President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Mela Kyari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the agenda of the meeting was unknown as of the time of filing this report. NAN reports...
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has assured all residents that there will be regular supply of potable water as rehabilitation work on the Ero and Egbe dams would soon be completed. Fayemi said works on the Ero Dam which would provide water for 16 local government areas,  would be...
The Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has signed the state’s 2020 Appropriation Bill into law. While signing the document on Tuesday, the governor lauded the state House of Assembly for meeting the deadline of passing the bill before the December 31, 2019. The budget is christened ‘Budget of...
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, has advised Nigerians to worry less about who will succeed the President. Instead, he said the task of nation-building and moving the country forward should take priority over the search for a successor for President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of...
The Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) said it will expand the tax net through the deployment of technology to generate N500 billion toward the implementation of the 2020 budget. The state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Sam Egube said this will involve massive investments in technology and other...
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has reaffirmed that no criminal will have a place to stay in the state which he governs with the kind of strategy that is being put in place by the state government in curbing and wiping out crimes in the state. Gov Abiodun...
As part of the ongoing ef­forts of the Oyo State Gov­ernment in restoring Bola Ige International Market, Gbagi Ibadan, back to in­ternational standard, it has marked not less than 30 illegally erected shops for demolition. Disclosing this on Tuesday, the state Com­missioner for Commerce, Mr. Adeniyi Adebisi, in an interview...
Charges APC To Respond To Barlow's Allegations The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted that the fizzling All Progressives Congress (APC) is responsible for the escalated violence, insurgent attack, bloodletting and worsened insecurity in our nation. The PDP says the APC has been feeding fat and servicing its interests from...
National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said that it’s too early to talk about which section of the country will get the presidential slot for 2023. “It will be mere restlessness to talk about it now”, he said. Tinubu also said that any talks about...
A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has asked the President Muhammadu Buhari and the Vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to publicly declare their current assets. This was contained a statement signed by Falana and circulated by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. It will be recalled that SERAP had...