…as Upper Chamber adjourns plenary till June 23 The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of 42 ambassadors-designate. This was just as the Upper Chamber ...
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Polaris Bank Agency Banking, SurePadi impacts millions of households in first 100 days
…processed over N10bn in transaction value Within its first 100 days of introduction, Polaris Bank’s Agency Banking initiative, SurePadi, has serviced over half a million ...
Read More »Use June 12 to recommit to electoral reforms – Group tells NASS, Buhari
A civil society group, Centre for Liberty has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly (NASS) to use the occasion of this year’s ...
Read More »BREAKING: Governors declare state of emergency on rape
The Nigeria Governors Forum has agreed to declare a state of emergency on sexual and gender-based violence against women and children. They also renewed commitment ...
Read More »Borno attacks: NASS to meet Buhari, service chiefs
The Senate on Thursday mandated the leadership of both chambers of the National Assembly to urgently hold a meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu ...
Read More »COVID-19: Obiano closes market, imposes curfew
The Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano has announced the closure of Eke Awka Central market from Monday next week. A public service announcement by the ...
Read More »BREAKING: Court affirms deregistration of 32 political parties
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday affirmed the deregistration of 32 political parties. In her judgment, Justice Anwuli Chikere dismissed the suit filed ...
Read More »BREAKING: Senate passes N10.8trn revised 2020 budget
The Senate on Thursday passed the revised 2020 budget of N10.8 trillion, the exact amount approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The budget ...
Read More »BREAKING: Senate confirms Dongban-Mensem as Appeal Court President
Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem has been confirmed as the President of the Court of Appeal. The President, Major Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had in a letter urged ...
Read More »Enugu govt awards multiple contracts for construction, rehabilitation of health facilities
…7 LGAs get new Primary Health Care Centres …34 health facilities across 17 LGAs for rehabilitation …approves upgrade, rehabilitation of Enugu Ezike General Hospital, Nsukka ...
Read More »Oyo govt collaborates with UNICEF to control maternal, infant mortality
Oyo state government in collaboration with United Nations Children’s fund (UNICEF) has began a second phase of the thematic working group session on development of ...
Read More »Coronavirus kills 17 Nigerians in single day as NCDC confirms 409 new cases
Seventeen deaths from coronavirus were reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday as the agency grapples with 409 new cases of the deadly virus. ...
Read More »How Boko Haram used deceit to massacre 81 in Borno – Survivor
A survivor of the massacre by Boko Haram terrorists of 81 villagers of Faduma Kolomdi, Gubio in Borno State, has narrated how it happened ...
Read More »Bandits kill 20 in fresh attacks on Katsina communities
Twenty people were on Wednesday confirmed killed in fresh attacks by bandits on five communities in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.
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