The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N716.298 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of December 2019. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Alhaji Isa Dutse disclosed this while addressing newsmen on the outcome of the meeting in Abuja on Thursday. Dutse explained that the amount […]

Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in violence-wracked northeastern Nigeria, security sources and one of those freed said Thursday. The aid workers were seized along with other passengers in two separate incidents in December when fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) disguised as soldiers intercepted vehicles on […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that there would be no registration in the 243 CBT centres where a third-party recruitment examination would take place across the nation on January 16, 2020. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head, Media and Publicity, JAMB disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on […]

– Donates N100m for a scholarship of deceased soldiers’ children Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has expressed concern over the intractable nature of the fight against terrorism in the North East, charging Nigerians to unite and motivate the Armed Forces to defeat the rebels. He stressed that it was necessary for the country to do […]

Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the main opposition party in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC), of mischief and insensitivity to the plight of civil servants. The APC had criticised Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration of shortchanging civil servants in the state and playing games with labour leaders in […]

Paradigm Initiative has disclosed plans to launch a public complain platform for cases of violation of human rights on the internet across Nigeria. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, Paradigm Initiative executive director Gbenga Sesan said cases of human rights violation on the internet were rising at an alarming rate and need to be […]

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has responded to the comments attributed to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, declaring ‘Operation Amotekun’ as an illegal outfit. Amotekun, launched on Thursday in Ibadan, is a security outfit set up by the six South-West governments to tackle kidnapping and other criminal activities in the region. […]

Former Nigeria vice president Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday urged the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Emeka Ihedioha to accept the Supreme Court judgement to nullify their victory at the Imo State governorship election. “With regards to the judgment of the Supreme Court, which nullified the election of the candidate of the PDP, Emeka Ihedioha, as […]

Imo State governor-elect Hope Uzodinma has ordered all financial institutions in custody of the state funds not to honour any pay-out draft from the government accounts until further notice. Uzodinma gave the order in a letter by the director-general of his campaign organisation Cosmos Iwu hours after the Supreme Court declared him the duly elected […]

A fallen truck at Anthony village area of Lagos has caused a heavy traffic jam on Ikorodu Road. Motorists coming from Ojota axis to Ojuelegba are facing hectic time as at 10.50 am as vehicles are on ‘stand-still situation’. It was gathered that no life was lost during the accident. Details later.

Akinwale Goodluck is Head of Africa, Global System for Mobile communications Association (GSMA), a body that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide. A solicitor of the Supreme Court, he has had a career spanning investment banking and legal practice. In the last 15 years, Goodluck has been engaged in the information and communications […]

The Federal Government has commenced the process of placing a ban on importation of certain categories of vessels into Nigeria by 2022 as part of efforts to encourage local participation in shipbuilding. The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, who disclosed this to journalists in Lagos, urged Nigerians firms to […]