Falana To FG: Provide Treatment For El-Zakzaky, Wife Without Further Delay
Meanwhile, the lawyer to Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, Femi Falana (SAN),has called the Federal Government to provide an alternative and adequate...
El-Zakzaky: FG Explains Repatriation From India
The
Federal Government on Friday explained the circumstances that led to the
“repatriation” of the leader of the
proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh
Ibrahim El-zakzaky, from India.Permanent
Secretary,...
Minimum Wage: Labour Not Responsible For Implementation Delay
The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba
Wabba has expressed workers concerns over the delay of the new National Minimum
Wage which was signed...
Fake News: Centre Urges Stakeholders To Wage War Against Menace
The Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD has urged
media practitioners and relevant stakeholders to jointly wage war against fake
news and disinformation in the country.The...
Power: Osinbajo Reiterates FG Commitment To Deliver Effective Supply To Nigerians
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has reassured Nigerians that
Federal Government is committed to effective and cost reflective power supply
in the country.Osinbanjo gave the assurance at the...
Erosion: Nigeria Reclaims Over 70 Gully Sites In 6 Years
The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project
NEWMAP says it has reclaimed over 70 active gully erosion sites and 2, 500
hectares of degraded land across...
Importation: Buhari Explains Why He Stopped Forex For Food
President Muhammadu Buhari says the directive to the
Central Bank of Nigeria to stop providing foreign exchange for food importation
was to improve agricultural production and...
Sports Betting: Nigerians Spend N730bn Annually
Nigerians spend over seven billion
naira annually on sports betting and at least two billion naira is generated
daily.Research data shows that over sixty
million Nigerian customers...
Telecom: Ncc To Decommission 693 Abandoned Masts
The Nigerian Communications
Commission, NCC may neutralize over six hundred and ninety telecoms masts
alleged to have been abandoned in several parts of the country.The commission...
Taraba Police Killing: Probe Panel Arrests 5 Soldiers, 2 Cops
Two policemen working at Ibi Police
Division in Taraba state have been arrested by the panel investigating the
killing of three policemen and a civilian on...
Education: TRCN Advises NYSC To Stop Posting Non-Education Graduates To Teach
The Registrar, Teachers Registration
Council of Nigeria, TRCN Segun Ajiboye says the council has written to the Director-
General, National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, advising him...
2019 Hajj: President Buhari Felicitates With Pilgrims
President Muhammadu Buhari
felicitates with the 2019 Nigerian pilgrims over the successful completion of
their Hajj rites and the Eid-el-Kabeer celebrations.Buhari also condoles with families,
government, pilgrims...
Brain Drain: FG Mulls Introduction Of “Scarce Skills Allowance”
The Federal Government may consider
introducing special allowance tagged “Scarce Skills Allowances” to curb the
persistent challenge of brain drain which is detrimental to the nation’s
economy.The...
Unemployment: Federal Government Urges States To Engage N-Power Volunteers
The
Federal Government through the National Social Investment Office has urged the
thirty six state governments to engage the N-power volunteers who have been
trained in numerous...
2019 Hajj: 65,000 Nigerians Among 1.8m Muslim Observed Afarat Day
More than sixty five thousand
Nigerian pilgrims were among the one point eight million Muslims across the
world who observed Arafat Day in Muna, Makkah, Saudi...
Eid-El-Kabir: Forum Urges Muslims To Pray For Nigeria
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF has
enjoined Muslims and Nigerians to pray for the country to overcome the current
economic hardship and security challenges bedeviling it.The...
Rainfall Prediction: NEMA Restrategises To Curtail Impending Flood
The National Emergency Management
Agency, NEMA has restated its commitment to tackle any impending flood
situation predicted in the 2019 Seasonal Rainfall Prediction and Annual Flood
Outlook.The...
Sugar: Nigeria To Be Self-Sufficient In Production By 2023 – FG
The Federal Government says the
country will be self-sufficient in refined sugar production by 2023.The Executive Secretary, National
Sugar Development Council Latif Busari, said this in...
Alleged Money Laundering: Court Remands Former INEC Boss, Maurice Iwu In...
A Federal High Court sitting in
Lagos has ordered that, Maurice Iwu be remanded in custody of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, till Friday...
Flooding: Eight Nations Threaten Nigeria, Agencies Meet
The Nigeria
Hydrological Services Agency has said that several states of Nigeria will be
hit by floods from eight nations.The agency said that
more states across the...
