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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday commenced a training and empowerment Programme for beneficiaries of the mass wedding scheme which he recently sponsored for his constituents in Yobe State. The couples numbering 300 who are from less privileged families were drawn from the six Local Government Areas in...

  After facing criticism for the lack of diversity in his first round of hires, President-elect Joe Biden plans to announce three people of color for leading positions on his economic team. According to two people close to Biden’s presidential transition, he is expected to name Cecilia Rouse, an African...

  The Federal Government has signed an agreement with Messrs La Mancha Incorporated to enable the foreign firm to invest in gold mining in Nigeria. La Mancha, a Luxembourg private gold development company in Cairo, Egypt, signed an expression of interest agreement with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel...

A former Minister of Education in Nigeria, Dr. (Mrs) Oby Ezekwesili, has called for an assessment of the physical and mental capabilities of President Muhammadu Buhari over his handling of the nation’s affairs. Ezekweili who was reacting to the killing of 43 Nigerian farmers by Boko Haram on her Twitter...

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Monday, in Makurdi, Benue State capital explained why Boko Haram activities may continue unabated, saying that Nigeria has been denied access to acquire adequate weapons to fight terrorists. Speaking to journalists after he paid a courtesy visit on the state governor, Samuel...

Newly released report by BudgIT has shown why Osun, Bauchi, Plateau, Gombe, Adamawa, Ekiti, Kogi and Oyo states landed in financial distress According to the report, the eight states in Nigeria have landed in financial distress due to their inability to generate enough revenue to pay workers, other debts, and...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and six others, for the alleged fraudulent N544 million grass cutting contract. The defendants, again on Monday, pleaded not guilty when the amended 10 counts of fraud were read...

  The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has condemned the killing of over 40 rice farmers in Garin Kwashebe, Jere Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The forum, in a statement by its Chairman and the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Kayode Fayemi, in...

  The Defence Headquarters, on Monday, said 43 farmers died on Saturday, faulting a report by the United Nations that 110 civilians were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in the onslaught in the Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. On Sunday, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon,...

  The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said the 43 farmers killed by Boko Haram on Saturday, did not have military clearance to be on the rice farms when the attack happened. Shehu stated this during an interview with BBC on...