President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigerian Army to join the Police and flush out bandits from forests around the country, particularly in the areas that witnessed recent attacks. The President gave the directive in response to the killing of 22 people in Sokoto State, whose community was attacked by...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the coming on stream of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals as well as the Dangote Fertilizer Plant will help to ensure energy and food security in the country. The Minister made the remarks in Lagos on Sunday while...
The Kogi State Government said there is no “desperate need for total lockdown yet” over the dreaded Coronavirus. Speaking with journalists in Lokoja, Sunday, the State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo said such declaration would “close down the nation and her economy”. “The State Government is monitoring the situation...
Concerned by the widespread of the Covid -19 pandemic across the country, a member of National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Akure, the Ondo State Capital, Isreal Arogbonlo, has donated his March allowance to the state government to support the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic and help alleviate...
The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, says the cost of the nomination forms are: House of Assembly-N100, 000; House of Representatives- N250,000; Senate– N1,500,000; Governor-N2,500,000 and President-N10,000,000. The PRP National Chairman, Falalu Bello, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday, saying that the purported fees of N500,000 and N200,000...
The Delta State Government has said that its palliatives being provided to cushion the effect of the lockdown in the state on the vulnerable as a result of COVID 19, will not be distributed along party lines. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this while...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the dissolution of the Borno state executive council. The dissolution, which is with immediate effect, was contained in a statement signed by the permanent secretary, administration and general services, Danjuma Ali on behalf of Secretary to the State Government and made...
The Governor of Delta, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Saturday, disclosed that the state had recorded a third case of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). He said, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, that the sample of the case which was taken to Irrua Specialist Hospital in Edo,...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Monday that he has all it takes to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari whose tenure comes to an end in May 2023. "I am equipped. I have experience enough, I have what it takes to be Nigerian President after President Muhammadu Buhari...
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun has announced a two-week extension to the ongoing state-wide lockdown to combat the Coronovirus disease. This follows the expiration of the initial 14-day lockdown, which began on Tuesday, March 31st, 2020. Governor Oyetola, who made the announcement during a broadcast address to citizens...