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Nigeria at 60: Gowon, Jonathan at Eagle Square to celebrate with Buhari

    Two former Nigerian leaders — Gen. Yakubu Gowon and former President Goodluck Jonathan, were at Eagle Square, Abuja, on Thursday to...

Queen of England congratulates Nigeria at 60

Her Majesty, the Queen of England, Elizabeth II has sent a message of felicitation to President Muhammadu Buhari on Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary...

Magu: Justice Salami blasts purveyors of fake, mischievous media reports, says I never regret my appointment

  The Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Panel on the probe of the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr...

COVID-19: FG excited about WHO’s roll-out of 120m rapid testing kits with result out in 30 minutes

  The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 is excited about the roll-out of 120 million rapid testing kits by the World Health...

How Organized Labour Deceived Nigerians by Reuben Abati

    I was very skeptical when the current leadership of Organized Labour in Nigeria objected to the decision of the Federal Government...

At all cost, I’m poised to kill corruption in all sectors, says Buhari

  Incensed by graft in all its forms and shapes, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday that his administration was determined to end...

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...

Why l insisted on free, fair election in Edo — Buhari 

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday that he ensured free and fair election in the September 19 gubernatorial election in Edo State out...

It’s immoral for me to return to APC, says Edo Gov. Obaseki 

  Edo Gov. Godwin Obaseki, re-elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it will be immoral for him to...

Kogi explosion: Presidency assures state of funds to fix bad roads, others

  Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has received assurance from the Federal Government to fix all government roads and other infrastructure, beginning with...

COVID-19: Buhari lauds UN, says it will have failed the world if failed to mobilise against COVID-19

  President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the United Nations and its agencies for mobilizing and guaranteeing effective responses to COVID-19 pandemic, saying the body...

FG approves $1.96bn railway contract from Maradi in Nigeria to Niger Republic

    …to purchase 52 Green Maria for correctional centres   The Federal Government on Wednesday approved $1.96 billion for the construction of rail line...

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...

Presidency absolves Economic Adviser, Dipeolu, of involvement in N172m research funds disbursement

Contrary to some media reports that the Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters, Dr Adeyemi Dipeolu, cannot account for N34 million...

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...

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...