Appoints disbursement committee chair
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday in Maiduguri hosted hundreds of victims, most of them traders at the Monday Market whose shops and goods worth billions of naira, were razed by an inferno that engulfed the market yesterday, Sunday.
Zulum while hosting them, presented a cheque...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the clampdown on major broadcast stations including AIT, Channels and the ARISE TV by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government, over their reportage of the EndSARS protest in various parts of the country.
The PDP asserts that the rush to impose monetary...
Femi Fani-Kayode, an APC chieftain, said he was grilled for five hours by operatives of the State Security Services, SSS, over his tweet on a purported meeting of a presidential candidate with some military officers.
Mr Fani-Kayode who is the director of Special Projects and New Media All Progressives Congress...
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, who is chairman, Northeast Governors forum, today, at the forum’s third meeting ongoing in Jimeta, Yola, said governors in the region need take far reaching measures to ensure incidences of house kidnapping as reported in some states, does not extend to the northeast.
Zulum...
Leads APC’s campaign rally
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Gwoza town of southern Borno on Sunday. He announced the upgrade of Gwoza’s General Hospital to a Specialist Hospital which will undergo some expansion, get more equipment and consultants for different specialized areas of medical needs.
Zulum also announced a...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not need his directives before it complies with the Supreme Court ruling which extended the validity of the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes to December 31, 2023.
Buhari broke silence on Monday over penultimate Friday’s decision of...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has presented a N448,660,773,476 billion Budget, for 2021 fiscal year to the state's House of Assembly for consideration and approval.
The proposed 2021 budget christened, “Budget of Recovery and Consolidation”, is made up of N305, 894, 284.061 for Capital Expenditure, while N142,776,489,415 is earmarked...
Reps reconvene plenary
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged aggrieved participants arising from the February 25th Presidential and National Assembly elections to apply lawful means in expressing their grievances.
The Speaker stated that post-election disputes in a complex country like Nigeria were expected, but...
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...
