Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has assured the state that he will complete all the projects he has initiated before leaving office in 2023, adding that he will not abandon any project for his successor. Lalong gave the assurance in Jos, the state capital, during an interaction session with journalistsContinue Reading
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, at the weekend tasked the federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari, to clampdown, eliminate bandits and kidnappers in the northern region to avert killing education in the area. The students body, however, expressed worries over the recent activities of bandits and kidnappersContinue Reading
Governor Samuel Ortom on Saturday credited God, his security aides and his physical fitness for his escape from death at the hands of some people he identified as herders. The governor alleged that he was attacked on his farm at Tyo-mu on the Makurdi-Gboko Road by about 15 gun carryingContinue Reading
The tension that greeted a controversial ruling of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on a bill that seeks to create the Armed Forces Service Commission led to an uproar that forced Lawan to call for a closed session during plenary on Tuesday. The bill, which was sponsored by the SenateContinue Reading
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Wednesday, dismissed the appeal filed by the Attorney General of Imo State and forty others challenging the ruling of an Owerri Federal High Court, which granted Senator Rochas Okorocha the leave to amend processes filed before the Court. Presiding Judge in theContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has named a road in the federal capital territory (FCT) after President Issoufou Mahamadou of Niger Republic. At a ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, Mohammed Bello, FCT minister, said the expressway was named after the Nigerien president for his “significant role in the promotion of peace inContinue Reading
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, has denied blocking a petition from Nigerians abroad despite a viral video showing him doing so. Wase, who was sitting in for the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, had, last week, barred a federal lawmaker from Benue State, Mark Gbilla, from presenting a petition filedContinue Reading
President Mohammadu Buhari says the federal government will allocate 0.5 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to research and innovation. The President made the pledge on Monday while declaring open the 2021 Technology Expo tagged: “Science, Technology, and Innovation for Economic Recovery and Sustainability Amidst COVID-19 Challenges’’, atContinue Reading
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said Nigeria would have started producing its own refined petroleum products if Dangote Refinery had existed years ago. She said this yesterday during her visit to the President Muhammadu Buhari. According to her, the President and Chief Executive, DangoteContinue Reading
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa is 4,025,390 and the death toll from the pandemic stands at 107,523 The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) confirmed the development and informed that nine African countries reported more than 100,000 confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. It stated thatContinue Reading
