THE Federal Government was eyeing the mining sector as an alternative source of revenue generation in the country, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Architect Olamilekan Adegbite, has said. He spoke during the extension service programme organised by the ministry for Registered and Performing Mining Cooperatives, Small Scale Mining Companies and Quarrying Association, at […]

THE Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the Christian Association of Nigeria differed on Wednesday on President Muhammadu Buhari’s assertion that 90 per cent of insurgency victims in the country are Muslims. While the NSCIA supported the President’s claim that more Muslims are killed than Christians, CAN described Buhari’s claim as  “unfounded, false, […]

The House of Representatives has decried the visa restrictions imposed on Nigerians by the United States. While the House said the sanction was preventable, parliament blamed the Federal Government and its officials for not heeding the earlier warnings by the US. The House, therefore, at the plenary on Tuesday, resolved that the leadership, led by […]

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday inaugurated 14 commercial ferries at the Badore Ferry Terminal, Ajah. The boats, according to a statement, can take up to 40 to 60 passengers at a go and will commute to Ikorodu, Ebute Ero, CMS, Badore and Ikoyi areas of the state. While assuring Lagosians […]

The Federal Government on Tuesday explained why it decided to approach the China-Exim Bank for a $17bn loan request. It said other lending institutions like the World Bank and the African Development Bank were not showing much interest when Nigeria approached them during recession The Minister of Finance,  Zainab Ahmed,  stated this  in the Senate […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that it is not true that Boko Haram insurgency has claimed the lives of more Christians than Muslims. He argued that the contrary was the case, insisting that “90 per cent” of deaths from attacks by the terrorists were Muslims. Buhari gave his position in an […]

The House of Representatives has threatened to issue warrants of arrest for heads of ministries, departments and agencies for shunning its invitation to public and investigative hearings. The House said list of erring MDAs would also be published in the newspapers. The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila; and Chairman of the House Committee on […]

The Federal Government has said it would review the concession of silos that were leased to private firms in the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, said this during an inspection of facility at the 250, 000 capacity metric tonnes silos in Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa State The […]

Poverty rate in more than half of the 36 states of the nation is above the national average of 69 per cent, the African Development Bank has said. The bank said this in its African Economic Outlook 2020 obtained by our correspondent in Lagos on Monday. In a section of the report on Nigeria, the […]

The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria, Mr Zhou Pingjian, on Monday, said the embassy had stopped issuance of visas for now. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that he also advised Nigerians planning to travel to China to suspend their plans pending when the spread of the virus would be contained. […]