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FEC approves N8.64bn for Siemens Phase One electricity deal

  The Federal Government on Wednesday approved N8. 64 billion as counterpart fund for the Siemens AG power project. The deal was signed jointly the Nigerian...

ANALYSIS: Situating AGF Malami’s impact, five years on

By Onyike Kalu According to former soldier and ex-US Ambassador to Ukraine, Bill Taylor, “The true mark of a leader is the willingness...

NiDCOM to NDDC: Pay stranded Nigerian students abroad on your scholarship

  Moved by the plight of Nigerian students studying abroad on the ticket of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nigerians in Diaspora Commission...

COVID-19: FG reverses self on imposing lockdown on 11 high-burden LGAs  

  The Federal Government has reversed itself on planned imposition of precisely targeted lockdown measures in areas that report rapid increases in cases...

Information Minister mourns, extols ex- Kwara lnformation Commissioner Ogunsola

  The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has expressed shock at the death of Dr Olufemi Ayodeji Ogunsola, a former...

NDDC Contracts: Akpabio eats his words, denies lawmakers got 60 per cent of contracts

  In a bid to beat the 48-hour ultimatum by House of Representatives, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio, has finally...

Information Minister mourns ex-NPAN President, Isa Funtua

  The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has lauded the late Mallam Isa Funtua’s contributions to media development and his...

NDDC Probe: Minister Akpabio rattled, demystified as he failed to clear himself of meddlesomeness

  The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio, was on Monday rattled and demystified as he travailed in his effort to...

Nigerian Bulk Electricity Company boss, Amobi, in trouble again

      The Managing Director, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Company (NBEC), Mrs Marilyn Amobi, is in the news again, this time over alleged...

Ex-NDDC Boss: Akpabio took over NDDC on assumption of office, threatened to sack me if….

    Dr Joy Nunieh, a former Acting Managing Director of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has accused the Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs,...

FEC approves 2021-2023 MTEF, plans N12.66trn annual budget for three years 

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the 2021-2023  Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) with an annual...

Senate passes bill upgrading Auchi Poly to City University of Technology

    The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill seeking to upgrade the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo State to the City University...

Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot dies in auto accident

  Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot is dead.   She succumbed to injuries sustained in a traffic crash Tuesday in...

FG restates commitment to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty in the next decade

      Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government is...

Auction of seized vessels: My approval is legal — Malami

    Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, says the approval he granted some operators in...

COVID-19: There is no policy somersault on WASSCE, says FG

  The Federal Government has said there is no policy somersault as regards it’s decision to stop students in the 104 unity schools...