The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, October 15, 2020, presented the fifth prosecution witness against Rabbi Okpara and Jude Ugeaja (at large), who are facing criminal prosecution for international passport racketeering before Justice D.Z. Senchi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja. Both defendants were re-arraigned...
President Muhamamdu Buhari has defended the federal government’s decision to keep paying fuel subsidies. In a response to Bloomberg, the President said the effects of removing fuel subsidies would have been too harsh on the Nigerian people. He said the government is working on boosting local capacity in order to stem...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) describes President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment against overseas treatment, for which Mr. President leads on the medal table, as self-indicting and raises public apprehensions on high-level deceits in governance. Our party describes as ridiculous, a situation where a President, who patronizes foreign hospitals for treatment and...
says it's another promise kept as benefitting community leaders shower him encomiums As part of his Administration's commitment to opening the State to socioeconomic and infrastructure development, the Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Thursday inaugurated the newly-reconstructed Ada-Igbajo road after 33 years of neglect. He described the gesture as...
The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) Nigeria has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the reappointment of Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for another term of five years, a decision the Council says will further strengthen...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday welcomed Petrobras's imminent return to Nigeria, five years after Brazil's state-owned oil company halted its joint venture operations. At a joint press conference in Brasília during his State Visit to Brazil, President Tinubu said Petrobras' return would reignite economic cooperation in the energy sector between...
Asks Nigerians To Look Beyond Palliatives Sanwo-Olu Praises Monarch's Local Solutions To Health Challenge The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi Tuesday presented 3 locally made motorized modular fumigator to Lagos State Government as his contribution in the fight against the novel coronavirus global pandemic. The monarch also handed over...
‘No official told me of power outage’ Orders upgrade of solar installations At about 10pm last night (Friday), Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, showed up unannounced at two hospitals in Maiduguri only to find patients in darkness due to power failure that had lingered for a number...
Kwara State Pension Board Executive Secretary Aliyu Boni Shuaibu has said Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has brought joy to senior citizens in the state following his timely payments of their entitlements since he assumed office in May last year. "Pensioners in the state are praying for you because you have brought...
Nasarawa state Governor Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule has been commended for his commitment to agriculture and consistent payment of counterpart funds for every national agriculture programmes. As part of the honour Governor Sule was presented a plaque by the presidency through the Honourable minister of Agriculture and Rural Development at...