Image captionCire tallafin man wani yunkuri ne na samawa gwamnati kudaden shiga Shugaba Nicolas Maduro na Venezuela ya ce za a kara farashin man fetur da kasarsa ke samarwa dan su yi kai daya da sauran kasashe, hakan shi ya karshen shirin tallafin mai na gwamnatinsa. Mista Maduro ya ce ya dauki matakin ne saboda […]
File Photo: Saraki visits Obasanjo in Abeokuta By Yetunde Fatungase/Abeokuta Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday, visited Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, his second visit to a retired Nigerian leader. Last week Wednesday, he also visited former military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, in Minna, capital of Niger State. Saraki arrived the Olusegun […]
Aisha Buhari advises doctors on charges, quality healthcare By Ahmed Ubandoma The wife of the President Mrs Aisha Buhari has dedicated her award of Doctor of Humanity by the Sun Moon University, South Korea, to Nigerian women and children. Buhari, in a tweet on Monday, said:“I dedicate this honour to all Nigerian women and children.” She […]
Senate President Saraki and Speaker of House of Rep. Dogara: meeting appears cancelled The National Assembly will not reconvene on Tuesday, spokesman of the House of Representatives, Mr Abdulrazak Namdas said. He told The PUNCH that the House in truth, had yet to decide on a reconvening date. This was contrary to the statement credited to […]
The Government and people of Plateau State have commended, President Mohammadu Buhari, for fulfilling promises made to the Nigerian electorate in the state during his official visit On 8th March 2018, Gov Simon Lalong placed a request for the dualization of Abuja-Jos road to the President during his 2-day working visit to Plateau State. The […]
The Federal High Court Abuja on Monday adjourned until August 30 the suit challenging the Presidential Executive Order No. 6 of 2018 on the preservation of assets connected with corruption and other relates offences. The vacation judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, fixed the date to allow the plaintiffs exhibit the order, which was the matter in contention as well as […]
Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, in a congratulatory letter to Matthew Seiyefa, on his appointment as Acting Director General of the Department of States Services, DSS, has asked Mr Seiyefa to see to the immediate release those illegally held in custody by the previous DSS boss, Lawal Daura. The DSS has become infamous for its […]
Indications emerged at the weekend that the Federal Government has finally succumbed to stakeholders’ pressure by removing Value Added Tax, VAT, on Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, popularly called cooking gas. With this development, consumers should expect a crash in the price of cooking gas by about 20 percent. Currently, a 12.5kg bottle of gas sells […]
A detachment of Nigerian troops fired gunshots into the air on Sunday at the Maiduguri airport in protest against their redeployment to the frontline of the conflict against Boko Haram militants. It was gathered that the soldiers refused to board the plane that was to transfer them from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, to the town […]
To mark the 50th year of the discovery of Lassa fever in Nigeria, the Federal Government says it will organise the first international conference on the disease for scientists to prioritise their research agenda for the future. The conference on deadly diseases being organised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, will seek to […]
