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The Nigerian government on Monday presented a breakdown of  the 2017 budget proposals. The budget christened budget of recovery and growth is based on a crude oil bench mark  price of $42.50 per barrel, with output of 2.2million barrels per day. The breakdown as presented by Senator Udo Udoma,  minister of Budget and  National planning is […]Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday congratulated Senate President Bukola Saraki on his 54th birthday. The president’s goodwill message was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. Buhari described the Senate president as “one of the most influential politicians of our time who has made tremendous impact […]

Following the planned shake up by President Muhammadu Buhari in his cabinet, no fewer than 10 Ministers may be sacked. THISDAY reports that, the presidency has reached out to the Senate, informing it of its intention to reshuffle the cabinet. With some of the Ministers to be sacked, the presidency is trying to avoid another […]

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) members would begin a three-day nationwide warning strike by Jan. 9 2017, against the anti-labour practice of International Oil Companies (IOCs). The South-West chairman of the union, Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the warning strike was inevitable […]

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, has recovered over N1.150 billion cash, movable and immovable properties between 2015 and 2016. The Executive Chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Gov Ganduje Malam Muhuyi  Rimingado disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Rimingado said the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to commence investigation of the Secretary to Government of theFederation, SGF and other  government officials allegedly accused of wrongdoing. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, made this known on his Facebook page […]

Nigeria’s renascent democracy has been threatened by electoral irregularities and sundry abuses, but these absurdities have assumed melodramatic proportions with the violence that has marred recent elections in some states; the latest being the December 10, rerun election in Rivers State. The dust is yet to settle on the Rivers elections, as the Inspector General […]

Chief Magistrate Court in Mpape, FCT, has issued a notice of committal action against the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu over alleged disobedience of court order. Magistrate Okeagu Azubuike on Friday endorsed Form 48, ‘Notice of Consequences of Disobedience to Order of Court’ against Magu after the EFCC […]

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced that it has redeployed 67 of its senior officers.  Those redeployed comprise of 30 Air Vice Marshals (AVMs), 17 Air Commodores,10 Group Captains, seven Wing Commodores and three Squadron Leaders, a statement signed by its Director of Public Relations and Information, Group Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa, said.  Also some […]

‎An appeal by a former Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, asking that he should be reinstated to office to enable him to complete his truncated second term has been dismissed by the Supreme Court panel led by Justice Tanko Muhammad. The seven-man panel of the apex court agreed with the earlier decision of the […]

Following the order given by President Muhammadu Buhari to pay Super Falcons players owed entitlements, funds were on Thursday disbursed for them to be settled. The office of the Accountant General of the Federation released the mandate to Central Bank of Nigeria for payment of the naira equivalent of US$1,173,820.00 at N305/$ to Nigeria Football […]

Bayelsa Government on Saturday said it has uncovered 5,000 ghost workers in its payroll. Dr David Ala-Peter, Chief Accountant, office of Special Adviser, Bayelsa Treasury, Account and Revenue, stated this in Yenagoa. He said the ghost workers were identified in the recent staff verification exercise, where more than 50,000 workers participated. Ala-Peter said the exercise […]