Release funds to MDAs, Reps tell AGF
By Christiana Ekpa The House of Representatives today directed the Accountant-General of Federation, Mallam Ahmed Idris to make available to it, capital releases to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) from January to October. The House also asked the Accountant-General to submit the report of the mandatory return of 25% to the treasury by revenue More...
Shell remits N720bn to NDDC in 16 years – GM
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and partners have remitted about $2 billion (about N720 billion) to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in 16 years, an official said. SPDC’s General More...
APC, PDP bicker over one party state
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja The All Progressives Congress has labeled the Peoples Democratic Party as a failed opposition party lost in delusions and engaged in fictions. The ruling party also boasted that Nigeria More...
Buhari calls for hostages’ release, mourns killed aid workers
By Lawrence Olaoye resident Muhammadu Buhari Thursday expressed deep sorrow over the killing of another aid worker as revealed in a video by Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP). In a statement made More...
FG declares Tuesday public holiday
By Tobias Lengnan Dapam The Nigerian government has declared Tuesday, October 1 as public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 59th Independence Anniversary. The declaration was contained in a statement issued Wednesday More...
Anti-Ambode protesters storm Lagos Assembly, demand ex-gov’s probe
From Idowu Abdullahi, Lagos Protesters today stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly to demand the probe of immediate past governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode. The placards carrying protesters under More...
Tragedy: Father of 3 electrocuted in Asaba
From Nosa Akenzua, Asaba A middle aged man identified as Chukwuemeka Brown was in the early hours of Tuesday in Asaba, the capital of Delta State electrocuted in his alleged attempt to vandalize electricity transformers. While More...
FG to reduce Shares in Oil JV Companies to 40% -Sylva
By Etuka Sunday The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, Friday in Lagos, enumerated his Ministry deliverables on which the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other departments More...
Gbajabiamila seeks Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s support for agriculture, health
By Christiana Ekpa The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has asked the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to intensify its intervention programmes in areas of health care delivery More...
EFCC arrests 25 LAUTECH students for alleged internet fraud
Operatives of the Advance Fee Fraud Unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Abuja, have arrested 25 students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, for More...