The Senate has berated the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its over 210 per cent subsidy expenditure rise in two months – March to May 2018 – that skyrocketed from N774 million to N2.4 billion daily during the period. Chairman of its Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream and Upstream), Senator Sabo Muhammad Nakudu (APC […]
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the release of N1.157 billion for the payment of accrued pension rights to 368 public service retirees for the month of May. He said the approval was part of the government’s commitment to ensure the retirees are well-taken care of after their meritorious service to the government and […]
The Federal Government has pledged to bail out the local aviation sector with a sum of N27 billion as part of measures to restart air travel and keep the airports safer.The sum, already proposed to some of the operators, will besides supporting the airlines, also fast-track the establishment of a private sector-driven national carrier. The […]
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in New York elected Nigeria along with 17 other countries into the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new ECOSOC members will serve for three years with effect from Jan.1, 2021. Checks by NAN shows that this […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding a meeting with service chiefs at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The service chiefs, led by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, arrived at the seat of power in the early hours of Thursday and proceeded to the Council Chambers. President Buhari, who joined […]
With alarming figure of 717 reported cases of rape between January and May, the Federal Government has promised to do everything possible to stem the growing tide of the “pandemic”. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the pledge on Thursday in Abuja when officials of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democractic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State yesterday engaged one another in invectives over the cargo airport project. The opposition PDP alleged that the project was a fraudulent ploy by the Governor Kayode Fayemi administration to milk-dry the state’s treasury, describing it as ‘utopian’. The state PDP Caretaker […]
Muslims in the North on Wednesday flayed the failure of the Federal Government to end the rising insecurity in parts of their region. They challenged the Muhammadu Buhari administration to take decisive actions against the perpetrators. Mere warnings and condemnations that have become the refrain of the government after every killing and banditry will not […]
The leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will meet Thursday on the fate of Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, who is seeking its ticket to re-contest. Sources in the main opposition party said last night that the meeting will consider the reports from the various leaders of the party that the governor has met […]
Are the labours of the founding fathers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not in vain today? In 2015, it became the ruling party, having won the presidential poll. Last year, President Muhammadu Buhari was re-elected on its platform. The puzzle, however, are: Has APC been able to manage its achievements? Has the party been […]