archiveFebruary 4, 2021

The Senate on Thursday vowed to get to the roots of N6.25 billion allegedly spent on COVID-19 palliatives by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) last year. It also summoned the new management of the intervention agency to appear on February 22 through its committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public...

  ’we have prioritised the well-being of our women’ The entry point to fighting cancer is awareness- Mrs Akeredolu Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has called for a concerted effort by all stakeholders in the fight against cancer in the state, stressing that evidence has shown that more...

…charges women, stakeholders to fight against disease. The Government of Oyo State on Thursday, organised a free breast and cervical cancer screening programme for women of reproductive age in the state, declaring that it remains committed to putting an end to the spread of the disease in the state. The...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has warned against tagging all herdsmen as criminals and killers, stressing that doing so is dangerous and can ignite crisis in Nigeria. El-Rufai declared banditry has become an industry and Nigerians must work together to put an end to it. The Governor stated these while...

Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, on Thursday, said President Muhammadu Buhari decided to extend the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police for three months “to allow for a robust and efficient process of appointing a new IGP.” The minister disclosed this in an interview with State...

The Federal Government has commenced discussions with representatives of the organized labour on how to raise the freight rate of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol from N7.51 per litre to N9.11 per litre. The plan will amount to 21.30 per cent hike in freight that is a Petroleum Products...

The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) has advised the Federal Government to always consider its economic policy choices, before taking decision, in order to FastTrack economic growth, its recently launched 2021 Economic Outlook has said. The group stated that wrong policy choices were capable of casting a strain on the...

 The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, has facilitated the installation of free Wi-Fi in six public tertiary institutions in Lagos State to ease their learning system. Gbajabiamila also attracted 10 fully-equipped ICT centres to his Surulere 1 Fed Constituency. Mr Lanre Lasisi, the Special Adviser on...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has accepted the apology tendered by popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho. He said Igboho, who apologised on Wednesday in a viral video for declaring the Ooni disappointed Yoruba nation for not speaking the truth on herdsmen killings in South...

President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past service chiefs, as well as one other retired officer, to the Senate to be confirmed as non-career ambassadors-designate. It would be recalled that the former service chiefs, including Gen Abayomi G. Olonisakin (Rtd ); Lt Gen Tukur Y. Buratai...