President Muhammadu Buhari has renamed the Ministry of Communications following the request by the new Minister, Dr Isa Ali Pantami. It will now be known as the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. ” The Ministry which supervises the ICT Sector has been renamed The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy to further expand […]

The Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday disclosed that there are 75, 000 inmates currently in the country’s correctional facilities. Aregbesola made the disclosure at a public hearing organised by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Appropriation. The minister said that the Federal Government was working on de-congesting correctional centres across Nigeria by reducing […]

The Senate Tuesday said that it planned to pursue the query and inquiry of how over N14. 376 billion was allegedly moved out the 2017 budget of Nigerian Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA). The upper chamber said that N14, 376,027,084.65 was illegally transferred from the 2017 budget of NEPZA to Nigeria Special Economic Zones Company. […]

National Assembly Joint Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition yesterday asked anti-corruption agencies to investigate a contractor for abandoning a project after collecting N1.5 billion mobilisation fee. The project was reportedly abandoned in 2015 after mobilisation fee had been paid to the contractor. The joint committee said the contractor abandoned the construction of the […]

LABOUR is set for showdown with state governments that may not be ready for immediate implementation of the new minimum wage. Officials said on Tuesday that after securing an agreement with the Federal Government, it is now time to get the states to key into the implementation. But many states are not financially healthy. Nigeria […]

Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo gave the order on Tuesday in a ruling on an ex-parte motion for orders of interim forfeiture filed by the EFCC and argued by the agency’s lawyer, Mohammed Abubakar. The affected properties were listed in a schedule attached to the motion, included houses that Maina allegedly acquired in his name and those […]

Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, National President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), has said that the closure of the country’s land borders is a good omen for Nigeria’s blossoming economy. This, the RIFAN National President says, has begun to bolster the nation’s economy, hence, it is now becoming more formidably robust and transformed, which is expected […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday evening arrived Sochi, Russia, ahead of Russia – Africa Economic Forum fixed for between Oct. 23 and Oct. 25. State House correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) monitoring the presidential trip reports that presidential aircraft conveying the president and some members of his entourage landed at Sochi International […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the temporary forfeiture of 23 properties allegedly linked with the ex-Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo gave the order on Tuesday in a ruling on an ex-parte motion for interim forfeiture filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The […]

Mrs Hadiza Sabo, the Nasarawa State Chairperson of Market Women Association (MWA), has implored traders not to increase the prices of their goods following approved minimum wage for workers. Sabo made this call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lafia. She said that the traders should not take […]