The Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adopted a budget of N143billion for the funding of the 2019 general elections. Chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, Senator Read more
The Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed, has said that the Federal Government continues to embark on various infrastructural projects across the nation. According to him, there is no part of the country where projects are not currently on-going. The Read more
The Federal Government has announced its recognition of the Amaju Pinnick-led executive as the authentic leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Laolu Akande, Special Assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with service chiefs at the State House in Abuja. The meeting which lasted for about three hours dwelt on plans to forestall future security incidences in Zamfara, Sokoto and the Birnin-Gwarinpa axis. A statement Read more
The Senate has adjourned plenary till after its long vacation. The lawmakers will be resuming sitting on September 25, 2018. This comes after about 15 Senators on Tuesday defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party Read more
In a sudden twist of fate, the ruling All Progressives Congress has had 32 of its members in the House of Representatives defecting to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday. Four other lawmakers also defected to the African Democratic Read more
The minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed today held a press conference/dialogue with online publishers and social media influencers, on the national campaign against fake news in Nigeria. Full text of his speech can be seen below. Good afternoon gentlemen, Read more
Nigeria has resolved to investigate suspected human trafficking in the case of the 155 Nigerian football fans who got stranded in Russia after the World Cup tournament. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, revealed the plan to probe the incident Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria today flagged off its intervention in the sale of foreign exchange in Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement (CNY), signalling the consummation of the Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement signed with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) on Read more
The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has announced that Nigeria Air which is the National Carrier will commence operations from December 2018. He disclosed this on Wednesday during the launch of the name and logo at the Farnborough Read more