Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that the politicisation of religion – as forbidden by the 1999 Constitution (as amended) – has no place in Nigeria.
Shehu, who was responding to some recent statements from the Christian Association of...
Presidential aide Femi Adesina says Nigerians including media outfits are free to address President Muhammadu Buhari by his military rank of Major General as the administration promotes freedom of speech in the country.
It came after news outlet Punch announced it would “henceforth prefix Buhari’s name with his rank as...
The Police Command in Enugu State has reiterated its ban on use of fireworks this Yuletide.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Enugu.
Amaraizu noted that the ban was due to the explosives’ security implications.
“Their usages are...
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, threatened to institute legal action against Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, over the allegation bothering on the release of N1 trillion for implementation of constituency projects, which President Muhammadu Buhari described as waste.
The...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has distributed 141 new vehicles of different brands to top government functionaries in the State with a view to ensuring smooth running of government.
Handing out the vehicle keys in Ado Ekiti on Friday, the governor stated that the dearth of necessary working tools...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has fixed March 14 for the commencement of the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination.
The examination according to the board will be between March 14 and April 4.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday in Abuja,...
Amidst growing criticism of the country’s debt profile, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Monday the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari alone could not be blamed for the country’s debt stock.
He said the debt stock was “a cumulative figure of borrowings by successive governments...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State.
A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili affirmed the governor’s victory at the March 9, 2019 election after dismissing two separate appeals challenging the outcome of the poll.
Justice Paul Galinje,...
Power distribution companies on Monday declared that the new electricity tariffs shall become enforceable from April 1.
Speaking through their umbrella body, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, the Discos explained that the new tariffs ordered by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission would cater for revenue shortfalls in the sector.
In a...
• 10 properties, cash worth over N3.6bn recovered in the State since Feb.
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday said he would have inherited an empty treasury if the account of the state government had not been frozen on the eve of his inauguration, recalling that only the N4.8bn...
