Senate Resolves to Override President Buhari’s Veto on Constitution Alterations, Income Tax Relief Bills
The Senate on Wednesday resolved to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Constitution, 1999 (Fourth Alteration No. 28) Bill, 2018 and the Industrial Development (Income Tax Relief) Amendment Bill,…
Lassa Fever: NCDC Confirms 15 New Cases in 6 States, Confirmed Cases Now 510
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 15 new cases of Lassa fever from six states in Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu,…
Taraba: Residents Flee to Nasarawa in Panic Over Threat to Raze Down Village
Military men in North East Residents of Shinkai Village in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba have fled their homes following threat to raze down the village over the alleged…
FEC Approves N27.4bn Intervention Funds for Victims of Conflicts, Insecurity, Flooding
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N27.4billion as intervention funds for states affected by conflicts, insecurity and flooding across the country. The Vice-President of the National Food…
INEC Achieves 100% Configuration of SCRs, To End Deployment of Sensitive Materials Thursday
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will complete the deployment of sensitive election materials to the Nation’s 774 local government areas for the Saturday elections by Thursday. INEC Chairman,…
Nigeria Lost $2.8bn in Revenue Due to Oil Related Crimes in 2018 — report
The United Nations say Nigeria lost an estimated 2.8 billion dollars in revenues in 2018, mainly due to oil-related crimes. This is according to a new ‘Report…
BMO Dismisses Amnesty’s report on Herders- Farmers Clash As Mischievous
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused Amnesty International (AI) being mischievous in its report, to create the impression that the Herders-Farmers clash is either a three-year old conflict…
No Violations in Approval of N5.8b Emergency Food Intervention Fund for North East- Osinbajo
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has said there are no violations in the approval of N5.8b emergency food intervention fund for North East. This is coming…
More Females Recorded Among Over 1,000,000 Nigerians on HIV treatment in June, 2018 — NACA
Some seven hundred and forty-seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty-three (747,803) females are among the 1,090,233 people on Anti-Retroviral (ARV) treatment in Nigeria as at June, 2018 National Agency…
FG, IFAD-VCDP to replicate Commodity Alliance Forum across Nigeria
Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is collaborating with IFAD- Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP) to replicate the…