Following the deafening speculations that President Muhammadu Buhari is critically ill with an undisclosed sickness that may lead to death, the presidency has said that he is not ill and also not on admission in any hospital in London ...
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Presidency won’t abandon economic recovery plan – Budget Minister
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, has said that there is a strong political will on the part of the federal government to implement the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan ...
Read More »FG recovers N15bn, $10.5m from looters – AGF
The Federal Government has so far recovered N15 billion and another $10.5 million US Dollar from looters, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and minister of Justice, Alhaji Abubakar Malami ...
Read More »$1.2bn Malabu scam: Court grants govt interim ownership of Dan Etete’s oil blocs
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, granted an interim order awarding ownership of controversial Oil Prospecting Licence, OPL 245, owned by former Minister of Petroleum, Chief Dan Etete, to the Federal Government, pending ...
Read More »Fed Govt plans budget time-bound law
The Director General Budget Office of the Federation Ben Akabueze has said that the organisation would soon introduce an 'Organic Budget Law' that would prescribe exact budget cycle time frame from presentation till implementation ...
Read More »External reserves rise by 12% in three weeks
Nigeria’s external reserves increased by 12 per cent within a period of three weeks. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, ...
Read More »Stakeholders seek Okorocha’s impeachment over Imo Airline
Ex-Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Imo, State, Dr Cletus Nnorom, has called on the House of Assembly to commence impeachment process against Gov. Rochas Okorocha ...
Read More »MAN advocates 5% interest rate for manufacturers
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed concern over the current interest rate in Nigeria. MAN, at its annual media luncheon led by its ...
Read More »Evaluating BoI stimulus through microfinance banks
Recently, the Bank Of Industry (BoI) signed a N2 billion financial inclusion on bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Scheme with three Microfinance Banks (MFBs) to ...
Read More »Biafra: Ohanaeze won’t accept massacre of Igbos – Nwodo tells FG …demands probe of IPOB, MASSOB killings
Apex Igbo body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has told the Federal Government that leaders of the South-East will no longer fold their hands while security agencies kill ...
Read More »Gov. Ugwuanyi advocates for enlightenment to curb fire outbreaks
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State says fire outbreaks, particularly in major cities in the country, can be checkmated through adequate enlightenment by the relevant ...
Read More »Man Utd sets up FA cup final against Southampton
Manchester United have qualified for the final of the EFL Cup final despite falling to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Hull City in ...
Read More »US, UK won’t intervene in sovereign countries any longer – Theresa May
The British Prime Minister says the United Kingdom and the United States must not intervene in other sovereign countries’ affairs in an attempt to “remake ...
Read More »The poison that is MMM – Daily Trust
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently warned citizens to beware of trading in virtual currencies such as bitcoin, ripples and litecoin. Its warning was ...
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