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A Federal High Court Judge gave what appears to be a tall order to the EFCC, DSS and the Nigerian Police Force to produce within 72 hours, Diezani Alison-Madueke, former petroleum minister. Diezani is based in London, facing a probe by an anti-graft agency and the EFCC only recently began to explore the possibility of […]

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has launched his policy plan for Nigeria and promised to attract investments and support 50 million Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises, if elected as president in 2019. At the launch in Yola, , Abubakar said the purpose was to double the size of Nigeria […]

  As Nigeria enters the election season, the Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) is pleased to announce its 3rd Annual New Media Conference, which will hold at the Sandralia Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday, January 16, 2019.   The theme of the conference is: Free Press and Objective Reporting in the 2019 Election year. […]

 The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Mr. Abdulaziz Mashi Abdullahi has reaffirmed the commitment of Federal Government towards reducing cases of mental disorder in Nigeria. The Permanent Secretary, who was represented by his Senior Technical Assistant, Mr. Mfon Bassey, made this statement during the opening ceremony of Mental Health Action Committee and Stakeholders Workshop, […]

Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd),former National Security Adviser has repudiated the Federal Government over his continued detention and disobedience to various court orders that admitted him on bails. Mr Dasuk is contained  in letter  he personally signed and addressed to the Registrar of the Federal High Court Abuja vowed to boycott any proceeding for his trial […]

Fashola Presents Buhari’s 3 years Scorecard on Infrastructure The Honourable Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, has presented the Ministry’s scorecard and achievements on infrastructure development and provision across the country in commemoration of his three years in office. He added that the ‘’present government has no doubt move the nation […]

Sex-for-Marks: ICPC to Arraign OAU Professor   The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is set to arraign a former lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Richard Iyiola Akindele, at the Federal High Court, Osogbo, for allegedly demanding sex from one of his students, Ms. Monica Osagie, in order to […]

Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has again told President Muhammadu Buhari to face governance and stop complaining, saying; “When he was seeking votes of Nigerians, he never said he was coming to complain. Rather, he promised to fix what he claimed to have identified as the problems. He said the President’s […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, in Abuja declared a state of emergency on Nigeria’s water supply, sanitation and hygiene sector. The President said the declaration has become imperative to reduce the high-prevalence of water-borne diseases in different parts of the country, which has caused preventable deaths. Inaugurating the National Action Plan for Revitalization of Water Supply, […]

Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has again told President Muhammadu Buhari to face governance and stop complaining, saying; “When he was seeking votes of Nigerians, he never said he was coming to complain. Rather, he promised to fix what he claimed to have identified as the problems. He said the President’s […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is distressed and depressed by the atrocious ethno-religious killings in the country, appealing to Nigerians to learn to live together in peace and harmony. Receiving leaders of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) Tuesday, at State House, led by Rev Dr Dachollom Datiri, President Buhari urged religious, community and […]

A few Nigerian newspapers reported erroneously this week that the U.S. Institute of Peace has made a prediction about the possible outcome of Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election. USIP never makes predictions about election outcomes and has not done so in this case. The Institute’s work on elections is confined to helping nations avoid electoral violence. […]