archiveDecember 2023

The  Senate has blamed the Christmas Eve massacre in communities in Plateau State that left 190 persons killed on the failure of military intelligence and reaction. The Upper Chamber also considered the killings in Plateau as a national tragedy and blamed it on the failure of security intelligence and reaction....

Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ola Olukoyede  has called for greater fiscal discipline,  transparency and efficient management of resources as ways of deepening and strengthening local government’s administration in Nigeria. He made the call recently in Kaduna at a Two-Day Workshop organized by the...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said Nigeria’s capital importation dipped by 43.55% to $654.65 million in the third quarter of 2023 (Q3 2023). This was contained in the Bureau’s report titled: “Nigeria Capital Importation Q3 2023,” which noted that the capital importation declined from the $1,159.67% recorded in...

  According to Vatican-based Fides Agency’s, twenty missionaries, lost their lives across the world through violent death this year, two more than in 2022. The information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies reported on Saturday that one bishop, eight priests, two men religious, one seminarian, one novice and seven laypeople...

Mr Gyang Bere, the Director of Press and Public Affairs (DOPPA) to Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, has clarified the reason for the visit of the governor to President Bola Tinubu. Bere told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Jos that the governor’s visit on Monday in...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration over its failure to pay the December salaries of federal workers. The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Debo Ologunagba, declared that the non-payment of salaries undeniably confirms the administration’s apathy towards the welfare of its people and...

    The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has revealed that the Federal Government approved tax holidays for 34 companies in 2023. Lovina Kayode, Head of Incentives Administration at the commission, made this announcement during an end-of-the-year press briefing held in Abuja on Friday. The disclosure comes in the wake...

  Apex Igbo sociocultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has described late governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu as a courageous man who spoke truth to power. The Igbo group also described him as a great in-law, inter-ethnic genius, soldier of democracy and the popular sentiment of the southwest politics. In...

The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has condoled with the widow of the late Ondo State Governor Mrs Betty Akeredolu. Tinubu, who paid a visit to the Ibadan residence of the Akeredolus, noted that the late governor fought gallantly to stay alive, but every human existence is subject...

The Bayelsa Government has invited parents of a four-year-old girl and the 54-year-old man allegedly involved in a marriage in Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government’s intervention is coming on the heels of media reports of...