The House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to direct commercial banks to urgently overhaul their online banking platforms.
It said this would ease the electronic banking operations the banks were implementing in line with the cashless/naira re-design policy of the apex bank and reduce the pains...
The Sultan of Sokoto Sa’ad Abubakar III on Wednesday announced the sighting of the crescent of Ramadan.
The Sultan made the announcement at his palace in Sokoto after receiving and verifying reports of moon sighting across the country.
“Today Wednesday, the 29th day of Shaaban 1444 AH, which is equivalent to...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-designation of the State House Clinic back to Medical Centre.
Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja after a pre-commissioning inspection of the new Presidential (VIP) Wing of the State House Medical Centre by Secretary to the Government of...
Many Groups visit in large turnouts
The Ambassador of Switzerland to Nigeria, Mr Nicolas Lang has congratulated Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, over his re-election for second term.
Mr Nicolas who also oversees Chad, Niger and the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) met with the governor in...
After a very exhaustive campaign and election season, President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, has travelled abroad to rest and plan his transition programme ahead of May 29, 2023 inauguration.
The President-elect left the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja for Europe on Tuesday night.
The President-elect decided to take a break after the...
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has embraced the idea of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) to include Niger state as one of the states to be used as case studies in their research for this year.
Speaking during a visit by officials of the Institute...
Three committees discharged of duties
The House of Representatives has re-committed four bills to its Committee of the Whole for fresh consideration.
They are, (i) Arbitration and Conciliation Act (Repeal and Enactment) Bill, 2019 (HB.91);
(ii) Customs and Excise Management Act (Repeal and Enactment) Bill, 2021(HB. 1729);
(iii) Federal Medical Centre, Okigwe...
The Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed Bola Tinubu’s call for healing after a violent election as the height of hypocrisy.
He, however, commended the United States Government for condemning the outbreak of violence during the election.
Tinubu had in a statement he personally signed said...
The President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has condemned what he described as isolated cases of infractions, ethnic slurs and violence that characterised the 2023 general elections, saying the healing process must begin now that the elections are over.
Tinubu in a statement on Tuesday and made available to newsmen in Abuja...
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again expressed his desire to leave power.
On several occasions in the past, Buhari had said he was counting down to the May 29 handover date.
While speaking at a farewell meeting with the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, at the Presidential Villa in...
