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At least, 44m Nigerians will get COVID-19 vaccines, says PTF

    More than 44 million Nigerians will qualify for the COVID-19 vaccines as the global effort on the vaccines ramps up, the...

Insurgency, banditry: Nigeria Governors Forum expresses worry, plans parley with Pres. Buhari

  Peeved by the massacre of more than 43 farmers in Borno State, a fall-out of the deteriorating security situation in the country,...

Police backtrack, withdraw suit against #EndSARS panels in 36 states

  Following the reactions that trailed its suit against the state judicial panels on police brutalities, the Nigeria Police has applied to withdraw...

NNPC GMD pledges support for indigenous fleet owners in the oil and gas maritime industry

  The Nigerian National petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has pledged greater support for indigenous fleet owners to strengthen the synergy between the corporation and the private...

Runaway alleged pension fund thief, Maina, extradicted from Niger Republic

  The erstwhile Chairman of the disbanded Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina,  has been extradited from Niger Republic  to face trial for...

Exposed! How generator dealers, manufacturers rip-off Nigerians

  By Boye Ajayi with additional reports from Ayodele Akinsola   With almost half of Nigeria’s population perpetually in darkness as a result...

Osinbajo bags Madagun Jihar Nasarawa title

      …pays condolence visit to the slain state APC chairman’s wife   The Nasarawa State Traditional Council on Wednesday took Vice-President...

Borno farmers murders: For the umpteenth time, Senate calls for Service Chiefs’ sack

    In league with the lower chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate has also ventilated its dismay and resentment with the...

How Covid-19 pushed millions into poverty and hunger – UN

  The United Nations Tuesday estimated that 235 million people worldwide will need some form of emergency relief next year due to the...

Wanton slaughtering of 43 Borno farmers: House of Representatives invites Pres. Buhari

    Fazed by the worsening security situation in the country particularly in the Northeast, the House of Representatives has invited President Muhammadu...

Mallam Garba Shehu, Snr Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity

Comment on Borno farmers killings misinterpreted, says Buhari’s media aide

  The Presidential aide on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, says his comment that the slain farmers in beleaguered Borno State did not...

Nigerian-American, 39-year-old Adeyemo, gets slot in Biden’s govt. as Deputy Treasury Secretary

  A 39-year-old, Mr Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, a Nigerian-born attorney and former senior international economic adviser in the Barack Obama administration, will serve...

110 farmers, others killed in Borno not 43, says United Nations

  The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria said Sunday that the Boko Haram jihadist group massacred at least 110 people including loggers, farmers and...

FG, World Bank roll-out solar energy for 25m homes at N4,000 monthly from December 7

  ‌ An interventionist power programme of the Federal Government tagged, “Solar Home Systems”, takes off nationwide this week. Under the programme,  an...

Grief-stricken Governor leads mourners to bury 43 farmers wasted by Boko Haram

      For Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, who had escaped death by hair’s breath severally, conducting mass burial...

Mele M Kyari, GMD NNPC

House of Reps lauds NNPC GMD’s  transparency, accountability initiative at 2021 budget defence

    The House of Representatives says it is impressed with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s commitment to transparency and accountability in its valuable...