VP to National Institute: Affect human history After the recent inauguration of an Endowment Fund’s Board of Trustees for the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Thursday declared that the task for NIPSS “is to determine how it will affect human history...
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has congratulated the Muslim faithful in the state on the occasion of the celebration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) popularly known as the Eidul-Mawlid. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa,...
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has reiterated his warning that the state government will clamp down on banks and businesses rejecting the old naira notes. Explaining that part of the measures being considered may include getting security agencies to arrest anyone who refuses to accept old Naira notes, the...
The Kaduna state government has flagged off the construction of 21 Kafanchan township roads in Jema’a local government area totalling a distance of 26.3km. The managing director, Kaduna Roads Agency (KADRA), Engr. Mohammed Lawal Magaji, who did the flag-off ceremony at Katsina Road, Kafanchan, on Friday, said the 21 road...
says Atiku will privatise Nigeria into his pocket All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has re-echoed his message of economic prosperity to Nigerians at his campaign rallies in Anambra and Cross Rivers States. Speaking in Awka and Calabar, capital of Anambra and Cross Rivers States on Tuesday,...
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has called for an increase in the funding of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in tackling drug abuse in Nigeria. Senator Omo-Agege who decried the growing trend of drug abuse among the youth, also called for the establishment of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have withdrawn a fresh application they filed to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow their agents to participate in the process of sorting out ballot papers that were used for the presidential election that held...
Justice Okong Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, December 4, 2020, gave an order for the remand of ex-chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina in prison custody till the end of his trial, and adjourned the matter till December 8, 2020 upon application by...
says CBN must respect apex court's decision The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has hailed the decision of the Supreme Court, which invalidated the deadline for the currency policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and extended it to 31st December, 2023. Gbajabiamila noted...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday disbursed N32m cash to 704 small and medium entrepreneurs in Borno state, bringing to N154m the amount given by the governor in the last one week, to boost small businesses, stimulate the local economy and fight poverty. The distribution took place along Damboa road...