Federal Government has declared Tuesday, November 20th, 2018, as a public holiday. The public holiday is to mark the Eid-El Maulud celebration. Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Abdurrahman Dambazau who made the announcement also called on Muslim faithful to align themselves with the prophet’s teachings which border on piety, charity, tolerance and peaceful co-existence, among […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to overhaul the education sector if he is re-elected as president in 2019. As part of efforts to do so, he says his administration will remodel 10,000 schools every year. The president said this at an event tagged ‘The Next Level’, to mark the launch of his campaign ahead of […]
Captain Ahmed Musa and 21 other players took part in the Super Eagles’ training on Tuesday at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, the Delta State capital. This is in preparation for Saturday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg. […]
Debt Management Office says Federal Government has borrowed a total of two point thirty-two trillion Naira in 2017 to fund deficit in the budget. Debt Management Office said this in its 2017 Annual Report obtained in Abuja. According to Debt Management Office, the total amount was borrowed from both the domestic and the foreign debt […]
Nigeria Police Force have replaced ANTHONY OGBIZI with CHRIS EZIKE as the new Commissioner of Police in Abia state. EZIKE had served in the Department of Research and Planning, Community Policing, Force Headquarters, Abuja, and also as the commissioner of police in imo state. Speaking at the formal handover, EZIKE said that he will partner with […]
Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ending Boko Haram insurgency, saying it will ensure that the menace was completely eliminated. President Muhammadu Buhari stated this at the opening of the International Conference on Insurgency in Kano State. Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdurrahman Dambazau, said the government was determined […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the bill for an Act to establish the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) into law. The President disclosed this via his verified Twitter handle. President Buhari who noted that the agency has existed for seven years without enabling legislation was confident that it would now be able to deliver on […]
Imo state Governor Rochas Okorocha has promised that the dry season will be fully utilized to complete roads projects across the state. Governor Okorocha who disclosed this to journalist in Owerri noted that contractors handling different road projects in the state have fully mobilized to sites, adding that there is a mapped out strategy for […]
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has expressed displeasure at the use of chemicals for food preservation and fruit ripening. Ogbeh said in an interview with journalists in Otukpo, Benue, that the act was detrimental to human health and the environment. He appealed to foodstuff and fruit sellers and others Nigerians to adopt […]
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, says the prudent management of resources by President Muhammadu Buhari administration has boosted development in the country. He believes the current administration has achieved far more in terms of infrastructure and development than previous administrations. According to a statement issued by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity […]
