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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says he is “yet to see a leader as patient, tolerant and understanding as President Muhammadu Buhari”, especially in the running of affairs of the country. The Minister stated this on Friday in Abuja when he received a delegation from African Union Development Agency – NEPAP  […]

Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, says Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe ought to be cooling off in prison. Abaribe, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator from Abia State, stood as surety for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), before he jumped bail in 2017. Kanu […]

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 […]

The Nigerian Army has said Nollywood Actor, Chiwetalu Agu, was arrested for soliciting support for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Daily Trust had reported how the veteran actor was arrested in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Wednesday. Reports of his arrest had triggered outrage on social media. In a statement on Thursday, Onyema Nwachukwu, army […]

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 […]

The Zamfara State Police Command has rescued 187 kidnapped victims who have been eating grasses in bandits’ den for 52 days due to lack of food. The victims who were kidnapped in different parts of the state were reportedly left with no food by the bandits and they resorted to eating grasses in order to […]

Substitute Karl Namnganda’s 90th-minute goal put an end to the Super Eagles’ perfect start to their 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifying campaign as the Central African Republic beat Nigeria 1-0 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos to earn their first maximum points of Group C. With the result, it’s the first time in 40 years […]

The Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria and economic experts on Wednesday expressed concern about the high deficit in the 2022 budget. MAN and experts including Prof. Pat Utomi in separate interviews with Punch warned both the executive and the National Assembly against endangering the future of the country. Federal Government had on Wednesday said it planned to […]

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 Federal Government has said it is not foreclosing the possibility of declaring state of emergency in Anambra State. There has been widespread violence in the state in the buildup to the November 6 governorship election. Daily Trust had reported how politicians went into hiding following the activities of rampaging gunmen suspected to be members […]

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 […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the readiness of Nigeria to extend a helping hand to South Sudan towards political and economic stability. The President spoke Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during a bilateral meeting with President Salva Kiir of South Sudan. Buhari assured the full support of Nigeria to all efforts to bring long-term stability […]

A former presidential spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe, has officially declared his intention to contest in the presidential election come 2023. He made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday. Okupe highlighted his 7-point agenda which include to reset, heal and reunite the nation. He promised to increase electricity generation to 30,000MW in three years; […]

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has said Nigerians travelling to Britain will still be isolated for seven days as UK Government is yet to comprehensively review Nigeria’s vaccination certification programme. The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this on Tuesday at a briefing on the progress of COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria. […]

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 […]