Former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has urged Kwarans to pray and strive for peace, unity and prosperity in the state and indeed the country.
In his new year message, Alhaji Ahmed thanked Allah for making it possible for Kwarans to witness a New Year and decade and...
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has emerged as the best Small and Medium Enterprises Governor of the year 2019.
The Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Mukhtar Gidado said the honour was in recognition of the governor’s outstanding contributions and support in creation of an enabling environment...
Nigeria’s First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari on Wednesday demanded for the resignation of the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
In a statement, she accused the presidential spokesman of interfering in the affairs of the president’s family.
“In saner climes, Garba Shehu would...
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism has postponed the presentation of the award to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.
According to a statement signed by Motunrayo Alaka, Chief Executive Officer of the Centre, the decision was reached following the rearrest of Omoleye Sowore, Publisher of SaharaReporters, on Friday, by operatives of...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday in Ibadan signed the state’s Anti Corruption Bill 2019 into law.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Mr Makinde had upon assumption of office said that the state under his watch would establish its own anti-corruption agency to ensure probity,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency.
Special Adviser, Media and Communication to the Minister of Power, Mr Aaron Artimas, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.
Artimas said Ahmad,...
The Presidency has said that millions of Nigerians are not bothered about the rearrest of SaharaReporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High Court in Abuja last Friday.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said this during Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday.
Adesina...
In what may be termed the first soothing news of 2020, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Monday reiterated Federal Government’s plan to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty this year, in line with a pledge earlier made by President Muhammadu Buhari...
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...
The Nigeria LNG Limited says it has paid over $7bn as taxes and issued more than $15bn as dividend to the Federal Government since it started operations.
NLNG’s Managing Director, Tony Attah, who disclosed this recently in Abuja, also stated that the company had the target of expanding its LNG...
