A Civil Society Organisation under the aegis of “Citizens Action To Take Back Nigeria” (CATBAN), has embarked on a fact finding mission to the North-east part of the country to unravel the truth behind allegations of abuse of the Public Procurement Acts in contract awarded by the Presidential
Ekiti state government on Monday announced the approval for payment N140m severance package due to former dead and living elected-public-office holders at the local government level. This is contained in a statement released to journalists by the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, in Ado Ekiti. According to the statement, the beneficiaries of
No fewer than 200 children have been confirmed to have tuberculosis disease in Sara town, Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa. The Head of Department (HOD) of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in the state, Alhaji Muhammad Maisamari, confirmed this on Monday through the Information Officer of the affected local government council, Malam Nasiru Yusif. […]
Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dr. Joe Abah, says there will be new reforms in public service in 2017 that will adequately foster the country’s growth. Abah disclosed this in Abuja on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the recent announcement by the National Economic Council, […]
Federal government has congratulated gallant troops of the Nigerian military for finally seizing the Sambisa forest from the Boko Haram terrorists and securing the North-east, thus paving for the re-opening of two strategic roads in Borno State. In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday and signed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji […]
Former governor of Taraba state, Rev. Jolly Nyame, has called on Nigerians to cooperate with President Muhammadu Buhari administration, to enable them come out of the present downturn biting harder on the economy of the Nation.Nyame, who dropped this hint on Christmas day on Sunday while answering questions from newsmen shortly after marking his 61st […]
The Area Commander of the Nigeria Police Force, Warri, Muhammadu Shaba, has warned criminally minded individuals operating within his area of jurisdiction to change gear or relocate because he will not tolerate any such act.He gave the warning in a media chat over the weekend in Warri. The Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) recalled that […]
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta, Ogun state, Most Rev. Dr. Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo, has called on government to find a lasting solution to the crisis bedeviling the country. Bishop Odetoyinbo in his 2016 Christmas message to Nigerians also called on Nigerians to rededicate their lives to God as He is the only […]
Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, says House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, deserves to be celebrated for what he calls “his superb and remarkable leadership qualities and democratic passion.”The former vice president, in a statement to mark Dogara’s 50th birthday anniversary, says he has
A commissioner in Bauchi, Alhaji Shehu Barau Ningi has resigned his appointment from the state executive council. His resignation comes few days after Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar had presented the 2017 budget to the House of Assembly. Addressing journalist over his decision to resign his appointment on Thursday, Ningi who is the commissioner for Budget […]
Minister for the Federal Capital Territory Muhammad Bello is urging newly appointed Ambassadors to explore possibilities of attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the Federal Capital Territory. He made this appeal at a strategic meeting with the new Ambassadors Abuja. The Minister emphasized the Foreign Direct Investment will reduce the economic challenges facing
Thousands of supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State have resolved to ensure that strategic measures are taken to forge a common front ahead of 2019 and remove the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next election. To achieve this goal, concerted reconciliatory moves have commenced as faithful of the party […]
The foreign trips of President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the State House headquarters will gulp about N1.05bn in the 2017 fiscal year. Their local trips will cost the nation N353.115m. These are some of the details of the 2017 Appropriation Bill currently before the National Assembly as obtained by our correspondent on […]
There is serious commotion at venues where the Lake Rice is being sold for N12,000 a bag as many Lagosians fight to get their share. The residents of Lagos State on Thursday crowded the centres where the state government’s “Lake Rice’’ is being sold for N12,000 for a 50kg bag and N6,000 for 25kg. The […]
Another 21 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram from their school in 2014 have been released. The girls were brought to Yola International Airport in Yola, Adamawa State capital around 3pm on Thursday. The Nigerian Army Wednesday troops rescued over 1,880 civilians from a Boko Haram redoubt in the restive northeast in the past week […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, gave “incurable hatred for Igbo people” as one of the reasons why they do not want President Muhammadu Buhari in any part of South-East. They also alleged that Mr President always refused to take distress calls from governors of South East anytime they called him to respond to […]
Senator Ita Enang says consultations are ongoing to resolve the impasse that led to National Assembly’s non-approval of the 30 billion dollars loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari. Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), made this known when briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. He explained that the […]
…Preaches peace, love at Christmas Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, said on Monday that Nigeria cannot move forward as a country until each and every one realizes that what is good for one should also be good for the other. Alhaji Atiku said this a press […]
The Nigerian music industry’s recent most talked about songstress, KASI, the June 12 girl, will on Saturday January 14 simultaneously drop two big singles. The red-hot power bike riding damsel will explode on the scene with “LOVINJAITIS” her thumping dance song guaranteed to get everyone gyrating on the dance floor for months. KASI will also […]
