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IN FULL: Buhari’s remarks after signing 2022 budget into law
Here is the full text of President Muhammadu Buhari after signing the 2022 budget and finance bill into law on Friday at the state house. PROTOCOLS I am delighted to sign…
New Year: We’ll Remain Resolute Despite Insecurity – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration will remain resolute to continue with programmes and plans despite the fact that the persistent insecurity in certain parts of the country…
Dons Back Obasanjo, Fault Clark On Oil Ownership
The ongoing war of words between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Edwin Clark over the ownership of the Niger Delta oil resonated among constitutional lawyers and professors of law…
Neo-Black Movement Dissociates Self From Cult Group, Black Axe
The Neo-Black Movement of Africa (NBM) has dissociated itself from the Black Axe confraternity, a vicious group reportedly blamed for many cult-related killings in Nigeria. The BBC…
Oil ownership: ACF backs Obasanjo, PANDEF, INC fume, say constitution fraudulent
The northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, has disagreed with the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, the Ijaw National Congress and some civil rights groups over the ownership of…
NIN Tokenisation: Days To Commencement, Nigerians Kept In The Dark
As Nigeria strives to have as much information and data pool for various purposes, the hasty way the federal government implements various digital policies leaves much to be desired.…
How Villa Power Tussle Thwarted Buhari’s CPSO’s Promotion, Service Extension
Fresh facts emerged yesterday on why the promotion and the extension of years of service of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Abdulkarim Dauda, a police commissioner, were reversed.…
Rape includes inappropriate touch of spouse — Lawyer
A former Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Benin Branch, Mr Douglas Ogbankwa, on Wednesday said that a husband can be held liable for rape of his wife if he touches her inappropriately. Ogbankwa stated…
NEXT: Fear Of Job Loss As Coy Offers Severance Package To Staff
As the management of NEXT Cash and Carry rummages what is left of the wreckage by the inferno that consumed its Abuja supermarket, its staff are yet to know their fate. The…
Amotekun: Okada riders behind night robberies, killings in Osun
The commander of Osun Amotekun corps, Amitolu Shittu, has alleged that commercial motorcyclists, otherwise known as okada riders were the masterminds of rampant robberies and killings in the wee hours of the day in various…
Terrorists attack kill district head, two sons, abduct scores
Zamfara terrorists operated for about four hours early Wednesday attacking the Gada community in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. When the guns were silent and the attackers left, the invaders had killed the…
Stop MC Oluomo from kingship – Monarch’s family begs gov
The Olushi Onigbesa royal family has appealed to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to stop the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Mr Musiliu Akinsanya…
We’ll Lift Ban On Telecom Services Before January – Masari
The Katsina State Government says it will lift the ban on telecommunication services in the remaining seven affected local government areas (LGAs) before January 2022. The governor,…
Nigeria Won’t Take Expired Vaccines Again, Says NAFDAC
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has said the agency is working with international partners to…
FG Releases N16bn To Clear Accrued Pension Rights
The federal government has released the sum of N16.67 billion for the payment of Accrued Pension Rights to 2021 retirees of Treasury-funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).…
Plans To Eliminate Sunday Igboho, A Rumour, Don’t Behave Like IPOB — Lawyer
Chief Yomi Alliyu, SAN, lawyer to Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemi, fondly called Sunday Igboho, on Wednesday, dismissed a social media report of an alleged plan to eliminate…
How My Father And I Were Arrested, Charged With Murder – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has recalled how a chieftaincy dispute in his community led to the arrest and detention of his father, himself and other family members. He said…
Garba Shehu Recovers From COVID-19
Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, has announced his recovery from COVID-19. He disclosed this in a Facebook post, on…
FG Releases ₦185 Billion For Calabar-Itu Highway Dualisation
As the dry season begins, three construction firms including Julius Berger PLC, China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) and SERMATECH Nigeria Limited, have been mobilised to…
Lagos Assembly Passes ₦1.7 Trillion Budget For 2022
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday evening passed the year 2022 budget estimate with a slight increase of the grand total from the initial N1.38 trillion to N1.758 trillion. The budget was…
Government Will Help Next Cash & Carry Supermarket Bounce Back Stronger – Minister
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Muhammad Bello, has pledged to provide needed support for NEXT Cash and Carry Supermall, Abuja, owned by a former governor of Anambra…
Lassa Fever Death Toll Hits 92
The death toll for Lassa fever in Nigeria from January 2021 has risen to 92 with Bauchi and Ebonyi States recording new deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed…
Itunu Babalola: FG, Family Reject Autopsy, Demand Justice
The federal government and the family of the late Itunu Babalola, the Nigerian lady who died in Côte d’Ivoire after she was wrongly jailed, have rejected the autopsy on the cause of her death.…
Sit-at-Home: IPOB expresses happiness over return of human, commercial activities in South East
REACTING to the return of activities in South East, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB said that it is happy that people have decided to shun the intimidation by hoodlums who have been criminally enforcing its suspended…