Why we’re yet to resume flights to Dubai – Minister

The Federal Government on Monday said flights to the United Arab Emirates are yet to resume due to the discriminatory nature of protocol introduced by the UAE. The Minister of…

FG ASKS TETFUND TO FUND ABANDONED NATIONAL LIBRARY

The Federal Government on Monday approved the takeover of the financing of the National Library Project by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. We had on June 20, 2021 reported exclusively…

KADUNA WILL SET UP PANEL ON NLC MAY PROTEST – EL-RUFAI

KADUNA State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has disclosed that he has provided a comprehensive briefing to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the rightsizing policy of his administration…

PRESIDENCY TAKING N’DELTA PEOPLE FOR GRANTED, SAYS PANDEF

THE Pan Niger Delta Forum on Monday reacted to the response of the Presidency to the threat by a militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, describing it as a sign of…

NIGERIA HAS UTILISED 88% OF VACCINE, SAYS PSC

The Executive Director Of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, on Monday said out of the 4,024,000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine received by the Federal Government…

LAWYERS CONTEST PLEA BARGAIN AS EX-JAMB REGISTRAR ARRAIGNED FOR N900M FRAUD

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday fixed July 6 for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission to arraign former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation…

BIZMAN’S KIDNAP: FAMILY RAISES N2M AS ABDUCTORS DEMAND N30M

Abductors of Lukman Ibrahim, the young Offa entrepreneur whose pregnant wife was killed on Saturday by suspected gunmen, have requested N30m ransom from his family. Close family sources said, on…

UN AGENCY TAKES OVER OGONI CLEAN-UP FROM HYPREP

The board of the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation has said 70 per cent of the clean-up of impacted sites in Ogoni land, Rivers State, will now be managed by the…

FG ARRAIGNS KADUNA-BASED CRITIC, ALLEGES DEFAMATION OF GOV, SSG

The Federal Government on Monday arraigned a social critic, Muhammad Mahdi, for allegedly defaming the character of the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, the government and that of the…

INEC RESUMES CONTINUOUS VOTER REGISTRATION, PLANS REVIEW

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday resumed its Continuous Voter Registration ahead of the 2023 general elections with a promise to review the exercise. INEC National Commissioner and chairman…