Buhari Cuts Travels For Government Appointees, Slashes Estacode
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday announced the reduction in the number of trips and the estacode for government officials. The measures as announced by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha,...
Police Seek To Amend Charges Against Agba Jalingo, Protection Of Witnesses
Mr. Dennis Tarhemba, the prosecution counsel in the case against journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo, has asked the court to grant it leave to amend the charges and an order to protect its...
Buhari Inaugurate 2020 Armed Forces Emblem With N10m Donation
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday inaugurated the 2020 Emblem Appeal Launch for the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration with a donation of N10 million on behalf of the Federal Government. The president made the donation...
Nigeria’s Debt Rises To N25.7trn
The nation’s total public debt rose by N3.32trn in one year to N25.7trn as at the end of June 2019, the Debt Management Office said on Tuesday. As at June 2018, the nation’s debt stood...
Planned Minimum Wage Strike Will Not Succeed — Labour Faction
The United Labour Congress, ULC, said on Tuesday that the planned nationwide strike by the Trade Union Congress, TUC, and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, would not succeed. The union made the declaration in a...
847 Soldiers Killed By Boko Haram, Buried In Borno Cemetery – Ndume
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, on Tuesday disclosed that 840 Nigerian soldiers killed by the Boko Haram terrorists from 2013 till date were buried in the Military cemetery located in...
Alleged Defilement: Chrisland Supervisor Petitions NJC, Accuses Judge Of Bias
Adegboyega Adenekan, a Supervisor at Chrisland School, accused of defiling a pupil of the school has petitioned the National Judicial Council, NJC, accusing the trial judge, Justice Sybil Nwaka, of bias. The News Agency of...
Labour Suspends Proposed Strike, As Negotiations Continue Today
Organised labour has suspended its planned nationwide strike as negotiations with the Federal Government on consequential adjustment of salaries continue today, October 16. At the meeting of Tuesday, both the labour and government teams made...
Centre With 300 Inmates Uncovered In Daura
The police in Katsina State on Monday discovered a rehabilitation centre in Daura with over 300 inmates. It also arrested a 78-year-old cleric Bello Maialmajri, owner of the centre alongside two other men, whose names...
Mining; FG Will No Longer Tolerate Royalty Payment Evasion By States — Minister
Mr. Olamilekan Adegbite, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development says the Federal Government will no longer tolerate evasion of royalty payment by states. He said this on Tuesday in Abuja while declaring open the...
Fresh Crisis Brews In Buhari’s Home
Muhammadu Buhari’s home as his wife, Aisha, squared up to the family of the President’s nephew, Mamman Daura. Daura’s daughter, Fatima, in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Monday claimed to be behind...
FG Will Not Reopen Borders Yet – Customs Boss
The Federal Government on Monday rejected calls on it to reopen its with neigbouring countries. There have been calls on the government to reopen the borders which have closed for nearly one month, especially its border...
Lagos Assembly Releases List Of Committee Chairmen
The Lagos State House of Assembly has released the list of chairmen of the various House committees. Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa announced the committees and their chairmen during plenary on Monday. See the full...
