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The Senate has passed the 2020 budget into law, two months after President Muhammadu Buhari submitted it to a joint session of the National Assembly ...
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Shrinking Lake Chad forced many to crime – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the effect of climate change on Lake Chad has created more economic challenges, with the shrinking lake rendering many jobless, and leaving them ...
Read More »APC crisis: Buhari meets Oshiomhole, state chairmen, intervenes in Edo
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, will today (Friday) lead state chairmen of the party to meet President Muhammadu Buhari ...
Read More »N7.2bn fraud: Orji Kalu to file stay of execution, bail application
Lawyers of former governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, have concluded arrangements to file a stay of execution and bail pending appeal on his behalf following his conviction over charges ...
Read More »INEC sets January 25, 2020 for 28 rerun elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed January 25, 2020, for the conduct of the 28 outstanding court-ordered rerun elections across in the country. ...
Read More »Nigerians spend $1bn on foreign education annually –Atiku
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, said Nigerians were spending over $1 billion annually on foreign education. He also decried the alleged diversion of funds ...
Read More »Onaiyekan hands over to Kaigama as new Catholic Archbishop of Abuja
After almost three decades in Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has formally handed over the mantle of leadership to His Grace, ...
Read More »2nd Niger Bridge: Buhari has shown more commitment than previous govts – Iwuanyanwu
Chief Emmanuel Iwuayanwu has called on South East governors to take keen interest in the Second Niger bridge and the Enugu airport projects. Iwuayanwu who ...
Read More »Sowore, Bakare regain freedom from DSS custody
Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the #RevolutionNow campaign and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare have been released by the Department of State Services. Inibehe Effiong, one ...
Read More »Oyo govt begins evacuation of illegal motor parks, traders at Ojoo Interchange
Oyo State government in its bid to actualize the promise of freeing traffic gridlock and put a stop to unnecessary life loss to accidents at ...
Read More »US indictment: South-East governors ask Buhari to protect Onyema
Governors of the South-east states have expressed support for the Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, who was recently indicted for fraud by ...
Read More »Court orders AGF to recover N40bn pension from ex-govs
The Federal High Court in Lagos has pronounced that it is illegal for National Assembly members and ministers who were once state governors to continue to earn emoluments and life pension as ex-governors from their states ...
Read More »Reps raise 2020 budget to N10.6tr as Senate receives report
The House of Representatives has raised the 2020 Appropriation Bill from N10.33 trillion to about N10.6 trillion ...
Read More »IPPIS: ASUU members sneak to register as enrolment hits 937,000
There are indications that some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities are enrolling for the Integrated Personnel Payroll Integrated System (IPPIS) contrary to ...
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