The nation’s publicdebt stood at N24.947 trillion ($81.274 billion) at the end of March, this year, according to data released by the Debt Management Office, DMO, yesterday.
The debt stock is an indication of a marginal 2.3 per cent increase when compared to the public debt stock as at end December, 2018.

Pandemonium, tension, confusion and fear, yesterday, enveloped the National Assembly as members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, the El- Zakzaky group, also known as Shi’ites forcibly took over the complex.

A  Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed a suit filed by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore challenging the 2017 Open Grazing Prohibition and Establishment Law passed by Benue State House of Assembly, while Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, described the ruling as victory for justice, democracy and rule of law.

FOLLOWING strong opposition from several quarters, President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended implementation of the controversial Ruga settlements project across the country.

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, allocated 10 days to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to prove their allegation that the February 23 presidential election was rigged in favour of President Muhammadu Buhari.

THE Presidency last night confirmed that the Federal Government  has gazetted lands in all the 36 states of the federation for the Ruga settlement but that the programme was optional for states to participate.

The activities of Boko Haram in the North East, especially Borno State, have taken a new dimension, as insurgents now hunt farmers in communities in the state for leaking information on their exploits to security men.

The Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II of Benin has raised the alarm that criminal elements, including bandits and herdsmen, are building camps in forests within his kingdom.

AFENIFERE, the Yoruba Socio- Political group, yesterday, blasted the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, over his comment that the kidnapping stories in the country were not only exaggerated but also fueled by politics.

There are indications that the new minimum capital base requirements for Nigeria’s banks would range between N35 billion and N230 billion going by the new position of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.