Free phone calls for Ogun workers in 2016
Abeokuta – The Ogun Government has concluded arrangements to connect civil servants to Free Voice Over Internet Protocol to enhance productivity and hitch-free communication in the discharge of their...
View ArticleNew GOC pledges commitment to restoration of peace in Plateau, North-East
Jos – The new General Officer Commanding, 3 Division, Nigerian Army Jos, Brig,-Gen. MSA Aliyu, has pledged his commitment for the restoration of permanent peace in Plateau and the North-East. Aliyu...
View ArticleNFF reconstitutes its Emergency Committee
Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reconstituted its Emergency Committee. A statement issued by Ademola Olajire, NFF Assistant Director of Communications, said that other standing...
View ArticleSen. Sani will continue to criticise Gov. el-Rufai’s “anti-people’’ policies...
Kaduna – Malam Suleiman Ahmed, the Special Assistant to Sen. Shehu Sani (APC- Kaduna), on Politics and Ideology, says nothing will deter his principal from criticising the “anti-people” policies of the...
View Article424 goals, 26 trophies: Mind-blowing Messi reaches 500 Barcelona games
Lionel Messi is set to make his 500th appearance for Barcelona in all competitions when Luis Enrique’s side take on Real Betis in La Liga on Wednesday. The 28-year-old has enjoyed a stunning Camp Nou...
View ArticleWhat if it’s Godwin Obaseki?
Governor Adams Oshiomhole, in what is akin to setting bail conditions, has listed two qualities an APC gubernatorial aspirant must have to qualify to be the next governor of Edo State. According to...
View ArticleBuhari says nothing is vague about his asset declaration
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja said he had declared his assets four times over time and there was nothing vague about the issue. Buhari made the statement in a media chat,...
View ArticleDHQ establishes more offices to secure North-East
Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced the establishment of the office of Campaign, Planning and Coordinating Centre for the Naval Component of the military operation in the North East....
View ArticleDevaluation not favourable to Nigeria’s economy — Buhari
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says that he will not support the devaluation of the naira because it will not be favourable to the Nigerian economy. Buhari, who expressed the view in presidential...
View ArticleWe’ll negotiate with BH leaders over Chibok girls – Buhari
ABUJA- President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, reiterated his earlier declaration of his administration willingness to negotiate with leaders of dreaded Boko Haram Islamists to ensure release of April...
View ArticleAY identifies factors responsible for low quality movie production in Nigeria
Lagos, – A comedian and actor, Ayo Makun, also known as AY, has attributed the production of low quality movies in the country to lack of financial support from the private sector. AY made this known...
View ArticleNSCDC in Bayelsa arrests 40 suspected oil thieves in 2015 — Commandant
Yenagoa – The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Bayelsa, arrested 40 suspected oil thieves and destroyed 106 illegal refineries in 2015. Mr Desmond Agu, the state Commandant of the...
View ArticleReps sponsored 327 bills in six months – Gbajabiamila
Lagos – Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, House Leader of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday said that the 8th Assembly in its six months of existence had sponsored a total of 327 bills as against 132...
View ArticleShiite/Army Clash: Buhari explains FG’s position
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed insinuation in some quarters that the Federal Government was biased in the handling of the recent clash between members of the Shiite Islamic sect and...
View ArticleFG to create jobs for youths in agriculture, solid minerals, teaching–Buhari
Abuja – The Federal Government will explore the potential in agriculture, solid minerals and teaching in solving the unemployment challenge confronting the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said....
View ArticleDasukigate: Bafarawa support Buhari’s anti-corruption war
Sokoto – Former Governor of Sokoto state, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, has endorsed the ongoing anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bafarawa,...
View ArticleIllegal Oil Refineries: Communities To Forfeit Lands To FG – Navy …As Navy...
WARRI – In its determined fight against all forms of illegal oil activities in the Niger Delta region, the Nigerian Navy has said that communities who provide their lands for the use of illegal...
View ArticleInsurgency, deadline and matters arising
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, recently observed that the military had “technically’’ met President Muhmmadu Buhari’s deadline of Dec. 31 to subdue the activities of Boko...
View ArticleFG will create 1m jobs in 2016 – Osinbajo
Abuja – The Federal Government will create no fewer than one million direct jobs in 2016, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said A statement issued by Laolu Akande, his Senior Special...
View ArticleNew year: APC promises better life for Nigerians
Abuja – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Thursday, assured Nigerians that 2016 would be a better year for Nigerians. This is contained in a...
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