The Federal Government has successfully secured a substantial loan package totaling around $2.2 billion from the World Bank, along with additional budget support from the African Development Bank (AfDB). This development was revealed by Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, during a recent press briefing following Nigeria's engagements at the...
Gov support families of slain soldiers with N60m, gives N5m each to those injured Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has again rallied public support for the security forces involved in counterterrorism operations, appealing to citizens to avoid giving out information on troops' movement. In a brief interview with reporters on...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, presided over the swearing-in of 29 Special Advisers, 27 Local Government Chairpersons, and 7 Permanent Secretaries to the Borno State Civil Service. The oath of office was administered at an event held at the multipurpose hall of the Government House by the...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja granted full scholarship up to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree level to three secondary students who emerged winners at the year 2020 Young Nigerian Scientists Presidential Award Competition. The scholarship is in any science-related discipline of their choice at any university in the...
says APC’s convincing victory, proof of wide acceptance, victories ahead Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has sent a congratulatory message to the Governor-elect of Ekiti state, Mr Biodun Oyebanji after being declared as the winner of the just concluded, Saturday election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mr Oyebanji...
says party's standard-bearer a dogged democrat The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has congratulated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for clinching the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for next year's general elections. Gbajabiamila said he was elated that his political mentor has won the...
Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC have condemned agitations by some elements to have an Interim National Government ING in place, rather than swear in the President-Elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu on May 29. Urging the Department of State Services DSS to initiate the arrest and prosecution of those...
The Supreme Court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to replace Ibrahim Shekarau with Rufai Hanga as the Kano Central senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP. In a judgment delivered Friday by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the Supreme Court upheld the judgement of the Court of...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has administered the oath of office on four new members of the House of Representatives. The members who were sworn in at the beginning of plenary on Thursday all emerged from rerun elections held last weekend. The lawmakers are Abdullahi Abubakar (PDP,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has exposed plots by the sinking All Progressives Congress (APC) to use the trio of Governors Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Hope Uzodinma of Imo state and Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to derail the September 19 Edo State governorship election. The PDP and indeed...