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The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mansur Dan-Ali, on Saturday said Federal Government would establish Air Force station in Gusau, Zamfara, to assist in tracking down criminals in the state and its environs. The minister stated this in Gusau while launching the Integrated Medical Outreach for the military and civilians at the One Base Ammunition Depot […]

The northern political establishment working for the consolidation of the Presidency of General Muhammadu Buhari is set for a major alliance with the South East political class in a shift aimed at tackling the collapse of the North/South West alliance that brought him to power. As a direct response to this development, a rally in […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, November 11, 2016 arraigned Air Vice Marshall Tony Omenyi (rtd) alongside his company, Huzee Nigerian Company, before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on a 3-count charge bordering on abuse of office and money laundering to the tune of N136.325.000.00 […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja called on African leaders to form a strong united front to defeat terrorism and violent extremism, which is inhibiting development in Africa. Receiving Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto at the State House, President Buhari expressed concern that the continent is still grappling with acts and effects of terrorism […]

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company said on Friday that it lost N2.2bn in revenue to unpaid bills and electricity wastage by consumers. The Managing Director of 4Power, owners of PHED, Mr. Matthew Edevbie, said that 90 per cent of meters in homes were by-passed which was partly responsible for the revenue loss. He said, […]

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says  the number of Internally Displaced Persons in Yola, Adamawa, has dropped from 60,000 to 18,958. Mr Sa’ad Bello, the Head, NEMA Operation Office, Yola, disclosed this on Friday during an oversight visit by the Senate Committee on NEMA to the IDPs camp in Damare, Yola. A statement signed […]

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday relieved his Senior Special Assistant on Protocol, Sir Joe Akpa, of his appointment. This is contained in a statement  issued by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the governor on Electronic Media, in Port Harcourt. The statement did not give any reason for the action. However, it said […]

The management of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) has revealed that they are not planning to retrench staff of the organisation. Hadiza Usman while speaking during a tour of Warri Port in Delta State said that the management even has the intention of recruiting more staff. She added that the NPA’s general manager, human resources, […]

The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja set the ball rolling for an expansive and all inclusive medium term economic development plan (2017 -2019), at a national economic retreat which featured Nigeria’s topmost economic and multiple technical experts Participants at the two-day retreat, drawn from the public and private sector, consultancies and the academia, were […]

The Senate has rejected the Finance Committee report in which N143.7bn budget of the Federal Inland Revenue Service received approval.  On Thursday while debating the recommendation of the committee during the day’s plenary, the Senate condemned the report as lacking details. Many of the senators who spoke on the report also pointed out that  it […]

Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose on Thursday in Okesa, Ado Ekiti distributed cheques worth N200m to the second bash of landlords whose properties are to give way for the construction of 1.2km Fajuyi/Ojumose flyover. Governor Fayose in his address thanked the chiefs and residents for their understanding and cooperation with the assurance that his […]

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that the Nigeria military does not need the help of mercenaries in the fight against Boko Haram. Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, Acting Director Defence Information in a statement on Thursday, disclosed this in a statement. “The DHQ wishes to state, with emphasis, that the Nigerian Armed Forces has the […]