Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has called on the Federal Government to enact a law banning the movement of cattle from the north to other parts of the country in order to resolve the incessant incidences of clashes between farmers and herders. The governor made the call in an interview with journalists after a […]
A father of three , Mr Emeke Ojere, who hails from Oyoko -Abavo in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State but resides at the PTI axis of Warri has been shot dead by yet to be identified gunmen. Witnesses say that Ojere was gunned down in his car on Saturday at Ugbomro community […]
Nigeria says the first batch of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 is delayed because of “politics and logistics due to no fault of Nigeria.” The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who disclosed this in Abuja on Sunday, said the issue of vaccine was a serious one to government which […]
The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Leo Irabor, on Sunday paid his first operational visit to the Theatre Command in Maiduguri, Borno State. He was accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru; Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao and the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal […]
Before transmitting the 2021 budget to President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Assembly added several controversial projects, as well as increased and slashed the budget of some ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), a PREMIUM TIMES appraisal of the budget has shown. The 2021 budget proposed by President Buhari to the lawmakers was N13.08 trillion. But upon […]
The Minister of Information and Culture has given facts and figures to support his position that security situation in Nigeria improved and was better than 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari took over. Ahlaji Lai Mohammed at a media briefing recently in Abuja, said that while there were challenges, the country had recorded progress and the […]
The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RPAN) has appealed to the Federal Government to criminalise the sales of foreign rice in the country. The Director General of the association, Mr Andy Ekwelem stated this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Saturday over the influx of smuggled rice into the country. Ekwelem cautioned if the government […]
A 28-year-old man, Biliyaminu Abdullahi has been arrested by the police in Kano for allegedly stabbing his ex-wife, Shafa’atu Sule and her brother, minutes after a Sharia court sitting in Rano had terminated their marriage. During police interrogation, Abdullahi said his action was informed by displeasure with the court’s judgement because no offence was established […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has commissioned the yam storage facility at the faculty of Agriculture, Nasarawa State University, Keffi-Shabu- Lafia. The yam storage facility would store 45–50 Metric tonnes of Yam seed and is estimated to cover 16 hectares of land when planted. Speaking during the Commissioning Ceremony […]
A report by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has detailed how Nigerian political leaders spent millions of pounds for their children’s school fees in UK schools. The report, titled: “West African Elites’ Spending on UK Schools and Universities: A Closer Look,” gave graphic details how Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) send their children to UK Schools […]
