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President Muhammadu Buhari will today sign the N8.916 trillion 2019 budget passed by the National Assembly on April 30, 2019. It was learnt last night that the budget would be signed at 11 a.m.…

Lagos State Governor-elect, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who will be sworn-in on Wednesday, in this interview speaks about his plan to create a conducive environment to attract more foreign investors to the state. He also gave an…

The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has called on the Federal Government to ignore the petition of the governors over the National Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) guidelines on local government…

The Nigerian Air Force yesterday said its aircrafts destroyed an armed bandit’s camp, killing several bandits at Doumbourou forest, Zamfara State.A statement from Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said the…

As President Muhammadu Buhari winds down the first stanza of his administration, top military officers have begun jostling for the positions of service chiefs.Already, there are reports of a likely shake-up in the military…

Worried by allegation of misappropriation of funds at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), the Senate Committee on Public Procurement at the weekend summoned stakeholders in the institution to unravel the cause of the…

Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transportation in Nigeria, has said his ultimate ambition is to make heaven when he dies. He made this statement at the thanksgiving and birthday celebration…

The Team lead of the Presidential Committee on clearing of Apapa port and access roads Comrade Kayode Opeifa on Sunday said the gridlock has been cleared by 50 percent. He said the clearing of trucks on…

AHEAD of his inauguration on Wednesday,  Lagos State Governor-elect Babajide Sanwo-Olu seems to have his job cut out for him. Former  Commissioner for Public Transportation Chief Lanre Razak…

The management of the National Assembly is disposing off office equipment to outgoing members of the National Assembly at rock bottom prices, The Nation has gathered. Payment for the equipment…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has flayed recent comment by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on fulanisation and islamisation of the country. The pro-Biafran group described the comment as…

Outgoing ministers and state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are intensifying their battle of wits to make their way into the next cabinet of President…

A professor of Islamic studies at the Kwara State University (KWASU) Sulaiman Jamiu has described the statement credited to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Fulanisation of Nigeria and Islamisation of…

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has said that abortion should never be condoned in the church as it is more like hiring a hit-man to take a life. The Pope made this statement while speaking to a Vatican-sponsored…

Nigeria’s quest to stop the enforcement of a monumental $9 billion arbitration award will now be heard by the English Commercial Court on June 14. The case could not be heard on May 20 as previously scheduled because of…

A group known as Global Economic Policy Initiative (GEPI) has accused Aisha Buhari, wife of the president, of playing “dirty politics” with a noble project. Reacting to her criticism of the social…

.......Asks President to set up Truth, Restitution and Recovery CommissionAlhaja Sinatu Ojikutu is a former deputy-governor of Lagos State. She served in the administration of Sir Michael Otedola. In this interview,…

Research has shown that plantains are rich in vitamins and minerals that contribute to good health. It is famed to be diuretic and also can help to prevent kidney and bladder problems. TUNDE OGUNTOLA writes.Plantain also…

Former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Obong Victor Attah, has said that he was accused of starting militancy in the Niger Delta simply because he called for resource control. Attah who made the assertion…

Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state, says the “great journey” he started  eight years ago will end on Tuesday. Amosun spoke while delivering his speech at the new judicial complex, along Kobape road, one of the “legacy…

It was a sober reflection on the premises of National Assembly complex Abuja on friday as lawmakers who lost elections in their various constituencies evacuated their personal belongings from their offices .…

A coalition of Niger Delta agitators, yesterday, said the secretive conspiracy by the Niger Delta Republic Fighters to declare Niger Delta Republic on June 1, was not a collective plan of agitators in the…

Gbenga Daniel, former governor of Ogun state, says Ibikunle Amosun, governor of the state, is ignorant of what constitutes a failed state. In a statement issued on Saturday on his behalf by Steve…

The pro-chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Wale Babalakin, has revealed the reasons behind the crisis brewing at the university.He opened up in a letter to the House of Representatives Committee on…