among the leadership of the security agencies and that...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it generates N3 billion revenue weekly from stamp duty collection. This stamp duty revenue is generated weekly from May 2020 to date from Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Muhammad Nami told the House of Representatives Committee on finance on...

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, on Tuesday, announced that the registration of Batch C of its N-Power programme has closed. It said the registration closed on August 9, 2020, adding that a total of 5,042,001 Nigerian youths applied as at the end of the...

The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Abdullahi Gana said that 13 state commands of the corps have moved out of rented apartments into new permanent office structures built by the Corps. Gana disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in on Tuesday in Abuja. He...

The Federal Government on Tuesday received the donation of 200 ventilators promised by the Donald Trump-led administration of the United States Government, to support the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The ventilators were received by the Ministry of Health from the USAID in Abuja. In his remark, the Minister...

The President General Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting some representatives of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum and security chiefs inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is in continuation of efforts aimed at tackling the deteriorating security situation in parts of the country. Buhari is joined at the Council Chamber venue...

FBNQuest has revealed that the loan books of deposit money banks in the country over 12 months rose by 21 per cent to N3.3 trillion with the manufacturing sector receiving a boost of about 35 per cent. “As well as leaning on the banks to boost lending as their regulator,...

A shooting outside the White House fence on Monday evening prompted security agents to suddenly usher U.S. President Donald Trump out of the briefing room. Trump was minutes into his daily news conference when the shooting began and Secret Service agents were seen escorting him out of the room. He...

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has called on President Mohammed Buhari investigate into allegations of funding by Boko-Haram against the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC). The Islamic group was accused of receiving money from Islamic State for West Africa Province (ISWAP). However, MURIC’s Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, denied receiving any...