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www.www.aso.rocks search engine understands that a total of N465.149 billion has been distributed for the month of January 2017 between the Federal Government, State Governments and Local Government Councils. Kenechukwu N.Offie Director Information, OAGF announced this in a communiqué issued at meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). The communiqué issued by the Technical […]Read More

The Senate has confirmed receiving a letter from Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, requesting the confirmation of Justice Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Senate President Bukola Saraki on Tuesday, read the letter on resumption of plenary after a four-week suspension of sitting. The Senate had on 19th February  adjourned plenary to enable standing […]

The Senate Minority Leader, Chief Godswill Akpabio, said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would challenge Senator Andy Uba’s defection to All Progressives Congress (APC) in court. Akpabio made this known at plenary on Tuesday under Order 45 of the Senate Standing Order and said that the PDP wound reclaim Uba’s committee appointment in the Senate […]

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayoseof Ekiti State has said he would soon become the President and commander-in-Chief of Nigeria. He disclosed this during a live interview on Focus Nigeria, a political show on African Independent Television, on Tuesday. Fayose said: “It is not by power; it is destiny. Even I did not believe it after […]

The Federal Government has said it will not apply for International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan. Minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun stated this in an interview with CNBC. She said: “For us the IMF is really a lender of last resort when you have balance of payments problem. Nigeria doesn’t have balance of payments problems per […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the phenomenon of fake news, if left unchecked, poses more threat to the nation than insurgency and militancy. The minister reiterated this position on Tuesday in Abuja at the seventh edition of the National Security Seminar with the theme “Consolidating on the Gains of Counter-Terrorism […]

ExxonMobil Nigeria has laid off additional 89 workers in a gale of retrenchments that started in the company last year. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said a top source disclosed this on Tuesday during an interview at Mkpanak in the Ibeno local government area of Akwa Ibom state. The source said 60 regular workers and 29 […]

The national assembly will pass bills targeted at making doing business in Nigeria easier within 60 days, the national Assembly announced on Tuesday. The expanded meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBC) was chaired by the acting president, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, and attended by Senate President Bukola Sakari and Speaker Yakubu Dogara. The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari thanks millions of Nigerians who have been sending good wishes and praying for his health and well-being in mosques and churches throughout the country. The President is immensely grateful for the prayers, show of love and concern. President Buhari wishes to reassure Nigerians that there is no cause for worry. During his […]

Senior  Special Assistant to the President  on Foreign  Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has called on the South African government to take decisive and definitive measures to protect Nigerian citizens and other Africans within South African borders. She also called on the African Union to intervene urgently in the renewed xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and […]

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) data reflected that 11,703,709 applications were received between 2010 and 2016. A report on, “ JAMB Admitted Candidates by State and Gender within Faculty’’, released by NBS in Abuja on Monday said that 2,674,485 students were admitted across the 36 […]

A Pro-Jonathan group under the  aegis of “GoodluckNigeria” has thrown its weight behind the alleged plan by the former President, Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, to rid the Niger Delta of Fulani herdsmen in the region.  The group in a statement signed by its President, Joseph Spiff Wilcox and made available to journalists in […]