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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the Abuja-Kaduna train service generates at least three hundred million naira (N300,000,000) for the country every month. Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Hard Copy, Amaechi said his ministry is beginning to contribute to the nation’s economic growth. “We make N300million per month from the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the renewed killings by gunmen in Kaduna State. According to a statement signed by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity on Sunday, President Buhari, particularly condemned the gruesome incidents in Kauran Fawa, Marke and Ruhiya of Idasu Ward of Giwa Local Government Area, […]
The Senate has shifted the date for the passage of the 2022 budget until next Tuesday, December 21. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan announced this during the plenary on Wednesday. The upper chamber had said it would pass the 2022 budget on Wednesday, but it appears the delay in capturing the financial requirements of the Independent […]
Proceedings were stalled today at the coroner inquest sitting in Ikeja to investigate the circumstances which led to the Nov.1 collapse of a 21-storey high-rise building located at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. A power outage did not allow the proceedings to go on. The building collapse was said to have resulted in the death of […]
The Federal Government has confirmed that the United Arab Emirates has conceded seven flight slots to Nigeria’s carrier, Air Peace. The move, which was confirmed by the Ministry of Aviation on Tuesday, follows the withdrawal of Emirates’ 21-slot winter schedule by the Federal Government owing to what it described as a breach of reciprocity. The […]
The House of Representatives has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan request of 5.8 billion dollars and grant of $10 million. The loans are to be sourced from the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank, China Exim bank, Chinese Africa Development Fund, and International Fund for Agricultural Development. In approving the loan, the House asked that the […]
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Retired Major-General Babagana Monguno, has named three groups supporting terrorist organisations in the Sahel region. He identified them as Jama’at Nasr al-Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM), the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (GSIM), and Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS). Monguno made the disclosure on Tuesday in a speech delivered at […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has faulted the allegations that it has denied the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, of his fundamental human rights. DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, told reporters at a briefing on Tuesday in Abuja that the service did not in any way maltreat Kanu who […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and is receiving treatment for mild symptoms, the presidency said in a statement. Ramaphosa, who is fully vaccinated, began feeling unwell after leaving a state memorial service for former deputy president F W de Klerk in Cape Town earlier in the day but was […]
The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, has given further insight into the Federal Government’s plan to place on a red list, countries that have placed Nigeria on a red list in the wake of the omicron variant of the COVID-19. Dr Mamora, who was a guest on Channels TV’s News @ 10, said contrary […]
