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The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, yesterday said that Nigeria’s consumer prices in June rose at the slowest pace in two and half years. In a report, the NBS revealed that the annual consumer inflation rate was 11.2 percent…

You seem to have successfully ended fuel scarcity in Nigeria and assured Nigerians that such things will not happen again under your watch. What are the strategies you’re putting in place?  I must start by thanking President…

The French car maker, PSA Peugeot Citroen, has signed a N3.5 billion deal with Aliko Dangote to set up an assembling plant in Kaduna . The deal also includes five northern states, Kaduna, Jigawa, Kebbi, Katsina and Kano as partners.…

The Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has released a list of eminent citizens of the state who will serve in the Governorship Transition Committee, charging them with the responsibility of liaising with the outgoing…

The police say Senate President Bukola Saraki must honour their invitation or they “will not hesitate to use all the instruments of the law to ensure”  his compliance. Jimoh Moshood, force public relations officer, said this in a…

The National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said that he is happy that some members of the Senate and House of Representatives left his party for opposition parties. PREMIUM TIMES…

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Nigeria and Niger has been signed at the State House in Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari attended the signing ceremony of MOU of the Nigeria-Niger Hydrocarbon Pipeline and Refinery Projects…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost 32 of its members in the house of representatives to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This comes hours after 14 APC senators moved to the PDP.

Members of the House of Representatives are currently collating a list of members that will possibly leave Nigeria’s ruling party, APC. Razak Atunwa, Ali Madaki and Abdulsamad Dasuki, all elected under the platform of APC, are…

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday relayed his experience in the hands of security operatives, who laid siege to his house, to his colleagues. Security agencies early Tuesday morning laid siege on thehomes of Mr Saraki…

Fourteen senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday defected from their party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The senators in a joint letter to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, made their intention known.…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has lifted the suspension placed on four shipping companies including Maersk Line and Cosco Shipping. Hadiza Bala-Usman, NPA managing director, had ordered their suspension for failing to acquire…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, for questioning over alleged money laundering. The commission invited him in a letter dated July 24 and signed by Mohammed Abba,…

There is palpable tension at the National Assembly, as Senate President Bukola Saraki, drove himself into the National Assembly complex in a private vehicle. Saraki was not in the vehicle when a detachment of security operatives…

The Federal Government on Monday directed the contractor handling the new Lagos-Ibadan railway project, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, to extend its work from Ebute Meta to Apapa as part of measures to facilitate the…

Buruji Kashamu, senator representing Ogun east, has rejected his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The party’s national executive council (NEC) announced the expulsion of the senator — and three other members of the…

Salisu Yusuf, Super Eagles head coach, has been caught on camera accepting a cash gift to field two players for the African of Nations Championship (CHAN). The home-based Eagles were defeated in the final of the competition which…

An operative of the Nigerian Navy, Usman Shaibu, has been arrested by the police in Delta State for allegedly stealing multi-billion naira properties belonging to a former Niger Delta militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias…

There was drama in Abuja on Tuesday as policemen blocked the convoy of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki from leaving his residence in Maitama. The move is said to be an alleged ploy by the Buhari administration to prevent…

Jubilation in some quarters that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) crisis is over may have been short-lived. This is because, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has stated that nothing has changed after the Supreme…

The police in Lagos have arrested a suspected vandal, Monday Ogbonna, for allegedly stealing inverter batteries used by telecom giant, MTN, at its mast in Badagry. Edgal Imohimi, the Lagos State police commissioner, at a press…

Senate President Bukola Saraki says he has been informed that the police summoned him in order to distract some senators plotting to defect from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police,…

The Peoples Democratic Party has set aside Friday, October 5, and Saturday, October 6, for its national convention where its presidential candidate for the 2019 presidential election will emerge. This information was contained in a…

Rabiu Kwankwaso, senator representing Kano central, led some of his colleagues to the presidential villa in Abuja on Monday. Kwankwaso is among the lawmakers believed to be planning their exit from the ruling party. His rift with…