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With the glitter of fool’s gold, Nigeria’s recently elected President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in the United States in July uttering time-worn democracy vows to President Barack Obama and his administration. Among other things, he pledged at the United States Institute for Peace to combat graft with procedures that would be “fair, just, and scrupulously follow […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Tehran on Sunday to participate in the  3rd Gas Exporting Countries’ Forum (GECF) opening in the capital of Iran on Monday, 23rd November 2015. According to a press release by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Buhari and the leaders of Iran, Russia, Qatar, the […]

In order to increase its capital, the National Economic Council has approved that 250 million dollars out of the 400 million dollars dividend from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) should be invested in the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). The balance of 150 million dollars will be shared among the states of the federation […]

New Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday took on the Federal Government-owned media for allowing themselves to be used as tools of attack by politicians. He also said because of their serious lack of integrity and sincerity, these media including the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) […]

For many hours on Thursday, the immediate past Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Mrs. Nkechi Ejele, was questioned by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged missing N500 million funds to her ministry from the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P) while she was still in office. Mrs. […]

The staggering economy of Nigeria has hit the 36 state governors in the country and they have in turn declared on Thursday that they can no longer implement the N18,000 minimum wage for workers of the various state civil service. Many of the state governors, since last year, had not found it easy paying workers […]

Despite the financial challenges being experienced by the state government, Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said his administration will not retrench workers in its employ. The governor, who said this in Ise-Ekiti yesterday, said the administration would instead discuss with workers to find means of paying their salaries. This was contained in a […]

The former National Security Adviser,Col Mohammed Sambo Dasuki(Rtd) has described as absurd the findings  contained  in the  interim report of the 13 man committee set up by the Office of  the National Security Adviser to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to date. Col Dasuki, […]

A twin explosion has occurred at the popular GSM market in Kano killing eleven people and injuring sixty six others. The explosions occurred early Wednesday evening while business was still at its peak. One of the explosions occurred at the entrance to the market while the second one occurred in the centre of the market, […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has restated his commitment to protecting the lives and property of the people of the State, just as he assured that security remains an important area of focus for his administration. Governor Ambode, who spoke in Lagos at a dinner organised in honour of outgoing and incoming members of […]

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere on Wednesday fixed 18th January 2016 for hearing of a motion for stay of execution of a judgment of the court declaring the appointment of Caretaker Committees to manage the affairs of Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas in the State as illegal. The Court […]

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that its troops of 111 Special Forces Battalion, 7 Division Garrison, has raided a rocket factory of the Boko Haram sect in Borno State, North-eastern Nigeria. The Army said the success was recorded during a special raid operation carried out on Tuesday at the Delwa general area. While on […]