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The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has urged officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to stay away from causing unnecessary deaths as they carry on their responsibilities in the state. The Governor said the Service has to find a better way to manage relationships with the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has said they do not have members who carry the burden of certificate forgery. PDP, revealed this while reacting to an earlier statement by APC, which described the main opposition party as dead. Speaking at a press conference at the party’s national headquarters, PDP spokesman, ...

Senator Suleiman Adokwe, PDP chieftain, and a two-term senator from Nasarawa State was recently defeated in the 2019 Nasarawa South senatorial election case vs the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, an APC politician, and he has said things about it. In a recent interview, he ...

House of Representatives speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has come out to say that as long as they are candidates with good ideas, funding and organisation, Nigerian women can get elected into public offices. Femi said the 9th House has prioritised gender equality in its legislative agenda, and he plans to personally ...

An APC chieftain In Edo State, Maj. Gen. Charles Airhiavbere has said Governor Godwin Obaseki is planning to abandon the ruling party in the state. Gen. Charles, who is an ex APC governorship aspirant, said that Godwin plans to abandon the party and contest for second-term with a different party ...

Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has come out to say that a total of 524 road projects were presently ongoing in the several geo-political zones in Nigeria. He revealed this as he addressed the House of Representatives Committee on Works chaired by Rep. Ahmed Birchi in Abuja. ...

The management of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo have said the school is presently experiencing a new era of discipline and rule of law. The university, Spokesman, Mr Ademola Adekoya disclosed this today in Lagos. He said it is so perfect that no smear campaign can derail the school now. ...

Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha has ordered the state Accountant General, the Head of Service (HOS) and the Commissioner for Finance to wrap up all important formalities for the commencement of the payment of pensions in the state next week. Gov Emeka, who made this order at a one-day Pension ...

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana has asked for instant removal of the ban of students unions in all Nigeria universities. He revealed this while delivering the 9th Convocation lecture of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, titled: “Managing Freedom and Illusions of Achievement”. Mr Femi said rather than producing ...

The Medical Director, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Dr. Monday Igwe, has said Nigeria’s health challenges are slowly shifting from infectious diseases to mental health. Dr Monday revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) today in Enugu on the sidelines of the 2019 World Mental Health ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has come out to say that its intervention has helped Nigeria save N4.5 billion monthly from ghost workers working for the Federal Government. According to a statement on by EFCC Spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu said this as he delivered ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to go to any length to make sure the relationship between the Executive and the Legislative arms of government remain cordial. He revealed this today at the unveiling of the Legislative Agenda of the 9th House of Representatives in Abuja. Represented by the Minister of ...

Contrary to the reports going round earlier today, President Buhari will not be getting married to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq today. The Special Adviser on media and Publicity to President Buhari, Femi Adesina, has rubbished the news in a recent interview ...

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has said he is committed to uplifting the living standards and sustainable development of the state. He said this as he received the new Executive Council members Trade Union Congress, TUC in the state recently. Okowa told organized labour to always send out the ...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin has said that military veterans can still do a lot to boost national security and development. According to Gen. Abayomi, the retirees still have a vital role to play to “checkmate various divisive tendencies that constantly threaten” Nigeria’s corporate existence. Olonisakin ...

President Muhammadu Buhari recently welcomed the ministers who served with him when he was the Military Head of State between January 1984 and August 1985 to his house. The President used the opportunity to reminisce about how things were done then, during the military regime. According to Special Adviser to ...

Any FG worker that is not captured on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) by Oct. 31 will not be paid his monthly salary, according to Muhammadu Buhari. PMB revealed this during the presentation of the 2020 budget proposal to the joint session of the National Assembly in ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has come ut to say that the Finance Bill 2019 he sent to the National Assembly, when passed into law, will allow the government to raise Nigeria’s Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5 to 7.5 per cent. He revealed this when he presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has come out to say that the N10.7 trillion 2020 budget presented by PMB to the National Assembly will make Nigerians poorer and will also mortgage the future of the country and its citizens. The opposition party also begged the legislature to redirect the fiscal proposal ...

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has described the 2020 Budget presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari as a lot, but one that lacks substance. This is coming as it announced that it was heading for the court to challenge the planned increment in the Value ...