Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger and Chairman North Central Governors’ Forum, has described Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd.), popularly called IBB, as a true patriot and nationalist who gave his all to ensure the unity and survival of Nigeria. This is as the Elder Statesman marks his 79th Birthday Anniversary on Monday. In a statement […]

The Presidency last night advised a former Speaker of the House of Representatives Ghali Umar Na’Abba not to bring President Muhammadu Buhari into whatever problem he has with security agencies. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President Mallam Garba Shehu, the Presidency decried what it described as Na’Abba’s “publicity stunt” because […]

The wrangling over the 774,000 public works jobs initiated by the Federal Government might have been resolved with slots allocated to lawmakers. Besides Senators and House of Representatives members, governors and ministers will also make nominations. The process of recruitment which the National Assembly tried to halt, after a clash between Minister of State Labour […]

The push for the realization of Igbo President in 2023 intensified at the weekend with some pressure groups giving reasons why the Southeast deserved to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode also lend his weight behind the clamour for an Igbo President. He however advised leaders of the zone to […]

President Muhmmadu Buhari has sent birthday greetings to former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, as he clocks 79 years on Monday. A statement in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said: “President Muhammadu Buhari sends warm felicitations to former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, on his 79th birthday, […]

Some states that began implementation of a tax relief for individual taxpayers and businesses by September 31 are to be compensated. Such states will partake in the $2.5 million set aside by the Federal Government through its Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning and the World Bank, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), said on […]

The Onne Port complex of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) at the weekend successfully berthed one of the biggest gearless Maerskline vessels at the Federal Ocean Terminal (FOT) in the town. Onne Port is in Rivers State. A statement by the Head Corporate and Strategic Communications, Onne Port Complex, Barbara Ejeme, said the vessel arrived […]

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Dr Obadiah Mailafiya has been re-invited by the Department of State Security (DSS) for further discussions. The Nation learnt Mailafiya is expected to be at the DSS office Jos, Plateau state capital, by 12 noon on Monday, August 17, 2020. His lawyer, Bawa Ba Esq, […]

Senatorial aspirants jostling for the All Progressives Congress (APC) tickets in the forthcoming legislative by-elections are to pay N7 million for the party’s expression of interest and nomination forms. Houses of Assembly aspirants are to buy the forms for N850,000 each, while female aspirants and physically challenged aspirants are to pay 50 per cent of […]

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday deployed additional 32 Special Forces in Southern Kaduna. Their mission is to support Operation Safe Haven being executed by the military to restore normalcy to southern Kaduna. The Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Air Training Command, Kaduna, AVM Musa Mukhtar, said in Kaduna that the deployment was in response […]

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has earmarked N2.5 billion for the development of Wawa/Zange grazing reserve in Gombe. Dr Musa Inuwa, the Director in charge of the Gombe office of the ministry disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Gombe on Friday. He said the money earmarked was for the construction […]

The drumbeat of welfare agitations is getting louder in the aviation industry. But more unions’ pressure on insolvent airlines may win the battle and lose the war. WOLE OYEBADE writes. The colossal losses in the aviation sector should not have come as a surprise. Air travel is a high end, tight budget industry where every […]