The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has said that oil and gas companies liabilities to the Federation Accounts as at December 31, 2020 was N1.32 trillion. Executive Secretary of NEITI, Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, made this known on Monday...
Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, one of the governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, has withdrawn from the party’s primaries slated for Tuesday. He said the National Chairman of the opposition party, Dr. Iyorcha Ayu, has agreed to...
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, has been released by the government of Benin Republic. Igboho’s release was under the agreement that he won't leave the medical centre or Cotonou for any reason. Igboho’s counsel, Chief Yomi...
The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus in which a 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwole was allegedly kidnapped. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu, made this known...
The Federal Government has given the newly inaugurated committee set up to renegotiate the 2009 agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) three months to arrive at workable terms. The committee is chaired by Pro-Chancellor, Alex Ekweme Federal...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has approved the sum of N1,235,000,000 for the payment of gratuity and death benefits for the state and local governments retirees and families of deceased beneficiaries. Executive Secretary of Kaduna State Pension Bureau, Prof. Salamatu...
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has said that he has only been acting as the acting chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), amidst reports that Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni,...
The management of Dangote Sugar has revealed that the company’s production volume increased by 9.2 percent in 2021 to 811,962 tonnes in contrast to 743,858 tonnes in 2020. This volume was said to be achieved on the strength of improved...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has approved 20 patrol vehicles to support surveillance and fighting against insurgents by the Nigerian military and civilian Joint Task Force (JTF). This is just as Zulum, on Sunday, undertook a humanitarian assessment of...
Veteran Nigerian singer, John Odafe Asiemo, popularly known as Daddy Showkey, has traced his ability to walk again after he was involved in a ghastly motor accident to the assistance of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill...