I won’t line up Ministers to declare asset, common sense should prevail –...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he expects his appointees to abide by the constitution by declaring their assets. Buhari, while responding to a question on assets declaration during the...
View ArticleFG to employ 400,000 Nigerians for pencil production
The Federal Government on Wednesday in Enugu said the country must stop importing pencil in the next two years. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonaya Onu, gave the directive at the Projects...
View ArticleAny APC member involved in the misuse of security votes will not be shielded...
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has disclosed that the Federal Government will not shield any top ranking member of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, involved...
View ArticleNo plea bargain under Buhari – AGF Malami insists
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has restated his stance that those who engaged in one form of economic crime or the other should be ready to...
View ArticleGunmen demand N15m ransom for release of DELSUTH consultant neurologist
The abductors of a consultant neurologist, Dr. Obiabo Yahaya, with the Delta State Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, Oghara, have demanded N15million ransom for his release, Vanguard reports. Yahaya, the...
View ArticleFederal government declares Friday public holiday
The Federal Government has declared tomorrow, Friday, January 1, 2016 as public holiday to commemorate the New Year celebration. This was contained in a statement issued by the Minister of Interior,...
View ArticleNDLEA nabs woman, accomplice at Lagos airport with hard drugs
A 37-year-old woman, Ezeabata Gloria Uju, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with 1.325kg of methamphetamine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA,...
View ArticleBuhari’s media chat exposed him as undemocratic, tyranical – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has claimed that the Presidential Media Chat hosted by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday exposed his undemocratic character as an unrepentant tyrant who have no...
View ArticleOrtom presents N133bn 2016 budget in Benue
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, Thursday presented a budget of N133 billion to the State House of Assembly. Making the presentation, he disclosed that capital expenditure would be N67.4 billion...
View ArticleGovernor Al-Makura presents N77.9bn appropriation bill for 2016
Nassarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura on Thursday presented the 2016 budget proposal of N77.9 billion to the state House of Assembly for consideration. Presenting the appropriation bill tagged,...
View ArticleBuhari signs 2015 budget implementation extension into law
President Muhammadu Buhari, has signed an amendment to the 2015 budget act which authorised the executive to extend the implementation of the Capital vote component in the act beyond Dec. 31. The...
View ArticleNo recruitment yet in NSCDC – Comptroller General
The Management of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Thursday said it had not engaged in any form of recruitment in the service. This is contained in a statement made available to the...
View Article2016 is the year of change – Buhari tells Nigerians in new year message
President Muhammadu Buhari has described 2016 as the year Nigerians will begin to witness the ‘change’ they voted for. This was contained in his new year message. He called for support from all...
View ArticleOne million jobs will be created by FG in 2016 – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that the Federal Government will create no fewer than 1 million direct jobs in 2016. Osinbajo in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media...
View ArticlePrepare to suffer political tsunami in the next 31 days – Peterside warns...
The All Progressive Congress, APC, candidate in the River State governorship election during the 2015 general elections, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has called on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the...
View ArticleNFF scrap bonuses for Golden Eaglets, Flamingoes, others
The Golden Eaglets will no longer receive match bonuses, after the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), scrapped it because of lack of funds. Other developmental teams affected by the decision, are the...
View ArticleBalotelli’s agent claims player does twice as much because he is black
Mario Balotelli’s agent, Mino Raiola, has claimed that his client and other black players, must do “twice as much” as their white counterparts. Last year, Balotelli said he was the target of unfair...
View ArticleKogi guber drama: Bello blasts Faleke for saying he has no PVC
Kogi Governor-Elect, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello has refuted the allegation that he has no PVC, describing it as “spurious and unintelligent misrepresentation.” In a statement issued by the Yahaya Adoza...
View ArticleProphet T.B Joshua releases shocking 2016 prophecies on Buhari, scarcity,...
Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua has released his prophecies for the New Year- 2016. Most of his predictions this year are directed towards the African continent. The...
View ArticleSylva wants Bayelsa people to see 2016 as year of new beginnings
A governorship candidate in Bayelsa, Chief Timipre Sylva, has urged Bayelsa people and Nigerians to see the New Year as a new start in their individual and collective quests for development. He made...
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