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The President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja inaugurated a 19-member Transition Committee to liaise with its Federal Government counterpart to ensure a smooth transition. A statement issued in Abuja by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Committee (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the terms of reference of the committee includes to […]

Diamond Banks Plc. has sacked over 1,000 workers because the financial institution is broke and it cannot pay the workers, reports have said. Some reports also claim that the tighter CBN monetary policy may also be a factor leading to the sacking of its employees. Some say that the regulatory measures introduced by the Central […]

Nigeria’s president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has listed finding solution a lasting solution to the problems of general insecurity and insurgency that has caused extreme human hardship and destruction of lives, devastation and environmental degradation in the Niger Delta area and poor provision of power supply which has crippled development of small businesses as some of […]

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters late Tuesday confirmed that it rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa Forest in Borno State in a major offensive against the Boko Haram terrorist group. Sambisa Forest is a large expanse of land, serving as Boko Haram’s operational base. They were rescued Tuesday afternoon. It was also learnt that […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has expressed commitment to the peace move initiated by elders in the state, led by Chief Afe Babalola  (SAN) to find political solution to the crisis between the two factions in the State House of Assembly. Governor Fayose said in a statement personally signed by him that he was […]

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed a figure of N4.493 trillion as budget for the 2015 fiscal year without any consideration for subsidy of petroleum products. The difference between the passed budget and that submitted to the National Assembly by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, four months […]

Acting Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase on Tuesday expressed concern over the recent attacks on media houses and journalists. He has therefore ordered a “water-tight security” around all media houses in the country. Arase gave this order while reacting to the bombing of a radio station in Kogi State on Monday night. Four people were […]

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The Presidency on Monday said Nigeria has not recalled her chargé d’affaires to South Africa as a result of the recent xenophobic attacks that occurred there. In a statement issued by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President said the issue of the recall could be a mix-up. […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday ordered that the report of the forensic auditing conducted by PriceWaterHouse on the alleged missing $20 billion from the account of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) be released. President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, had on Sunday said his administration would conduct a probe into the allegation levelled by former Governor […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday appointed immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The President also fired the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Femi Thomas with immediate effect. In his stead, Jonathan appointed Mr. Olufemi A. Akingbade […]

President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari says the Boko Haram will be denied a recruitment base the moment our local communities realize that its claim to being a religious group is nothing but a fraud. “The fraud called Boko Haram can be defeated by denying it a recruitment base,” General Buhari told visiting leaders of Nassarawa State […]