archiveMarch 22, 2021

The Federal Government has revealed how the $1.5 billion needed for the renovation of the Port Harcourt refinery will be raised. Speaking on Channels Television on Monday, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said that out of the $1.5 billion, $800 million will be sourced from the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, saying the string of brutal attacks on individuals and communities in the state, with the latest one targeting the governor, is unacceptable. The President welcomes the dispatch of a high-level team of crack investigators to the...

The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) and the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion have both denied the allegation that they have agreed to the Kwara State government’s directive for the use of hijab to be used by Muslim female students in their schools. Oja-Iya, and Bishop Smith Memorial College, both...

“The Fulani Nationality Movement (FUNAM) carried out the attack. We have genuine reasons. We acted on behalf of millions of Fulani people in 15 countries.” The Fulani Nationality Movement (FUNAM) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue’s convoy. A statement titled, ‘Why we attacked Ortom,’...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that he Bank of Industry (BoI) in collaboration with the National Council for Arts and Culture, had secured a N300 million loan package for Nigeria’s creative sector. Professor Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, on Sunday, in Abuja, said the vice president disclosed...

The Katsina State main market, popularly called Central Market, was on Monday morning gutted by fire and properties worth millions of naira were believed to have been lost during the incident. It was learnt that the inferno started around 8am. and continued to ravage shops at the market, as some...

 The Conference of Benue Journalists (CBJ) has condemned in strong terms, Saturday’s  attack and alleged assassination  attempt on Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue by suspected gunmenA statement by Vice President of CBJ, Mr Ewache Ajefu, said the incident and the recent killing of the brother of a  former governor of  the...

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 86 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 161,737.The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the country’s daily new cases continue to follow...