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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,...

  Robust collaboration would help improve business climate, says VP To further improve the country's business climate, there will now be a direct connection between the anti-corruption agenda of the Buhari administration and the reform efforts of the Federal Government, in a bid to secure the reforms through criminal investigation...

  Activities on the nation’s bourse opened for the week on Monday still on a negative outlook with the market capitalisation shedding N181 billion. Specifically, the market capitalisation following free fall of stocks, lost N181 billion or 1.27 per cent to close at N14.087 trillion against N14.268 trillion on Friday....