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People’s Democratic Party, Nigeria’s wobbling opposition party, on Sunday, derided President Muhammadu Buhari over the deteriorating state of security in the country, telling him that he has failed. PDP’s scathing comment came as the insecurity in the country took a further descent in the last week, with scores of Nigerians kidnapped in a brazen display […]

Nigerian soldiers have overrun a farm allegedly owned by Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau in the Sambisa forest. The troops have also successfully repelled ISWAP Terrorists who attacked Dikwa town on Friday evening. These are contained in a video obtained by PRNigeria, that  has gone viral. The troops stormed the farm in the Sambisa axis […]

Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, exited the COVID-19 pandemic-induced recession it fell into in the third quarter of last year. “Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.11%(year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2020, representing the first positive quarterly growth in the last three quarters,” the National Bureau of Statistics said in a […]

The Nigerian Governors Forum, at an overnight emergency meeting, has decided to use part of the Excess Crude Account and other funds to support the purchase of additional hardware for security forces to combat insecurity. Kayode Fayemi, Chairman of the NGF and Ekiti State Governor, announced this while briefing the media, on the outcome of […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has approved the use of AstraZeneca Vaccine for use in Nigeria, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, its Director-General, has said. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Adeyeye said  NAFDAC’s safety committee began an evaluation of the vaccine immediately after the agency received the dossier […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated commercial banks to open new dollar accounts with offshore lenders for the purpose of receiving international money transfers. The directive was disclosed by WorldRemit- an International Money Transfer Operators (IMTO) player to its clients, the Nation newspaper reported. The new directive on dollar account opening is coming […]

President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Ogbonnaya Orji as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. The appointment is for a single term of five years, the government said. The appointment is “in accordance with the provision of Section 12 (2) (a) and 6 (3) of the […]

  The Senate on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari (to declare a state of emergency on security without further delay.   The red chamber made the call following a point of order by Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), on the abduction of students and the staff of the Government Science Secondary School in Kagara, […]

An early morning attack by gunmen on Wednesday at a government college in Niger State has left at least one student dead, while scores were kidnapped. The attackers were said to have surrounded Government Science College,  Kagara in Rafi Local Government Area of the state around 2 am and began to attack the students’ hostels. […]

… as Gbenga Daniel Decamps to APC Former President Goodluck Jonathan has met with the party’s Reconciliation and Strategy Committee, as the party tries to weather the storms ward off recent threats to its membership and survival. The meeting is coming on the heels of the announcement by Gbenga Daniel, former governor of Ogun State […]

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to nearly four-year high in January, as the consumer price index jumped 16.47 percent on an annual basis, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday. This is the highest figure for inflation recorded in the country since April 2017. It stated that the figure is 0.71 percentage points higher than the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated 40-year-old  Abdulrasheed Bawa as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The President has also requested the Senate to confirm Bawa’s nomination, the presidency said Tuesday.   Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,  announced this in a statement on Tuesday titled “President […]