Osun’ll no longer rely on fed allocation in 5yrs time – Commissioner
Osun state government has said that it has put in place policies, programmes and infrastructure that will totally liberate the state from relying on the federal allocation which has, for sometimes, been deciding the progress or otherwise of majority of the states in Nigeria.
Seme Customs command nets N701m in August — Spokesman
The Nigeria Custom Service, Seme Command, said it collected N701million as revenue for the month of August.
Security threats: Army to conduct more exercises – Buratai
The Nigerian Army says it will conduct more exercises to sharpen personnel skills and prepare them to tackle emerging security challenges in the country.
BREAKING: Gombe gets new police commissioner
The Gombe State police command on Monday replaced Mr. Austine Iwar, the former commissioner of police with Tahiru the new CP, newsmen report.
Alleged fraud: A-Court acquits ex-Transcorp MD
ABUJA—Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has discharged and acquitted the former Group Managing Director of Transcorp Plc, Mr. Tom Iseghohi.
Nigeria’s $7bn cashew export target under threat — NCAN
National Cashew Association of Nigeria, NCAN, has warned that unless something urgent was done to address the leadership crisis rocking the association, the Federal Government’s $7 billion cashew export target annually would be derailed.
We trek 100 km to hospital, Kaduna village residents lament
Residents of Maiyola, a community of 3,000 residents in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have said that they lose an average of one pregnant woman monthly due to absence of antenatal services.
NASS to get 2018 budget next month — Presidency
ABUJA—Nigeria’s 2018 Appropriation Bill will be submitted to the National Assembly in October, Senator Ita Enang, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), gave the assurance when he appeared at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja, weekend
IPOB mobilising to humiliate Buhari in US —Northern leaders
ABUJA— As President Muhammadu Buhari arrives the United States to address the United Nations General Assembly, Northern leaders have raised the alarm that the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has mobilised Nigerians living in the country to attack the President.
Restructuring: Why Buhari directed agitations to NASS —Aide
Abuja—Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, said the President directed restructuring agitations to the legislature because of his belief in due process.
FG, APC accuse opposition, treasury looters of sponsoring IPOB
LAGOS—The Federal Government, yesterday, said the escalation of the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, was deliberately conceived by a coalition of politically disgruntled and treasury looters to distract it from its set objectives.
