President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organised by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. The  presidential aircraft conveying the president and few members of his entourage took-off from the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 4.10 p.m. READ ALSOBreaking: Buhari launches […]

A group, National Coordinator of Frontier for Peace and Unity (FPU), has canvassed support for the presidential candidacy of the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. The National Coordinator, FPU, Mrs Ikalama Owadiktorusinya, said in Buguma, Rivers, on Monday that the group had adopted Amaechi, after consulting widely […]

WORRIED by the continuous discrimination against holders of Higher National Diploma, HND, in Nigeria, the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has concluded plans to host a round table meeting with critical stakeholders on how to reverse the fate of polytechnics in Nigeria.

The Association of Private School Owners of Nigeria (APSON) has kicked against the adoption of Saturday as school day to make up for the loss every Monday. Recall that schools in the South-East are being forced to close on Mondays due to the sit-at-home order. This is happening even after the proscribed Indigenous People of […]

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief *Where to start is to download the e-Naira app from google store place or apple. *Note that after requesting the app, you may be asked to verify your identity by entering your passcode or by using Touch ID or Face ID. *From the Home screen, tap the App store.  […]

The Police Command in Niger said gunmen had killed an unspecified number of people while observing early morning  prayers at a Mosque at Mazakuka village in Mashegu  Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state,Mr Monday Kuryas, who disclosed this to Newsmen in Minna on Monday, said the hoodlums also […]

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, has vowed to clear illegal dump sites around FESTAC Town and the entire Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of the state

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected Federal Government planned enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination on workers and Nigerians. The NLC President, MrAyuba Wabba, expressed labour position while unveiling the COVID-19 vaccination Advisory for the Federal Civil Servants on Monday in Abuja. It would be recalled that the federal government said it would […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja Association of Igbo lawyers has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja with an application to be joined as a party in a suit some Northern elders filed for exit of the South East region from Nigeria. The Plaintiffs, Nastura Ashir Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’I, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam, had […]

…Says programme to fast track highway completion … Put completion rate at 78.40% against 90% claims  … Decry inadequate, poor budgetary provisions to ministry By Chris Ochayi ABUJA: The request for extra-budgetary funding intervention for completion of the East West highway dualisation project through the 2021 SUKUK issuance programme is yielding fruitful results, the Minister […]