President Muhammadu Buhari -Says farmers‘ll reap benefits of govt policies By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has charged his ministers of agriculture to work with the states to rediscover the lost animal grazing routes and reserves as a means to ending the frequent outbreak of violence between farmers and herders. President Buhari also said …

By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- The federal government has committed a total of N71. 15 billion for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri and Ibadan-Kano railway modernization projects in the 2021 budget proposal. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Thursday presented the 2021 appropriation bill of N13.08 trillion to a joint session of the National …

Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal Government on Friday, said efforts to diversify the Nigeria economy and make it digitally compliance have started yielding the desired results with over 2, 600 direct jobs created within the past one year and about two billion naira earned by Data Protection Compliance Organisations …

Alleged Priest By Nwafor Sunday The story of a Catholic Priest, that was caught having sex with two ladies has of course buzzed the internet and had left concerned Catholics to ask why? Having sex as a married man is good especially when it gives you the desired pleasure, stress relief and exercise needed. However, …

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Hundreds of aggrieved youths on Friday, stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly Complex to protest the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, incessant harassment and killings of innocent citizens particularly, people believed to be operating Advanced Fee Fraud, otherwise called “Yahoo Boys.” Meantime, the Lagos State House of Assembly has demanded the proscription …

IGP, Mr. Mohammed Adamu The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has asked the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to jettison the call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS. Many Nigerians have stormed the streets demanding for the end of the operations and activities of SARS in the country. Having …

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – TWO political parties; Action Peoples Party (APP) and Action Alliance (AA) have approached the Edo State Gubernatorial Election Petition Tribunal contesting the outcome of the election on the ground of “unlawful exclusion”.   APP, in the petition in which Governor Obaseki, the PDP and INEC are respondents,  claimed that it …

Atiku Abubakar …Says it contravenes Fiscal Responsibility Act By Dirisu Yakubu Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari’s proposed N13.08 trillion 2021 budget, saying it contravenes the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, FRA. Atiku in a reaction to the Appropriation Bill in a statement he signed and made …

The bears maintained dominance on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Friday with the market capitalisation declining further by N68 billion. Specifically, the market capitalisation dropped N68 billion or 0.46 per cent to close at N14.852 against N14.920 trillion. Also, All-Share Index which opened at 28,546.22 lost 130.91 points or 0.46 per cent to close at …

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal Government Friday said efforts to diversify the Nigeria economy and make it digitally compliance have started yielding the desired results with over 2, 600 direct jobs created within the past one year and about two billion naira earned by Data Protection Compliance Organisations (DPCOs). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, …

…Protesters cart away AK47 Rifle of slain policeman By Perez Brisibe ONE of the protesters involved in the End SARS protest in Ughelli was Thursday night confirmed dead following a clash with the police at the Otovwodo junction axis of Ughelli, Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. The death of the protester is …

The Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its Governorship Candidate in the September 19 election in Edo, Mr Iboi Emmanuel, have filed a petition seeking to nullify Gov. Godwin Obaseki’s victory at the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. The petitioners are challenging the validity of Forms EC9 and CF001, submitted by Obaseki in respect of the 2020 …

Efemena kelly Umukoro President of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Youthwing, Worldwide, Comrade Efemena Umukoro, has said that the youth body is not in support of a planned protest for tomorrow, adding that they condemn the move and will not join in the action to call for the release of Nicolas Makalomi, the brain behind the viral …

Babatunde Fashola The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday thanked the Lagos State Government and residents for their patience during the ongoing repairs of the Third Mainland Bridge. Fashola while inspecting the bridge also called for more understanding saying that the planned three days total closure was important for completion and delivery …

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has released fresh guidelines for the reopening of schools nationwide. The earlier directive by the PTF that schools were free to reopen as from October 12. Addressing journalists at Thursday’s briefing of the PTF in Abuja, the National Coordinator of the taskforce, Dr Sani Aliyu, said the fresh …

…Distributes COVID-19 palliatives By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal government has promised to provide digital identification number to all internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami made the promised on Thursday while inaugurating 14 member Ministerial Committee on Palliatives distribution in Abuja. The digital …

…Says Nigeria already in Recession, second  in four years …Says Passage of PIB will boost Confidence and Attract Investments in the Oil Sector …Hails Nigerians for Perseverance in these difficult times ..Says 2nd Niger Bridge, 46% Completed, Warns National Assembly Against Padding …Defence with allocation of N121 billion, Power; N198 billion; inclusive of N150 billion for …

Dame Pauline Tallen By: Abayomi Adeshida & Alice Ekpang The Minister for Women Affairs, Dr. (Mrs.) Pauline Tallen has urged the media to pay more attention to cultural and patriarch problems that have impeded the efforts to liberate Nigerian women from the challenges that have held them down and adversely affected the general development of the …

…Says Senators to begin discussions on General Principles of 2021 Budget Tuesday Next week …As Senators Speak on Buhari’s Presentation of 2021 Appropriation Bill By Henry Umoru THE Senate said Thursday that it has not any way suspended work on the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB that was transmitted to it for consideration and subsequent passage by …

President Muhammadu Buhari By Soni Daniel, Abuja President of the Nigerian Economic Society, Prof Sarah Olanrewaju Anyanwu, has denied ever describing the nation’s economy under President Muhammadu Buhari as being unstable and directionless. Prof Anyanwu, who addressed a news conference in Abuja on Thursday expressed shock and dismay over the attribution of what she never said …