…Buhari to address Nigerians from Eagle Square The Presidency on Wednesday said the Queen of England , Queen Elizabeth II , has sent a message of felicitation to President Muhammadu Buhari on Nigeria ’ s 60th independence holding on Thursday. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media […]
The Federal Executive Council has approved a budget estimate of N 13. 08trn for the 2021 fiscal year. The fiscal document was approved at a meeting of the council on Wednesday presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister of Finance , Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at […]
A foodstuff merchant, Sadia Hassan, on Wednesday prayed a Customary Court sitting in Mapo in Ibadan to dissolve her 16-year-old marriage to estranged husband, Jelili on grounds that he was an unrepentant womaniser and am adulterer. Testifying, Hassan a mother of one, accused her husband of sleeping with her best friend. ”My husband nearly sent […]
President Muhmmadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in four newly appointed federal Permanent Secretaries at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the swearing-in was held shortly before the commencement of the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC). The affected permanent secretaries include Mr James Sule from […]
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to suspend the Sept. 1 tariff increase for 14 days. The commission’s suspension directive of the Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) 2020 signed by Prof James Momoh, NERC’s Chairman, was released on its web site on Wednesday. NERC suspension followed a […]
A Swedish chief prosecutor on Wednesday said there were no grounds to reopen the preliminary investigation into the 1986 murder of Sweddish prime minister Olof Palme. Lennart Gune had considered several appeals lodged against the June decision to close the long-running probe, but he did not find grounds to reverse the decision, a statement read. […]
The Inspector-General of Police has dragged the Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, Abdullahi Binuyo, to a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, over alleged fraud involving $120,000. Binuyo was charged for conspiracy, fraud, cheating and forgery in a suit numbered CR/975/2020 filed on September 9, 2020. Rimamsomte […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said that there is no going back on the sit at home order it had declared to hold Thursday , October 1, 2020. There has been panic buying in Aba as some residents said they will comply with the order to sit at home to identify with IPOB’s […]
…The Bill must be distributed to all the Senators by Tuesday, Lawan Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB 2020( SB.510) was read the first time in the Senate on Wednesday. With the Bill scaling first reading on the floor of the Upper Chamber, it is a clear indication that the Senate has begun the process of legislative […]
The first person cured of HIV – Timothy Ray Brown – has died from cancer. Brown, who was also known as “the Berlin patient”, was given a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to HIV. It meant he no longer needed anti-viral drugs and he remained free of the virus, which […]
