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  advises journalists on professionalism pledges to support journalists' estate, donates bus to NUJ Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has warned of an urgent need for Nigeria to change course or risk greater danger, security-wise. The governor noted that recent occurrences including the #EndSARS protests have given clear indications...

  Senate President says people with nothing to add be shown the way out   The Senate has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to as a matter of urgency, initiate a transitionary process of phasing out the current over-stayed security chiefs and replacing them with new ones with new ideas and...

The Bank of Industry (BoI), African Development Bank (AfDB) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have okayed $2 billion loan to reduce poverty, end hunger and increase resilience to climate change in rural communities around Nigeria. AfDB President’s Senior Special Adviser on Industrialisation, Prof. Oyebanji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, who revealed this...

The Senate on Tuesday received a transmission of the Finance bill 2020 from President Muhammadu Buhari, for consideration and passage into law in support of the 2021 budget before the National Assembly. The transmission of the bill was accompanied by a letter dated 25th November, 2020, and read during plenary...

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has denied reports quoting him to have said on Monday that Nigeria was at the mercy of Boko Haram. Mohammed was quoted to have said at an event in Benue State on Monday, “… Nigeria had made attempts to...

 The Nigeria stock market on Tuesday sustained bullish sentiment to open the month of December with N55 billion growth due to buying interests in Tier 1 banks. Consequently, the market capitalisation rose by N55 billion or 0.30 per cent to close at N18.364 trillion compared with N18.309 trillion posted on...

  The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says that conversion of petrol cars to use Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) will be free for motorists in the country. Sylva made the disclosure while answering questions from newsmen at the rollout of the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) in...

  Five children have disappeared mysteriously from the Stella Obasanjo Motherless Children’s Home in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The five children were said to have disappeared from the facility last Thursday night into thin air and their whereabouts have still not been traced by the Ogun State Government the owner and...

  The Federal Government Monday announced that aptitude tests for recruitment into Immigration Service and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps would be conducted on December 7th and 8th respectively. Over two million Nigerians applied for vacancies in the two Agencies under the Ministry of Interior. In a statement...

 Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), says corruption corrodes trust in government and weakens the impact of policies and public spending. She said this on Tuesday at the 19th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC), in South Korea. The conference which is themed: “Designing 2030: Truth, Trust & Transparency’’...