The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved N47 billion for the provision of additional 40 megawatts of electricity to the national grid. Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, made the disclosure while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the first e-cabinet meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. He said the 40 […]

A high court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced a second year student of Physics department at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Ifeanyi Dike, and one Ugochukwu Nwamiro, to death by hanging for the murder of an eight-year-old girl, Victory Chikamso Nmezuwuba. The duo were sentenced to death without an option of fine. […]

• Police in Kaduna hunt bandits that attacked Kajuru • HURIWA bemoans incessant attacks by herders Following attacks by armed groups despite the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, about 23,000 people from Sokoto, Zamfara and Katsina states fled to Maradi, Niger Republic, in April alone, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has revealed. This […]

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday announced the appointment of Professor Ibrahim Gambari as his Chief of Staff. Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation made the disclosure at the virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting. Gambari resumed in the Presidential Villa, Abuja and is currently participating in the resumed Federal Executive Council […]

The Kano State Ministry of Health has confirmed 27 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total confirmed cases in the state to 693. The ministry said on its verified Twitter handle, that 11 additional coronavirus patients were discharged and one death recorded. It added that there were 546 active cases, with 74 discharged and 33 […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri yesterday upheld the processes that led to the victory of Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri. The court also dismissed Ndutimi Alaibe’s claim that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) adopted a “flawed process” during the primary that led to the emergence of […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sokoto Zonal Office, has arrested two Chinese men, Meng Wei Kun and Xu Kuoi, for offering its Zonal Head, Abdullahi Lawal, N50 million alleged bribe. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by its spokesman, Dele Oyewale, EFCC disclosed that the suspects were arrested on Monday, May 11, 2020 […]

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday in Abuja said its downstream subsidiary, Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), netted N211.62 billion from the sale of white products in February. In a statement, its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, explained that the cash, contained in the February NNPC Monthly Financial […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has tapped a former Under United Nations Secretary as his Chief of Staff, it was learnt on Tuesday. Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, 75, is expected to assume office today as replacement for the late Mallam Abba Kyari, who served in the post since 2015 until April 17 when he died from Coronavirus […]

The Lagos State government on Tuesday issued more guidelines for the operations of commercial, industrial, institutional and recreational facilities that have just been recently unlocked in the state. Speaking at a virtual briefing, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, said the guidelines were aimed at ensuring that community transmission of […]

Gombe State Task Force on COVID-19 says an additional 39 persons have been discharged from it’s isolation centers after confirmed test of their recovery from coronavirus. The Chairman of the taskforce, Prof. Idris Mohammed, disclosed this during the committee’s daily briefing in Gombe on Tuesday. He stated that with the recent 39, the state has […]

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the probe into the finances of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by the Senate is to complement the forensic audit ordered by the Federal Government. Lawan said this yesterday while inaugurating a seven-man ad hoc committee on alleged financial recklessness in the NDDC.“We are in […]