Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has urged the media to remain vigilant and mobilise Nigerians to defend the nation’s democracy, saying the country cannot operate a democracy like a military dictatorship. Also, former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, tasked the media, civil society groups and other stakeholders in the democratic space to resist […]

The House of Representatives has directed the Federal Ministry of Finance and Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, to immediately release funds to the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, (FERMA) to commence rehabilitation of federal roads in the six Geopolitical Zones before the festive period. This directive was prompted by a motion sponsored by Honourable […]

President Muhammadu Buhari thursday re-sent the 2016-2018 external borrowing plan to the National Assembly for consideration and approval. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had approved the financial plan in August 2016 and sent to the Eighth National Assembly in September 2016 for consideration but it rejected the request. However, Buhari in a letter to the […]

Nigeria has given a bank guarantee of $200 million to the United Kingdom Commercial Court hearing its dispute with a British Virgin Islands-based engineering firm, Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID), over a botched Gas Supply and Processing Agreement (GSPA), which the federal government believed was fraudulently procured. But P&ID has denied any wrongdoing in […]

The Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation (OAuGF) has signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU) with the Federal Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning for the official launch of the State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme. SFTAS is a $750m programme of the Federal Government to reward States for meeting any […]

•Enrolment begins at UNILAG •No going back on our stand, says union Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) on Wednesday participated in the biometric data capturing of workers on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS). This contradicted the directive of the national leadership of the […]

Lagos State Government has said it will begin payment of the new minimum wage of N35,000 with effect from this month. This was contained in a circular dated 27th November, 2019 addressed to heads of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and signed by the Head of Service (HOS), Hakeem Muri-Okunola. The HOS said the […]

As former President Olusegun Obasanjo threw his weight behind the closure of Nigerian borders with its neighbours, the federal government has again given Benin Republic and Niger Republic conditions to be complied with before the land borders, that were closed about three months ago, would be reopened. Briefing State House correspondents yesterday after the weekly […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of the tenure of the DG/CEO of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Aziz for a second term of four years, with effect from November 22, 2019. The renewal is pursuant to the NIMC ACT that provides for two terms tenure for the Chief Executive Officer of the […]

Five years after the dissolution of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), top stakeholders in the industry have unanimously agreed to approach President Muhammadu Buhari on the need for urgent re-constitution of APCON council in view of the importance of effective communication to the growth of the nation’s economy. Leading discussion at the maiden […]