archiveDecember 3, 2020

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) told a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday that it has taken steps to execute the summons issued to compel the appearance of the fleeing ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. EFCC’s lawyer, Farouk Abdullah told the court, at the mention...

  President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said his administration was committed to creating more jobs with greater focus on youthful population through priority on agriculture, arts, entertainment, mining and Information Technology, stressing that the private sector would be enabled to drive the process. According to the Special Adviser to...

  The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it had earmarked N32.76 billion in the 2021 Appropriation Bill for security. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this during the 14th Annual Town Hall Meeting on Security. The theme of the meeting was “Lagos Security: Resilience in the Face of Adversity.” Sanwo-Olu said...

  The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has told Nigerians not to be discouraged by the recent attack by Boko Haram in which 43 rice farmers were massacred. This submission was made on Thursday by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations of the DHQ, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche in a statement where he stated...

The Federal Government says the call, in some quarters, for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent killing of farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists is “cheap and irresponsible’’. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, during a meeting with members of the Newspaper...

  The Senate on Thursday summoned the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire and the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-l9, Boss Mustapha, to brief its Committees on Health and Primary Healthcare on modalities the Federal Government would adopt to procure and administer COVID-19 vaccines on Nigerians. Also,...

  The Federal Government has declared Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2030 as “The Decade of Gas Development for Nigeria”. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, made the declaration on Thursday at the Seventh (Virtual) Joint International Energy Forum and International Gas Union (IEF-IGU) Ministerial Gas...

  Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday December 3, 2020, for the second time, adjourned ruling on the propriety or otherwise of the order for the freezing of accounts, belonging to the fourth, fifth and sixth defendants in the trial of former Head of Service...

  Players in the Nigerian equities market appear to be riding the waves of the market rally with investors gaining ₦55.2bn on Tuesday, 01 December 2020. This saw market capitalisation rise to ₦18.4tn while Year-to-Date (YTD) return improved to 30.9 per cent, making the Nigerian equities market the 2nd and...

  Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde (third left); his wife, Tamunominini (third right); Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri (second left); Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Daud Akinola (second right) and others, during the lying-in-state of Makinde's mother, Madam Abigail Makinde, at Governor Makinde's residence, Agodi GRA, Ibadan....