…Okays N922.8m for fertilizer to 3 states affected by insurgency, flood disaster By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday approved over N82 billion for the completion of infrastructure projects within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Minister of the FCT, Mohammed Bello disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Federal Government has said that Nigeria’s low rating by the transparency International (TI) corruption perception index was a result of the country’s opaqueness in doing business. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the […]

By Omeiza Ajayi Gunmen numbering about 12 have kidnapped four persons, including a staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA, from their homes in Kiyi community, in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Vanguard has learned. Mr Samuel Olalekan of the FCTA Information and Communications Department, was among those kidnapped by […]

The Federal Government will, on Thursday, tender the sum of one million, thirty thousand dollars allegedly recovered from rtd Air Commodore Umar Mohammed before  the Federal High Court, Abuja.   Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order, on Wednesday, after the currencies, stashed in three bags, were counted with a counting machine at the office of the […]

According to the Senate, the Fund will help in the  provision of  finance to support strategic aspects of agricultural development of Nigeria

… EL-Lab boosts case detection with 16-module GeneXpert machine By Chioma Obinna ONE hundred years after the launch of the Tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, Nigeria ranks worst in Africa and 6th among 20 countries with the highest burden of TB in the world. To this end, the country yesterday launched the first 16 Module GeneXpert machine […]

Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has reiterated his stand that bandits be given amnesty so they can lay down their arms. Gumi said this on Wednesday at a virtual event organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies on insecurity in Nigeria. The cleric said he was not justifying banditry, but that the herders […]

…As Nigeria vaccinates 215,277 eligible persons By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna Results from a US trial of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine may have included “outdated information” and that could mean the company provided an incomplete view of efficacy data, American federal health officials have stated. This development came as 215,277 eligible Nigerians were vaccinated with […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Federal Government Wednesday said that Nigeria’s low rating by the Transparency International (TI) corruption perception index was as a result of the country’s opaqueness in doing business. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the Federal […]

After days of clashes among rival cult groups in Okija, Ihiala local government area of Anambra State, the state police command has finally uncovered their hideouts and arrested eight persons