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FG, 36 states, FCT debts now N31trn – DMO

    The Debt Management Office on Wednesday put the Nigeria’s debt at N31 trillion,  an increase of N2.38 trillion in three months. It...

2050 National Development Agenda: Buhari appoints opposition parties, private sector to drive it

    ….says plan will lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty by 2030 President Muhammadu Buhari has coopted major political parties into the...

2023: PDP Southwest group reads riot act to Fayose, others, vows to retire them from politics

  The PDP Unity Frontiers, Southwest zone, has vowed to retire from active politics those engineering unwarranted and unprovoked political crisis in the zone ahead of...

FG says absence of collaboration among MDAs affecting service delivery, cost of governance 

The Federal Government on Tuesday hinged service delivery and increasing cost of governance on lack of collaboration among Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). It noted...

Multi-million fraud at MAPOLY: Whistleblower suspended, petitions Gov. Abiodun

  A whistleblower, who has exposed sleaze and corruption at the Ogun State-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, has been hunted down by the...

Buhari to sit-tight African leaders: Shun tenure elongation, lures of office

  Miffed by the crave by some African leaders to perpetuate themselves in power, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged leaders of the member-states...

Return of petrol subsidy will throw the country off-balance, says Buhari at retreat for ministers

    As the rage over petrol subsidy removal and the new electricity tariff lingers, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said any attempt...

Buhari presents COVID-19 report at 57th ECOWAS summit in Niamey on Monday

  President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday leave Abuja for Niamey, Niger Republic, to participate in the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS...

Kola Aluko, Diezani’s biz partner, set to lose ill-gotten $25m Los Angeles mansion

Kola Aluko, a business ally of Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, may lose $25 million luxury property in Los Angeles as the United...

AFCON trophy stolen from CAF headquarters in Egypt

  By Boye Ajayi The prestigious Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy has been stolen from the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) headquarters in...

Aftermath of second daughter’s wedding: First Lady, Aisha, says she is grateful to God

For the consummation of her daughter’s wedding in a private ceremony in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari,...

Cameroun 2022 : Super Eagles to converge in Europe ahead of Ivoirien, Tunisian friendlies

By Boye Ajayi Ahead of the two friendly matches against Cote D’ Ivoire and Tunisia being planned for Austria in October, Super Eagles...

Ondo Governorship poll: Four governors storm Aso Rock for Buhari’s blessing for Akeredolu

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday handed over the All Progressives Congress’ flag to Ondo Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, at the State House,...

Jigawa State flood victims attract FG’s intervention

  Communities ravaged by flood in Jigawa State have been assured of the Federal Government’s timely support from the Federal Government, President Muhammadu...

Breaking: Hope rises as Nigeria receives Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine

As Nigeria continues records new daily cases of Coronavirus infection, the Federal Government said on Friday that it has received samples of Russia’s COVID-19...

Ahead of international flights: FG slams ban on Lufthansa, Air France, KLM, others 

    As Nigeria prepares for the reopening of its airspace to international flights on September 5, the aviation authorities have barred Air...