$29.96bn loan request: Sen. Committee to submit report in two weeks
Senate President Ahmad Lawan The Committee on Local and Foreign Debts assigned to review the 2016 – 2018 External Borrowing Plan request sent by President Muhammadu Buhari is expected…
Osun State doctors threaten industrial action over murder of OAU Prof., urge IGP to apprehend, prosecute killers
Members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Osun State have threatened to go on strike in reaction to the murder of Professor Jerome Elusiyan of the Obafemi Awolowo University…
Senate to investigate alleged ill-treatment against Nigerian business owners in Ghana
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its Committees on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Investments to interface with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to investigate the status of Nigerian businesses in…
Court orders remand of BPE DG in correctional facility for disobeying S/Court order
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Alex Okoh, be remanded in a correctional facility for a…
President Buhari welcomes proposal by Hyundai to set up plant in Nigeria
Nigeria will collaborate with and support Hyundai Engineering Company Limited to set up a car plant, and also rehabilitate petroleum refineries, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. President Buhari stated…
Buhari lauds NASS for restoring the budget cycle to a predictable Jan. to Dec fiscal year
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, and others applauding the President after signing the budget President Muhammadu Buhari has praised the National Assembly for ensuring…
Reps rejects Bill seeking 6-year single term for President, govs
A Bill for an Act to alter the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to Provide for a single term of six years for the President and governors has…
Sowore: Court orders AGF, DSS DG to appear before it
A Federal high Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and Director General of the DSS, Yusuf Bichi, to appear before the court over continued…
Gov. Okowa says Delta State has remained Polio-free since 2010
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday, reaffirmed the state government’s commitment towards ensuring that the state remained Polio-free. Okowa made the commitment while receiving the…
RIFAN harvests 100,000 bags of rice annually in Bayelsa
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Bayelsa chapter, says it produced 100, 000 bags of rice annually in its efforts to achieve sufficient food for the people. The Chairman of…