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A second Trump term would be disastrous, says Palestinian Prime Minister

  The Palestinian prime minister Tuesday said it would be disastrous for his people and the world if Donald Trump wins re-election next...

#EndSARS protests: Government bows to demands of protesters

  The federal government of Nigeria announced it has okayed the five point demand of EndSARS protesters. According to the Presidential Panel on...

President Buhari appoints Lauretta Onochie, three others as INEC commissioners

    President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of one of his media aides, Lauretta Onochie, as a...

COVID-19: Passengers without QR Code will not board henceforth, says PTF 

  The Federal Government says  passengers without QR (Quick Response) Code will no longer be allowed to board planes as COVID-19 measures. The...

I will call, write world leaders, push till you win, Buhari assures Okonjo-Iweala 

  Rising from their closed-door meeting in Aso Rock on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi...

Buhari to IGP: Bring errant officers, bad eggs to justice 

  expresses deep regrets Isiaka Jimoh’s death in Oyo State President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, to...

Breaking: WTO DG race: Buhari, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in a closed-door meeting in Villa

  As the race for the headship of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is closing in, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with...

SARS disbandment: Youth group lauds Buhari, Osinbajo, IGP

  Following the dissolution of the much-dreaded Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the Voice of Nigeria Youths (VONY) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi...

Breaking: Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad scrapped

  The notorious and ubiquitous Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has been dissolved with immediate effect. The lnspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, who...

FG’s 2021 Appropriation Bill contravenes Fiscal Responsibility Act — Atiku

  Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s N13.08 trillion 2021 budget, describing it as a contravention of the  Fiscal Responsibility...

Amnesty programme owing contractors N71.4bn, says Coordinator

The interim Coordinator of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, retired Col. Milland Dikio  has disclosed that the agency was owing contractors N71.4 billion....

Gombe Gov. to Buhari : Prevail on NNPC to begin oil exploitation in North

    President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to prevail on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Department of Petroleum Resources...

Tinubu’s Alpha Beta company ex-MD slams suit against him, accuses him of N100bn fraud 

  A former Lagos State Governor, Chief Bola Tinubu, his company — Alpha Beta Consulting (ABC) and the current Managing Director of the firm, Akin Doherty...

NCDC says 69 labs now fully activated for COVID-19 testing 

  The Director-General,  Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chike Ihekweazu, says with the inauguration of two public health laboratories in Niger State, the...

FG’s programme will revolutionise livestock production, end farmers-herders clashes — Bolarin

    The Kogi State Coordinator of the National Livestock Transformation Project,  Dr. Olufemi Bolarin, has said the programme was designed by the federal...

COVID-19: Nigeria no longer among top five countries in Africa with high fatalities, says PTF 

    The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic has declared that Nigeria is no longer among the top five countries in Africa...