NAN reports that a Civil Society Organisation, Connected Development (CODE), has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to improve on its logistics management, ahead of the Nov.11 Kogi,Bayelsa and Imo governorship election.Mr Hamzat Lawal, the Chief Executive of...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate recall of all career and non-career ambassadors from their duty posts worldwide. The president, who gave the ambassadors October 31 deadline to return to Abuja, however directed that Nigeria’s Permanent Representatives to...
Nigeria generated N1.49 trillion as the aggregate revenue from value-added tax (VAT) in the first half of 2023, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), released on Monday. The figure represents a 25 percent increase compared...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted various quantities of ephedrine, skunk and nitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas concealed in semovita packs and dry pepper. NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on...
In its desperate effort to avert the Nigeria Labour Congress’ warning strike scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, the Federal Government says it is ready to meet with the labour union on Monday.However, the labour union said there was no...
Nigeria’s Federal Government has recalled all ambassadors, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has clarified. The media was awash with the recall of Nigeria’s High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola, but clarifying the decision on Saturday,...
Uproar In Abuja As Minister, Nyesom Wike Orders Task Force To Destroy 500 Impounded Commercial MotorcyclesNo fewer than 500 commercial motorcycles were on Thursday impounded and crushed by the Joint Task Force of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA)...
Dele Alake, minister of solid minerals development, says the administration of President Bola Tinubu is determined to make the solid mineral sector Nigeria’s “new oil and gas”. Alake spoke on Friday in Abuja at the graduation of participants of...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the replacement of Victor Akinjo as the Ondo state representative nominated to the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The president directed that he should be replaced with Otito Atikase. Tinubu also...
Abdul Samad Rabiu, chairman of BUA Group, says his company is working towards reducing the price of cement. The planned price reduction, he said, is in a bid to support the economic plans of the federal government. Dave Umahi,...
