Unlawful detention: Ex- Gov Suswam slams N10bn suit against DSS, AGF
Former Governor of Benue state, Rt. Hon Gabriel Suswam has instituted a legal action at the Federal High Court Abuja, against the Department of State Service (DSS), it’s Director General and the...
View ArticleBenue: Tivs In UK Demand End To Killings By Herdsmen
Tiv people resident in the United Kingdom, under the auspices of Mzough U Tiv UK (MUTUK) have called on the federal government to act now and bring an end to the killings of the people of Benue State...
View ArticleNPA Begins Review Of Dollar Payment By Port Concessionaires
Respite is around the corner for terminal operators operating at the nation’s seaports as the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has expressed readiness to review its policy on payment of dues in dollars...
View ArticleSambisa Forest: Group Lauds Nigerian Army Over NASAC
An anti-terrorism coalition, the National Coalition Against Terrorism (NCAT) has commended the leadership of the Nigerian Army for the successful hosting of the 2017 Nigerian Army Small Arms...
View ArticleOver N1Bn Spent On Reconstruction of North-east In 2017 – PCNI
The Presidential Committee on the North-east Initiative (PCNI) has revealed that it has spent more than one billion naira (N1bn) on the reconstructing and intervention in North-eastern Nigeria in the...
View ArticleAgency Set to Conduct HIV/AIDS Indicator Survey in A/Ibom
Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS) project is set to conduct the first ever Akwa Ibom State AIDS Indicator Survey (AKAIS). The survey, which is funded by the United...
View ArticleMeningitis, FG awaits supply of 2.8million additional doses of vaccines
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA) yesterday disclosed that 2.832 million doses of vaccines are being imported to combat the outbreak of deadly Cerebral Spinal Meningitis...
View ArticleSagay : Legal Luminary Accuses Senate Of Abusing Its Powers, Privileges
Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ekiti State , Mr. Dayo Akinlaja (SAN) on Tuesday accused the Nigeria Senate of abusing its powers and privileges of summoning individuals and...
View ArticleEx-political Office Holders’ Barricades Lagos Assembly Over Unpaid Salaries
Former political office holders from various councils in Lagos State, who served between 2004 and 2007, yesterday, stormed the streets of Lagos and barricaded road linking the state House of Assembly...
View ArticleFG Launches The Economic Recovery And Growth Plan
The federal government has officially launched the Nigeria Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) meant to restructure the country and its economy from 2017 to 2020. The Minister of Budget and...
View ArticleNigeria Running On Lottery -Utomi
Foremost economist and founder of Lagos Business School, Prof. Pat Utomi has blamed the current economic recession in the country on planlessness and lack foresight which a good national budget could...
View ArticleProper Implementation of Economic Recovery Growth Plan Will Revive Nigeria’s...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has expressed confidence that if properly implemented, the Economic Recovery Growth Plan launched by President Muhammadu Buhari , (ERGP), will...
View ArticleA/Ibom Finance Commissioner lauds Lawmakers for swift passage of 2017...
The Akwa Ibom state Commissioner for finance Mr. Nsikan Linus Nkan has commended the state lawmakers for the swift passage of the2017 appropriation bill on time. Linus Nkan who gave the commendation...
View ArticleGroup Lauds CAC For 48 Hours Biz Registration
The Society for Civic Education and Gender Equity (SOCEGE), has lauded the Mahmud Bello-led Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), for easing the process of business registration in the country. SOCEGE’...
View Article2019: Vote Out Those Govs Building White Elephant Projects – Sultan
…Commends el-rufai For Steps To Develop Kaduna The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed Sa’ad III, on Wednesday urged Nigerians to vote out those governors that are building airports and other white...
View ArticleEFCC Arraigns 3 INEC Officials Linked To Alison-Madueke’s $155m Bribery Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned three officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who allegedly received bribe from former Minister of...
View ArticleN23bn Diezani Bribe: INEC Staff Plead Guilty, 2 Others To Face Trial
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, said a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Christian Nwosu has pleaded guilty to receiving N30million as bribe...
View ArticleRestructuring: SOKAPU To Partner Niger Delta, Middle Belt, Others
The umbrella body of over 45 ethnic nationalities in Southern Kaduna under the platform of Southern Kaduna Peoples’ Union (SOKAPU) has concluded arrangement to partner with Niger Delta, Middle Belt and...
View ArticleThe Politicisation And Destruction Of The Foreign Service
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) began as a Department in the office of the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, in 1957 with the name: Department of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth...
View ArticleFinance Minister And The Economy
I have had cause to write about the Finance Minister’s public statements that are inimical to the health of the economy. So far, she has not relented even as the economy on her watch is taking some...
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