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Breaking News: FEC approves N13.08 trillion 2021 Budget
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved N13.09 trillion budget estimate for 2021...
No cracks in Nigeria, says Mustapha
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, has refutted a report that there are cracks in the country....
Nigeria@60: Minister Opens Historical Exhibition, Hails Role of Arts in National Unity
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has stressed the importance of arts in promoting Nigeria’s togetherness which, he said,...
Strike: FG, Labour reach truce as industrial action is suspended
The call-out for a national strike by workers unions — the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress — scheduled for...
Buhari renews appointments of CEOs of PTDF, PEF, NCDMB
President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed the Chief Executive Officers of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources for another four years. The...
Modern-day slavery: Indomie company staff cry foul, seized for 6 months without returning to their homes
By Boye Ajayi Workers of the De United Foods Industries Limited, makers of Indomie noodles, in Lagos have cried out for...
Rail line to Niger Republic: Presidency contradicts, scrambles to clarify key details from Ameachi’s statement
Less than 24 hours after Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, delivered a major address Wednesday that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) gave...
Black Wednesday in Kogi as over 25 people burnt to death in tanker explosion (graphic pictures)
An early morning petrol tanker accident has claimed the lives of at least 20 people including school children being conveyed to school...
Nigeria’s Tony Elumelu, Dr Tunji Funsho, Tomi Adeyemi make TIMES magazine’s 2020 world’s 100 most influential people
African investor, philanthropist and Chairman of UBA, Tony O. Elumelu, an accomplished physician, Dr Tunji Funsho and Tomi Adeyemi, a bestselling novelist and creative...
In UNGA 75 speech, Trump slams China for Covid-19; vows punishment
President Donald Trump slammed China for the coronavirus pandemic in a speech Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly in New York....
15,000 displaced flood victims: Kwara Gov. seeks more federal government help
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, wants some more federal government help in support of victims of flood. “We have about 5,000...
Against all odds, Lufthansa launches new airline Ocean air
German aviation giant Lufthansa recently launched a new leisure subsidiary called Ocean to target long-haul tourist destinations. The Lufthansa Group also...
UNGA 2020: UN Secretary-General says work together to solve world’s problems
The United Nations on Monday marked its 75th anniversary with an appeal from Secretary General Antonio Guterres to preserve the longest period without...
Deadly poison discovered in letter addressed to President Trump
Officials have detected ricin, a deadly poison found in castor beans, in an envelope that was sent, apparently from Canada, to President Donald...
No Peace, No Sustainable Development, Says Buhari
The Development Goals have an intrinsic relationship to peace and stability. Without peace, all other goals—from focusing on youth, unemployment and...
BREAKING: PDP’s Gov. Obaseki declared winner of Edo poll, buries godfatherism
Gov. Godwin Obaseki, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has finally buried godfatherism in Edo State as he was declared winner of the governorship...
