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President Muhammadu Buhari is set to proceed on a 10-day vacation beginning from Monday January 23 to Monday February 6, 2017. Buhari disclosed this in a letter, read by Bukola Saraki, the senate President, Thursday, during plenary. The letter read that the 10-day period formed part of his annual vacation for 2017. According to the […]

The Senate has approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) and set oil benchmark for 2017 budget at 44.5 dollars per barrel. The Senate also approved the exchange rate of N305 to a dollar as proposed by the executive for the 2017 fiscal year. The approval which came on Wednesday, […]

Ekiti  State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said Nigerians don’t need counselling to reject the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2019 general elections in the country, saying the abysmal performance of the party has already made the people grow weary of it. This is just as the governor noted that there is a […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has started the process of auctioning $250 million to 3,147 registered Bureau De Change (BDCs) nationwide. Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, the President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos.  Gwadabe said the sale of the foreign currency to BDCs would […]

The Senate has warned the military to apply extra caution in the way it goes about its business in order to prevent fatal errors from occurring again.  The advice came on Wednesday following a point of order, raised by the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan at plenary. Lawan noted that dozens of people were killed on […]

Fifty-two civilians were  feared killed during an airstrike by military troops on targeted Boko Haram location in the eastern part of the state. Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen Lucky Irabor while confirming the incident told newsmen in Maiduguri that the military conducted airstrike on a location where Boko Haram were reported to have […]

Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, a Lagos-based lawyer and activist on Tuesday filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos seeking to stop Ibrahim Magu from presenting himself as the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The suit also asks the Senate not to entertain any further request for the confirmation of […]

Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has said that the relocation of operations of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to Kaduna would cost more than N1.1 billion. Sirika while briefing the senate on the logistics implication of the relocation said that the ministry had taken into account relevant agencies that would be deployed […]

Managing Director, Julius Berger, Mr Wolfgang Goetsch, has said that the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, could be fixed without closing down the airport. However the German construction company said the work would take more than two years. Goetsch made this known in his submission before the Senate on Tuesday at plenary. […]

The seemingly invincible and elusive leader of Boko Haram,  Abubakar Shekau, has said his group was behind Monday’s suicide bomb attack on the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). A veterinary medicine Professor, Aliyu Usman Mani, from Katsina State died in the attack which also injured more than 15 other people. Shekau’s claim was communicated via an […]

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) will be strongly represented at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which begins in Davos, Switzerland today. UBA CEO Kennedy Uzoka leads a senior executive team, at one of the most important events on the global economic calendar. The UBA delegation will interact with global business and political leaders during the event. The delegation will also include Group Head of Correspondent Banking Sola Yomi-Ajayi and […]Read More

One professor and four other persons were on Monday killed in a suicide bomb attack targeted at the Senior Staff Quarters of the University of Maiduguri, (UNIMAID), Borno State. Alhaji Satomi Ahmed, the Chairman of State Emergency Management Agency(SEMA) in the state identified the deceased professor as the Director of Veterinary Science of the University, […]