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2021 Presidency’s budget: Finance Ministry, EFCC, BPE, others deliberate on N10bn expenditure ceiling

          Agencies of government in the nation’s seat of power, the Presidency held a virtual budget consultations for the...

FG replies Obasanjo, says Buhari actually saved Nigeria from becoming failed state

    Contrary to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s claim, the Federal Government said on Sunday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s assumption of office in...

Presidency Slams Obasanjo the ‘Divider-in-Chief’

The Presidency on Sunday aimed directly at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, attacking him as the “divider-in-chief” and insisting the former leader is not...

Torrential rainfall: Lagos community loses two children to flood water 

For the residents of Oyebanjo Street in Ketu surburb  area of Lagos, Saturday’s torrential rainfall can be anything but a blessing as they have lost...

HEDA to lCPC: Probe alleged corruption at FG Technical College, Asaba

  Worried by the graft rocking the Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba, Delta State, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda has asked the Independent Corrupt...

Fuel deregulation: NNPC says committed to FG’s alternative energy for Nigerians

  As part of initiatives to provide alternative energy source for Nigerians, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it is committed to aggressive...

Rape: President George Weah declares national emergency

  Liberia has declared rape a national emergency and has ordered new measures to tackle the problem after increase in cases across the...

SERAP wants court to compel NASS to publish details of corruption probes, public hearings since 1999

The National Assembly has been sued over its failure to publish reports of all completed public hearings and corruption probes by the National Assembly...

Fayose’s spoiler’s game in Southwest PDP, Tinubu is mastermind, group alleges

A group known as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Potent Force says it is spoiling for a showdown with former Ekiti Governor, Ayodele...

Strike: Buhari directs MDAs to meet labour, open books to them

  In a bid to halt strikes by the organised labour, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed ministries and agencies to open the books...

FG denies receiving Russian COVID-19 vaccine, says we only got memoir

  Contrary to media reports, the Federal Government said on Thursday that it never received the Russian COVID-19 vaccine from its Ambassador to...

I backed Adesina for AfDB job for his competence, says Buhari 

  …Adesina thanks Buhari for being his Supporter-in-Chief, and his Defender-in-Chief   President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that he staked his integrity...

Edo Elections: No Voting Without a Face Mask – INEC Chairman

    The Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that they will deny voting to voter not wearing...

Rising food prices: Buhari meets governors, others to stave off crisis 

President Muhmmadu Buhari on Thursday met with members of the National Food Security Council (NFSC) at the Council Chambers of the State House, to...

US cancels 1,000 China student visas

  The US State Department has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers it said had ties to the...

United Airlines to Commence Direct Flights From Washington, DC to Lagos

  United Airlines is set to commence non-stop round-trip flights to Lagos, Nigeria (LOS) three times per week in March, 2021. Passengers on...