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An associate of President Muhammadu Buhari and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kano State has asked him to sack the Minister of Defence, a retired Major-General Salihi Magashi from office, for his incompetence and failure to secure the country.   Abdulmajid Danbilki Kwammanda also asked the probe the former Minster of Agriculture […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has declared that Nigeria, a developing country, is not likely to meet the recommendation of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation’s ratio of one medical doctor to 600 patients.   “We’re not a United Nations’ country, we are a developing country. So, when such figures […]

  Lekki, the highbrow area of Lagos State inhabited by the opulent in society, has become the hotbed of cybercrime in Nigeria, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared.   The EFCC said in a statement released on Friday that its operatives arrested 402 suspects in the area in three months.   The statement […]

A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has ordered the freezing of assets and funds belonging to a convicted former BankPHB  Managing Director Francis Atuche, running to about N19,178,253,050, which he allegedly stashed away in 24 banks.   The order was made by Justice Lateefat Okunnu, in  her ruling on an application by counsel to […]

The Niger Delta Development Commission has littered the region with abandoned projects and a colossal loss, despite receiving more than six trillion naira in eight years the government has said.   Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, declared this on Thursday while receiving the forensic audit report of the NDDC from the Minister of […]

The Nigerian presidency has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra of stockpiling weapons, including bombs, across the country.   The government made the allegation through a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Wednesday.   The statement was titled: “Why Amnesty entreaties […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday  sacked the Ministers of Agriculture, Mohammed Nanono, and his Power counterpart, Saleh Mamman.   The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced this on Wednesday in Abuja after the Federal Executive Council meeting.   Adesina announced that the Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abubakar, was redeployed […]

Anambra State has joined the league of oil-producing states in Nigeria, following the recognition of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.   With this, the state becomes eligible for a share of the 13 percent derivation fund established to contribute that fraction of revenue from oil and gas to the states were oil revenue […]

Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Tuesday signed the anti-open grazing law into law, ahead of the September 1 deadline for Southern Governors to do so.   The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Donald Ojogo, quoted the Governor in a statement as saying: “It is very pertinent to aver and indeed, reiterate that the Law […]

The Federal Government may sanction eligible Nigerians who refuse COVID-19 vaccination, going by revelations from a top government official on Tuesday.   The hint was given by Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, at a press briefing in Abuja.   This case as a court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday directed all commercial banks to publish on their websites the names and Bank Verification Numbers of customers who engage in fraudulent and unscrupulous practices to obtain foreign exchange from banks.   This was contained in a circular issued by the central bank, in which it identified such fraudulent […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Tuesday asked the universities and polytechnics to decide their admission scores, provided they did not accept scores below 120 and 100, respectively.   Under the arrangement, JAMB discarded the previous arrangement which  involved it setting the admission scores for all the tertiary institutions in the country.   JAMB […]