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Governor Willie Obiano met with President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday during which they discussed the security situation in Anambra State and the November 7 governorship election in the state. Their meeting came a day after the attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, said the federal government was contemplating declaring a state of emergency in Anambra. After […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigerians have a right to be concerned about recent borrowings by the Federal Government. He, however, stated that the debt level of the present administration was within sustainable limits. The President said this on Thursday while presenting the 2022 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of lawmakers at the […]

President Buhari on Wednesday met with former President Goodluck Jonathan. The meeting was held behind closed doors inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by Buhari. The former President arrived for the meeting at about 4pm. He did not speak with State House correspondents at the end […]

The clamour by the South East for an opportunity to produce the next President in the February 2023 general election may have eventually materialized. Former Governor of Abia State and the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Wednesday revealed that he was been pressured to be the South East candidate for […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission has disqualified anyone below the age of 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module in Nigeria. This is according to the draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the commission’s website. In the modified regulations, NCC limited telecoms subscribers to only include anyone above […]

As a way of encouraging more Nigerians to take up career in teaching, the Nigerian government has announced the payment of N75,000 per semester for every student of public universities studying education programmes. Similarly, students of colleges of education are also billed to receive N50,000 per semester. The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, made the […]

Ikeja Electric (IE), has announced the planned reconductoring of 132KV lines embarked upon by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), aimed at expanding the capacity to wheel more power. Jide Kumapayi, the Chief Technical Officer, Ikeja Electric (IE), who made the disclosure while addressing journalists, said the upgrade by the TCN could not have come […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for peace and stability in Ethiopia, amid the many challenges facing the East African country. The President made the call on Monday in his goodwill message in Addis Ababa at the inauguration ceremony of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for a second-five year term in office. President Buhari promised that Nigeria […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the public should disregard reports that it is recruiting.  In a statement issued on Sunday, Garba Deen Muhammad, group general manager, public affairs division, said the recruitment rumour is untrue. He said some blogs and social media accounts have made posts suggesting that the NNPC has begun its recruitment for […]

Health experts have cautioned Nigerians against the practice of tying the legs of victims of snakebite with a cloth to stop the movement of the snake venom. According to the experts, the practice and other crude management of snakebite are fuelling avoidable mortality and morbidity.  The call by the medical experts is coming after the […]

A light aircraft piloted by Romanian billionaire Dan Petrescu crashed into an empty office building near Milan on Sunday, killing him, his wife and their son, and all five others aboard, Italian media reported. The single-engine Pilatus PC-12 had taken off from Milan’s Linate airport shortly after 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) headed for Olbia in […]

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described his health condition as perfect. Tinubu made the declaration yesterday when he received members of the northern caucus of the House of Representatives in London. His personal statement followed months of speculations about his health condition, which his media aide and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the significant spike in the prices of food in Nigeria is caused by middlemen who have been buying and holding essential commodities. The president stated this Friday during a televised broadcast to commemorate the 61st anniversary of Nigeria’s independence. The president’s comments come as prices of major staple foods (legumes, […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says there is no reason the masses in Nigeria are battling extreme poverty when the country is blessed with an abundance of resources. Atiku, in his Independence Day statement on Friday, said it was regrettable that despite the nation’s vast oil resources, extreme poverty and joblessness have remained persistent. “There […]

The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has said teachers will begin to enjoy the new salary structure promised by President Muhammadu Buhari from January 2022. They will also enjoy elongated years of service from 35 to 40. Nwajiuba made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja at a symposium organised by the Ministry of Education. […]