The Senate on Thursday agreed with the Federal Government on the need to float an Infrastructure Bond of N10trillion towards creating a financial pool to meet funding gaps and road infrastructure deficit in the country. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) made the proposal when he appeared before the National Assembly […]

Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, Chief Imam of Lagos State Sheikh Sulaimon Abou-Nolla and Home Affairs Commissioner Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf will lead other personalities to the 15th distribution of the Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation (ZSF). The event will hold on Sunday at the auditorium of the Alausa Secretariat […]

A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Jumoke Akinjide has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of coercing her to return the N650million that she is accused of laundering. She prayed Justice Chukeujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the anti-graft agency to return the money to […]

SOME victims of last week’s fire incident in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Wednesday accused Governor Willie Obiano of not paying them a visit. The traders and their landlords said shops on Emordi and Amobi streets and Zik Avenue were mostly affected. One of the traders, Anthony Okonkwo, who spoke for others, said only the Minister […]

The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has initiated a programme to empower 774,000 women from each of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas. At least 1,000 women from each council will partake in the N10 billion provided for the programme by the Foundation Chairman Alhaji Aliko Dangote. The Foundation on Wednesday launched a scheme to empower 23,990 […]

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 […]