archiveNovember 23, 2021

  The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, says state governments are ready to support the Federal Government in the elimination of fuel subsidy regime. El-Rufai gave the assurance on Tuesday in Abuja, at the presentation of the World Bank Nigeria Development Update, November 2021 edition titled “Time for...

   The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Mr Clem Agba, said the federal government had spent N2.3 trillion as stimulus package to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Agba said this at a three-day 4th National Treasury Workshop organised by the Office of the Accountant...

The House of Representatives has passed the bill abolishing dichotomy between first Degree holders and Higher National Diploma (HND) holders in the same field for the purpose of employment. The bill passed its final stage at green chambers on Tuesday in Abuja, when members voted at the Committee of the...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerians about a false Davido’s airtime and data giveaway advert on the social media. Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs of NCC, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Adinde said that a group of scammers had rolled out...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has left the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) unchanged at 11.5 per cent. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this after the committee’s two-day meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. Other parameters left unchanged are the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) and...

    President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said for Nigeria to overcome its security challenges, efforts must be made to seek diversified solutions besides the military option to the problems of banditry, militancy and insurgency. Lawan made this known in his remarks after a point of order raised...

  As the Federal Government has set the mid-2022 for the complete elimination of fuel subsidies, it has designed measures to cushion the negative impact of the removal of the subsidies on the most vulnerable 40 per cent of the population. One ofthe ways it wants to achieve this is...

Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho is currently under extradition procedure back to Nigeria, The Punch reported it has learnt. It was reported that Igboho after a raid on his Ibadan home by operatives of the Department of State Services had escaped to Cotonou in the...

The Federal Government has rejected and rubbishes the report of the panel on #EndSARS protest in Lagos. Contrary to the report of the panel, the Federal Government insisted that there was no massacre in Lekki Toll Gate, stressing that the report in circulation does not justify any massacre at the...

Viral internet star, Antwain Fowler, has died at just six years old. The young boy became an online sensation when his mum posted a video of him sitting in a car asking 'where we about to eat at?' It was a beautifully innocent clip that has managed to rack up...