President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed release of kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, describing their safe return as a big relief to their families, the entire country and international community. In a short remark shortly after their release was announced, President Buhari expressed the nation’s appreciation...
Gov, Dep Gov, HoA members-elect get certificates of return Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday received his certificate of return, following his resounding victory at the March 18 gubernatorial polls, assuring Kwarans that he would remain just as responsive and empathetic to the yearnings of the citizens as...
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, swore in Alhaji Ayansiju Lawal as a commissioner, stating that the Executive Council of the state is being driven by ideas and that everybody is working as a team. He added that the Council has only God and the people of Oyo...
The Kaduna State Government, on Monday, announced the immediate imposition of 24-hour curfew on Sabon Garin Nassarawa-Tirkaniya area of Chikun local government area of the State. In a terse statement issued by the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, he said the decision was reached following...
Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman on Tuesday disclosed that most of the laws regulating security agencies have become “antiquated.” He said the legal framework does not fit for the reality of the present day Nigeria with multiple security challenges. Sulaiman spoke...
Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha, popularly known as Basketmouth, has revealed that the unpaid N30,000 fee his colleague AY claimed to be the reason for their rift is actually not the issue. Basketmouth revealed this during an interview he had with OAP Nedu on ‘The Honest Bunch’, which was shared on...
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called for restraints during the Christmas and New Year festivities as he announced the suspension of street carnivals, crowded cross-over night service, parties and similar gatherings in the Stat, amidst an increase in COVID-19 infections across the nation. The governor on Wednesday also...
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has declared as null and void, the purported declaration of the All Progressives Congress APC Governorship Candidate in Adamawa state, Aisha Dahiru Binani by the state Resident Electoral Commissioner REC as duly elected. According to the commission, the REC has no such powers as...
Sustainable development is impossible when a country is hobbled by severe infrastructural deficits, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President spoke Tuesday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience Mr Wang Yi, the State Councillor and Foreign Minister, People’s Republic of China. “We thank China for its support to us...
As part of its development finance move, the Central Bank of Nigeria over the years supported critical projects to reflate the economy and drive national growth. Due to its potential to drive economic growth, the Dangote refinery is one of the critical projects the CBN has invested in especially by...