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As part of activities marking her 60th birthday, wife of Bauchi State Governor, Hajiya Hadiza Abubakar has empowered 100 women randomly selected from various skill acquisition centers across the state.

Ilorin—No fewer than 19 children drowned in a boat mishap on Saturday in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State.

THE first edition of the Rivers State Governor’s Badminton Championship is scheduled to hold at the Alfred Diette-Spiff Civic Centre, Port Harcourt from December 19 to 22. It will be the first ever national badminton championship to be held in Port Harcourt Rivers State.

LAGOS—BARELY 24 hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, lifted ban on governorship campaigns, the governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, APC, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, yesterday, disagreed over the current status of Lagos State.

LAGOS—DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye has disclosed that in the last one year, the agency intercepted 6.4 billion tablets of Tramadol with an estimated street value of about N193.38 billion on an average cost of N1.5 million per carton.

Ola Ajayi, Ibadan HUNTERS Association in the South West zone of the country has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to involve them in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the North East. The call was made by the National President of Soludero Hunters Association of Nigeria, Oba Nureni Ajijola Idris Anabi while speaking with […]

STAFF of the National Assembly are set for war with the Management as they have vowed to shut down the entire complex, thereby paralyzing both legislative and administrative activities over unpaid salaries and allowances.

As at end of November 2018, international oil price had crashed below the 2019 Federal Budget oil price benchmark of $60 per barrel, after about seven weeks of free fall. Oil price had peaked at $86 per barrel early October.

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa on Sunday congratulated the Super Falcons of Nigeria on their victory over the Banyana Banyana of South Africa in the final match of the 11th Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON), Ghana 2018.

NiIGERIA’s fiscal year has remained between January-December, since Independence in 1960, and, indeed, senior citizens may recall the ritual of budget speeches, by the Prime Minister or later President, on New Year’s Eve or shortly before December 31, while the nitty-gritty or specific details of each year’s budget would be revealed, usually, soon after, by the respective Finance Minister, who would capture changes in tariffs, taxes and other government economic policies that would be adopted for each year.

Akure—A 19-year-old student of a polytechnic in Ondo State, Ajibade Rahaam, was weekend shot dead by suspected members of a group over supremacy battle in the institution.

NNEWI—FOLLOWING the release by the police of all 43 traders of Nkwo Nnewi Market, including members of the Agbo-Edo   Nnewi Motor Spare Parts Dealers Association in Nnewi, Anambra State, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, otherwise known as Intetsociety, has  called for investigations into allegations of extortion of N1.2 million from four of the traders.

THE Presidency and the Federal Ministry of Finance are yet to sign the African Trade Insurance, ATI, treaty thus delaying the country’s membership of the regional body.

ABUJA—WITH less than three months to the 2019 polls, indications have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari may still not append his signature to the Electoral Bill, which the National Assembly has since transmitted to him for assent.