President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja endorsed the establishment of the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund (NDITF), a private sector investment window with Nigerians in the Diaspora to support direct investments in the country. Speaking at the presentation of a compendium entitled +600 Diaspora Icons @ 60, published by the...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Jabi, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered an interim suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress. Delivering a ruling on an application for interlocutory injunction, Justice Danlami Senchi said his order would subsist pending the determination of the...
US Drug Agency lists training, special joint operations as areas of further support to NDLEA The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States (DEA) have stressed the need to strengthen current collaboration between the two agencies on the fight against the...
One of the arrow heads of the cabal in Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, instigating the union to discredit the Special Intervention Team (SIT), has been identified as the Acting Director, General Studies, Dr. M.L. Igbafen. For Dr. Igbafen and his cohorts, the...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has refuted social media reports that he received N300 million and bulletproof cars from David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa. Mr Jonathan, who made the rebuttal in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, on Wednesday in Yenagoa, described the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday presented a ₦58.18 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly, declaring 2026 a year of consolidation, renewed resilience and shared prosperity for Nigeria. Delivering the budget speech at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, the President said the proposal...
Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has commended the Support Women Initiatives to Transform Children (SWITCH) Foundation for its tremendous impact in touching the lives of many under-privileged women, children and young girls in Plateau State. The Governor was speaking while recieving Mrs Zainab Tsok, Coordinator of SWITCH Foundation at...
The 2020 edition of the National Sports Festival has been postponed. The decision was reached after a meeting with the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, his health counterpart, Dr Osagie Ehanire and a few other experts at the Health Ministry. They reviewed the COVID-19 situation vis-a-vis Edo 2020 Sports festival towards...
The opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticized the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu over its recent announcement of ambassadorial postings, describing the move as a diplomatic misstep that could expose Nigeria to international embarrassment. In a press statement released on Saturday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said...
Asks that section 84 (12) be deleted President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said The Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2022, passed by the National Assembly, holds a lot of promise for improving the election processes in the country, with introduction of new technology, and efforts to engender clarity and...