The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that both May 29 and June 12 would be observed as Public Holidays. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made this at a world press conference in Abuja on Monday when asked by journalists if May 29 will still retain itsContinue Reading
The Minister of Communications Barrister Abduraheem Adebayo Shittu is enmeshed in a web of multiple contracts scandal involving millions of naira, a document seen by Daily Trust has shown. But the minister said “my hands are very clean”. In the document titled 1st and 2nd Audit Inspection Report on FederalContinue Reading
The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has vowed to resist any attempt to stop his inauguration for second term in office. In a statement yesterday by his Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties, Alhaji Yusuf Dingyadi, the governor alleged of plots to cause political chaos in the state. He saidContinue Reading
In another bold move to check the excesses of state governors, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, announced the abolition of the practice whereby state governments release appropriated recurrent expenditure due to the judiciary and the legislature in the budget but warehouse the capital components. The move comes on the heels ofContinue Reading
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has called on former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, not to allow his disappointment with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration turn him to a bigot. Lamido stated this in a statement signed by his media aide, Mansur Ahmed, in reaction to Obasanjo’s scathing remarksContinue Reading
Flights at Manchester Airport have been grounded due to an apparent problem with re-fuelling. Reports suggested a power failure has caused a problem with re-fuelling aircraft. Passengers have tweeted how they have been stranded on grounded aircraft for almost two hours. Martin Keogh, from Northenden was due to fly toContinue Reading
Dr Chibawanye Ene, a US-based Nigerian Doctor, has won the 2019 Ronald L. Bittner Award on Brain Tumor Research. A statement from the Clinical Department, Applied Radiation Oncology U.S., said Ene received the award at the 2019 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting held from April 13Continue Reading
The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for February 23 election, Atiku Abubakar, has demanded N500 million and a written apology from an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie, for a controversial tweet. Mrs Onochie had tweeted on May 7 saying: “Atiku on UAE watchlist-Continue Reading
Operation Puff Adder appeared to have neutralized the most wanted criminal ever as the police announced the death of the man they claimed was the mastermind of the kidnapping of the UBEC Chairman along Abuja- Kaduna road. The police identified the suspect as Sumaila Sule, alias SHAHO, a male saidContinue Reading
The route to the Speakership of the 9th House of Representatives seems to be getting smoother for Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila (APC, Surulere, Lagos State). Four of his co-contestants for the position have pulled out of the race for him, The Nation gathered yesterday. But two others are still in theContinue Reading
