The Nigerian Senate has taken decisive action, inaugurating an ad-hoc committee to delve into allegations of corruption that have marred the efficiency of the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) Ways and Means and Anchor Borrowers Programme. Led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the ceremony marked a significant step following...
Mohammed Abacha, a son of the late Nigerian military leader Sani Abacha, has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election in Kano.
The returning officer, Barrister Amina Garba, declared Mr Abacha winner after polling 736 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jafar Sani-Bello, who scored 710 votes.
The...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departs Abuja this morning for Accra, Ghana to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government deliberating today on the political situation in Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea.
The meeting which is coming as part of the...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed gratitude to many of his promoters on social media platforms. However, Zulum pleaded that some promoters should stop comparing his performance with those of other Governors, since all States have their peculiarities.
Professor Zulum’s Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam...
President Muhammadu Buhari says outcomes of the Governorship and State of Assembly elections will favour the All Progressives Congress, APC, across the country as Nigerians know the party “means what it says, and says what it means.’’
The president stated this while addressing newsmen after casting his vote at polling...
As a measure to curb the spread of Coronavirus, the government of the State of Osun has announced the mandatory use of face masks in public places effective from tomorrow, Friday, April 24.
The State Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola who made this known in a statement released by his Chief...
say he has rewritten history of Osun workers
The entire structures of the Osun workforce on Sunday went into jubilation as Governor Adegboyega Oyetola announced the approval of the seven major- pressing demands of the members of the Joint Labour Movement in his Workers' Day speech on Sunday.
The workers...
Festus Keyamo has said that the Federal Government has distanced itself from a website calling for applications for the employment of 774,000 across Nigeria as part of the special public works programme of the government.
Describing the website and portal as fake, the Federal Government said the exercise is yet...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has reiterated his administration’s stance not to negotiate with bandits, saying that his job as governor is to enforce the law and help prosecute people who commit offenses
El-Rufai restated his government’s position during an expanded meeting of the State Security Council on Tuesday...
The whole arrangements amount to a fraud, says Osinbajo
Going by the ruling on Friday by a United Kingdom judge, the timely observation and interventions of the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was instrumental in how the Process and Industrious Development Limited (P&ID).
The case became known and...
