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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday unveiled a federal budget of N8.83 trillion for the 2019 fiscal year with N300 billion lower than the current budget. The figure came in the 2019 Appropriation Bill presented by…
The Federal Government, through its Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property, has started an investigation into the ownership of some offshore companies allegedly linked to a former…
Three persons have been confirmed dead and many injured in a fatal car accident on Ushafa/Bwari expressway in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Monday morning. The accident, which occurred near Ushafa bridge about…
The Nigerian Air Force says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has neutralised several Boko Haram terrorists in airstrikes it conducted at Talala in Borno State. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the NAF…
Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has given the Department of State Services, DSS, and the police order to commence prosecution of some individuals for allegedly aiding the leader of the…
A juvenile court in Ibadan on Friday ordered that a 13-year old boy be given four strokes of the cane for stealing a Toshiba laptop valued at N150,000 and pieces of jewelry. The judge, Mrs Kehinde Omotosho, who presided…
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared a state of emergency on Nigeria’s water supply, sanitation and hygiene sector. Buhari made the declaration at the inauguration of the National Action Plan for Revitalisation of…
The Buhari Media Organisation says U.S. lobbyist were paid millions of dollars to secure an American visa for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and…
The chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, was detained and questioned by the department of state services over the conduct of the party's primaries. Oshiomhole, who was grilled by operatives of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the proposed N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. He gave his approval while receiving the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage at the…
Nigeria's foremost traditional rulers visited the prince of Wales, Prince Charles who arrived in Nigeria today as part of his West African tour. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi’s arrival was preceded by a…
A cross-section of workers on Tuesday in Abuja, expressed mixed reactions on organised labour’s suspension of the Nov. 6, proposed strike to press for the implementation of a new national minimum wage. The Nigeria…
The Senate has mandated its Committee on Police Affairs to investigate the alleged assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and members of his family. It would be recalled that Ekweremadu’s…
The deputy senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and son on Tuesday escaped being assassinated by armed attackers in Abuja. The armed men, according to a release by Ekweremadu’s media aide, Uche Anichukwu,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the NLC ahead of the labour uniom strike scheduled to start tomorrow. Buhari made the appeal when he received members of the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of…
Ahead of the planned strike on Tuesday, some members of the organized labour unions have arrived at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in Abuja, for a meeting to negotiate on the new minimum…
A petitioners’ witness on Tuesday told the Ekiti Election Petition Tribunal, that votes for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),were deliberately voided by staff of INEC during the July 14 governorship election. The…
President Muhammadu Buhari had a meeting with four governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party behind closed doors. All the governors are from the south-south region of the country. The meeting was…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has no plan to review pump prices of petroleum products, especially Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. The Corporation disclosed this in a…
At least three people were killed when supporters of an imprisoned Shiite cleric clashed with security forces during a protest march in Abuja, the Nigerian Army said. The military said troops and police “repelled the…
