Xenophobia: Ramaphosa apologises as Buhari receives Special Envoy
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, met behind closed doors with the South African President’s Special Envoy, Mr Jeff Radebe, at...
Budget: FG maintains oil bench mark despite increase in oil price
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mr Clem Agba, says the Federal Government would maintain its bench mark...
Kogi dep gov sues Yahaya Bello over non-payment of N921.5m statutory allocations, travel allowances, security votes
Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Simon Achuba, on Monday, dragged Governor Yahaya Bello and the Commissioner for Justice before the...
Tribunal ruling: Buhari retracted nothing, says presidency
The Presidency has condemned what it described as ”a twisted story with malicious intent” which was published in Saturday Punch...
10 PDP aspirants team up with Wada for victory in Kogi governorship poll
Ten Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants, who lost the bid for the party’s ticket to contest the November 16...
Fashola: Investment in human capital development crucial to poverty reduction
Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has said that massive investment in human capital development was “very crucial” to...
NCPC reduces 2019 pilgrimage fare to N715,000
The Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) has reviewed and reduced the cost of 2019 pilgrimage fare to the State of...
‘Okada’ rider throws his three-month-old baby boy into river, begs court for leniency
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Minna has ordered that a 20-year-old commercial motorcyclist popularly called `Okada’ rider, Mustapha Aliyu, be...
Ethiopian Airlines’ operating revenue jumps
Ethiopian Airlines say its operating revenue in dollar terms has increased by 17 per cent in the year to the...
Police recruitment: Prospective constable doesn’t know name of Nigeria’s President, CJN
Mr Sola Okediji, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) FCT, has said that some constables aspiring to join Nigeria Police Force...
Kogi guber: INEC clears Bello, Wada, Akpoti, Abanida, 47 others + list of candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cleared 51 candidates and their deputies to contest the November 16 governorship election...
Presidential Tribunal: PDP expresses worry over delay in releasing judgement record, alleges that ‘verdict being tampered with, altered in the name of correcting errors’
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is worried over what it described as undue delay in releasing the Presidential...
Charly Boy’s lamentations: Street protest can’t change our leaders
Charles Oputa (Charlyboy), convener of ‘OurMumuDonDo Movement’, on Friday, said street protest by Nigerians over national issues cannot change political leaders at...
PDP to Buhari: Over N14trn oil money stolen in the last four years, says ‘increasing VAT on already impoverished citizens in bad faith’
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Federal Government to reverse its decision to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT)...
Fashola: Works, housing sectors crucial to moving one million Nigerians out of poverty
Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), says that the works and housing sectors were crucial to meeting President Muhammadu...
GenCos release 3,633MW of electricity to national grid, as power sector loses over N2bn due to insufficient gas supply
Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations, released an average of 3,633 megawatts of electricity into the national...
101 parties to contest Bayelsa, Kogi governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that 101 political parties had submitted the lists of candidates that will...
FG approves $5.3bn for Ibadan-Kano standard rail project
The Federal Government has approved $5.3 billion for the Ibadan-Kano standard gauge rail project, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of...
FEC approves N10.07trn 2020 Budget proposal, raises VAT to 7.2%
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, approved N10.07 trillion 2020 Budget proposal for onward transmission to the National Assembly...
Fayemi, Buratai disagree on Security Votes
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State says appropriation of security votes to states is not illegal and also not unconstitutional....
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