President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is on its way to self-sufficiency in food production. The President stated this at the unveiling of Rice Pyramids in the FCT, financed by the Central Bank of Nigeria under the Anchor Borrowers Programme. He said the Anchor Borrowers Programme had supported his Government’s commitment to economic diversification as it […]
The Federal Government is to utilise the Nigeria Postal Service facilities in aiding the services of data capturing agencies at the grassroots. The Post Master General of the Federation, Dr Ismail Adebayo stated this at a media briefing to mark the Pan African Postal Union Day in Abuja. Dr Adebayo said the Federal Government intends […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC says that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, will be deployed for the conduct of the Area Council Election in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu stated this today during the first quarterly consultative meeting between INEC and leaders of Political Parties. He said that […]
7 deaths have been recorded to the coronavirus with 249 new cases across Nigeria. This is according to the daily updates of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), as of Monday midnight. The 249 new cases are reported from 15 States; Lagos (59), Adamawa (46), Imo (37), FCT (30), Kwara (14), Rivers (13), Kaduna […]
The Federal Government has ordered prisons officers to shoot dead anybody who attempts to attack any prison in the country. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola who gave the order while inspecting the facility at the Agodi Custodial Centre in Ibadan said any attack on any prison is an attack on the state and such must […]
The House of Representatives says it will reintroduce the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021, on Wednesday for legislative action and passage. The Speaker, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this while welcoming the members from the end of year break. Mr Gbajabiamila stated that this is to address the mitigating concerns, pass the Bill and send it […]
The Federal Government has cautioned Nigerians to beware of the activities of fraudsters claiming to be disbursing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Survival Fund of 80, 000 naira. A statement issued by Mr Tola Adekunle-Johnson, Coordinator, Project Delivery Office (PDO) of the Federal Government’s MSME Survival Fund Scheme said the fraudsters try to steal […]
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has organised a retreat on the review of the Pension Reform Act 2014 (PRA 2014) in Abuja. The retreat identified salient issues to be reviewed in the PRA 2014 as a prelude to advancing legislative action on the Bill. It is expected that the National Assembly would subsequently organize a […]
The Executive Director, Challenged Parenthood Initiative, Eunice Abimbola Agbogun, has made a passionate appeal to Nigerians to come to the aid of 30 year old Faith Sunday who went through a seven hours successful surgery for Intestine Resect at Shifaah hospital Lokoja to enable her offset her medical bills currently standing at N1,478,704m. Eunice Agbogun […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the interim forfeiture of N110.4 million traced to the bank accounts of one Mr. James Erebuoye and seven other suspects by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly being proceeds of crime. In an ex-parte motion filed by Raheem Adesina on behalf […]