Nigeria Threatens to Shut Reopened borders
The Nigeria government on Tuesday said it was studying activities at four of the nation’s land borders which were reopened last week, explaining the government may close the borders again…
Edo HoS abductors demand N100m, as another shot police guard dies
Abductors of Edo State Head of Service, HoS, Anthony Okungbowa, have demanded a ransom of N100 million for his release, as they opened negotiation with his family. The ransom being…
SERAP asks Buhari to stop NIN registration, withdraw threat to block SIM cards
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “instruct the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr Isa Pantami, and Director-General of the National Identity Management…
Senate passes N453.2bn NDDC’s 2020 budget
The Senate on Monday passed the sum of N453.2bn as the budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the 2020 fiscal year. This followed the presentation of the…
Senate passes N13.5trn 2021 budget
The Senate on Monday passed the 2021 budget totalling N13.5trn. This represents an increase of N505bn. The budget is based on oil benchmark $40 per barrel, N3.324trn for debt servicing,…
African Development Bank unveils Top 20 AfricavsVirus winners in virtual event
More than 25,000 participants from Africa and around the world pitched their ideas during a 72-hour ideathon The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has announced 20 finalists of the AfricavsVirus Challenge…
Editorial: Buhari’s tacky federal budgeting process
The decision by the Senate, which yesterday, passed a bill extending the implementation of the capital component of the 2020 Appropriation Act to March next year is a reminder; if…
Kidnappers of Edo HoS yet to Contact Family, orderly still missing
The kidnappers who abducted Anthony Okungbowa, Edo State Head of Service, are yet to make contact with his family by Sunday, a day after the kidnap. Unidentified gunmen kidnapped Edo’s…
COVID-19: Nigeria’s Daily Infection Rate crosses 1,000mark
… records 1,145 new cases Nigeria’s daily infection rate of the Covid-19 for the first time crossed the 1,000 on Thursday, as the country recorded 1,145 new confirmed cases of…
Kankara schoolboys’ abduction not stage-managed – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government has described as senseless, the claim in certain quarters that the abduction and release of over 300 schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, was…