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President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved salary increment for men and officers of the Nigeria Police Force, cutting across all ranks of the force. The Inspector-General of Police, MOHAMMED ADAMU, made the announcement during a visit to the Ogun State Police Command, charging to continue carrying out their duties irrespective of the criticisms against them following […]
Afro-Pop singer, EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM, has admitted that every Nigerian living in the country deserve some recognition in form of accolades. EEDRIS, who said this on his Instagram page observed that living and surviving in the country every day was a miracle. The award-winning singer said Nigerians should be praised for the feat, which some reports […]
The Minister of Works and Housing, BABATUNDE FASHOLA, has declared that no money was missing or stolen under his watch between September and December 2019. FASHOLA denied reports that he supervised the illegal payment of 4.6 billion naira into private accounts when he served as Minister of Power, Works and Housing. Recall that some reports […]
Popular activist and co-convener of #BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group AISHA YESUFU, has reacted to the death of Chairman of the All-Progressives Congress, Nasarawa State, PHILLIP SHEKWO, claiming that no one is safe in the country. The late APC Chairman was kidnapped by gunmen, who stormed his residence in Lafia on Saturday night. Reacting, AISHA expressed […]
Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, a body of staff working in the National and State Assemblies has expressed disappointment over non-implementation of financial autonomy for state legislative houses. Speaking after the session of the National Executive Council meeting of PASAN in Abuja, National President of PASAN, MOHAMMED USMAN said President MUHAMMADU BUHARI last year […]
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the nation’s economy has formally entered into recession as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted for the second consecutive quarter by 3.62 per cent in the third quarter of 2020. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in its GDP report for third quarter of 2020 said the nation recorded […]
The Rivers State Police command has confirmed the kidnap and killing of a former Rivers State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), EBENEZER KALABO AMAH. The former Chairman was reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen who trailed him to his residence in Woji, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state […]
A former aviation minister and foremost chieftain of the main opposition political party in Nigeria, Chief OLUFEMI FANI-KAYODE has praised the immediate past President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, as the most humane, civilized, and decent politician in Nigeria. FEMI in a short birthday essay posted on his social media platform, said those who betrayed […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA, has confirmed that an agent of the Department of State Services attached to him shot and killed Ifeanyi Okereke, a newspapers vendor in Abuja. The Nigeria Police Force had denied that its officer shot the vendor. GBAJABIAMILA, in his second statement on Friday, identified the DSS […]
The Presidency has explained that the absence of its representatives from a meeting of South-South stakeholders fixed for Tuesday in Port Harcourt, was not out of disrespect. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU, titled “South-South Assembly disrupted by emergency security […]
