President Buhari Orders Military To Follow Outlaws In Zamfara, Kaduna
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the repetitive killings in both Kaduna and Zamfara States by requesting the military and other security organizations to pursue the scoundrels and squash them. The President, in a delivery Saturday by his representative, Garba Shehu, denounced rehashed desperado killings in Zamfara and Kaduna States, encouraging the country’s military to […]
Lekki Port: Amaechi Expresses Satisfaction With Pace Of Construction
The minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Rotimi Amaechi has expressed great satisfaction with the level of progress recorded on the construction of the Lekki Deep Sea Port project. Amaechi revealed this yesterday during an assessment visit to the port by the Federal Ministry of Transportation and other government agencies including the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), […]
Lagos Assembly Commences Audit Of 57 Councils
The Lagos House of Assembly has begun an audit exercise for all the 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. The Chairman, House Committee on Public Account (Local), Mojeed Fatai, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday. Fatai said that the committee […]
‘We Won’t Hand Over Our Artefacts’: Oba Of Benin Says No To Third Parties Using Benin Bronzes For Financial Gain
As the nation awaits the return of hundreds of artefacts looted from the Bini Kingdom in 1897 from Germany, the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Friday alleged that some unscrupulous people were moving to hand over the artefacts to unauthorised private entities or third parties and that it would be resisted. This is […]
Nigeria: Germany Must Return All Looted Benin Bronzes By 2022
Nigeria’s federal government has set August 2022 deadline for the German government to ensure full return of hundreds of artefacts looted from the Benin Kingdom in 1897. The Minister of Information and Culture, made the demand on the artefacts’ repatriation at a roundtable with German Museum Directors and government officials in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, […]
‘We Need Help’: Haiti’s Interim Leader Requests US Troops
Haiti’s interim government said it asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination. “We definitely need assistance and we’ve asked our international partners for help,” Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph told The […]
Biden Vows US Action Over Russian Cyberattacks
President Joe Biden has told President Vladimir Putin the US will take “any necessary action” to stop cyber-attacks from Russia, the White House says. A reporter asked Mr Biden after the hour-long phone call if Russia would face consequences, and he said: “Yes.” But Moscow denied US claims they had contacted the Russians repeatedly about […]
FG Receives Order From ECOWAS Court To Pay Journalist N30m For Torture
The Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) Court of Justice in Abuja yesterday requested the national government to pay a columnist, Agba Jalingo, N30 million as remuneration for the evil treatment and torment he got while in confinement in Cross River State. Jalingo was arrested and reported to have been chained to a deep freezer […]
Osinbajo Lays Out Plans To Lift 100m Out Of Poverty
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that how the Buhari organization intends to lift 100 million Nigerians out of destitution in 10 years won’t be founded on the same old thing approach, however a common-sense technique that would convey results as the president guaranteed. Communicating solid expectation that thusly, the panel would have the option […]
FG To Decide On Health Workers’ Hazard Allowance
The Federal Government has said it will take an ultimate conclusion on the new hazard stipend for well-being laborers. The Minister of Labor and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, expressed this on Thursday while briefing journalists after a meeting of the Presidential Committee on Salaries, important Federal Government partners, proficient affiliations, and worker’s organizations in the […]
