Senate Bars Media from Budget Defence
As the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) commence the defence of their 2020 budget, the various committees of the Senate Thursday barred the media from covering the proceedings. The committees’…
PDP opposes N5000 renewal fee for national identity card
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as “repressive the decision of the Federal Government to impose a N5000 fee for renewal of the national identity cards.” In a statement…
IMF cautions Nigeria against mounting debt to China
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned Nigeria and other African countries against their rising level of indebtedness to China, stressing that the non-Paris Club creditors, “create some instability or…
Obasanjo: foreign funding for Boko Haram has risen to 50%
There are growing concerns that the insurgency in the Northeast is being prolonged by massive external funding from fundamentalist groups and foreign nations, forcing former president, Olusegun Obasanjo to add…
Aisha Buhari apologises over leaked videos
First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has apologised to her children, family and Nigerians over a leaked video, which showed her aggressively shouting on top of her voice inside the State…
Buhari Orders Forensic Audit of NDDC Operations
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The president gave the order in reaction to persistent criticisms…
Kidnappers free Abducted kaduna School Principal after collecting ransom
Kidnappers free Abducted Kaduna School Principal after collecting ransom Mr. Francis Maji, principal of Government Technical Secondary School in Maraban Kajuru, Kajuru LGA in Kaduna, abducted seven days ago, has…
To avert strike, FG makes Labour new offer as negotiations continue today
To avert a nationwide industrial action by the organized labour, the federal government yesterday shifted ground with a new proposal for minimum wage consequential adjustment from 11% to 17% for…
Buhari curtails Minister`s foreign travels,size of Govt delegation
President Muhammadu Buhari has restricted the number of international trips abroad by ministers and permanent secretaries to not more than two in a quarter. Also affected by the new directive…
Abuja security director forgets city’s emergency numbers
Despite growing concerns about the state of insecurity in Nigeria’s political capital, Abuja, the security director of the Federal Capital Territory, Adamu Buba Gwary, on Wednesday struggled on television to…