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Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has affirmed that no state in Nigeria is unsafe, contrary to a recent statement by the United States warning its citizens against travelling to 20 Nigerian states. He gave the response on Thursday while hosting a delegation from the Association of Tourism Practitioners of Nigeria (ATPN), Mohammed observed […]

Barr. George Turnah deputy Chairmanship candidate and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State says the allegations that the party is engineering the emergence of some militant groups including Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to frustrate the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is untrue. Turnah told journalists in Abuja  after he obtained his […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday while receiving the United Nations Population Fund’s Executive Director and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja revealed that Nigeria has suddenly become a poor country as a result of the sharp drop in price of oil. Mr. Femi Adesina Special Adviser on […]

The Federal Government has on Thursday during the 2016 Presidential Policy Dialogue Session, organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry unveiled plans to tax 700,000 more companies as part of efforts to increase non-oil revenue and address the economic challenges facing Nigeria. The Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo who communicated this at the meeting also […]

The Lagos State Government has on Thursday commissioned the first ever state-owned Helipad for medical emergencies in Nigeria at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. The state governor Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode while commissioning the Helipad said that the upgrading of the 247-bed and five Theatre Suits for pregnant women, popularly called Ayinke House, would […]

Based on gross domestic product at the end of 2015 as published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), South Africa’s economy has regained its position in dollar terms as the value of the Nigeria’s naira move in opposite directions more than two years after losing Africa’s largest economy to Nigeria. The size of South Africa’s […]Read More

The candidate of the Peoples Democracy Party for the Edo State governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, in an interview with PUNCH Newspaper mocked his opponent, Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of the APC.  When asked if he felt intimidated by Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu said, “How can you be intimidated by a man you don’t see? Every time […]

www.www.aso.rocks search engine  understand that the Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka has recommended five  lecturers of the university for sack by a disciplinary committee of the institution set up to investigate various offences, including sexual harassment of female students and financial extortion for marks. The recommendation of the committee is coming 13 months after the […]Read More

The Federal Government has assured Nigerians  that no matter the difficult times  being experienced by Nigerians, it would not abandon  its global responsibilities. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President […]

The Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) in a statement signed by Mr Celestine Ogugua, the Head, Media Unit of the commission on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to support organisations such as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), to enable it to realise its mandate. Ogugua  said that the Executive Secretary, Rev. Tor Uja, […]

Abiodun Olasupo, member of the House of Representatives and Chairman, House Committee on Legislative Compliance has said Nigerian lawmakers were elected to pad the nation’s budget. Olasupo, who is a representative of Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency of Oyo State, insisted that ‘budget padding’ remains a constitutional responsibility of the legislative arm of government and as such […]

www.www.aso.rocks search engine understands that a militant group called Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate who earlier threatened to blow up oil installations in the upland of the Niger Delta region has on  on Wednesday destroyed a major pipeline. The said group who claimed responsibility for the attack said it was part of the group’s demolition […]Read More