The Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Patience Oniha, says the oversubscribed portion of the N250 billion, 2021 Sovereign Sukuk, which attracted N865 billion, was returned to investors. What it means is that N615 billion was returned to investors. Oniha...
*1,000 operators get gov’s N50m Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has launched 610 taxis, tricycles and buses to enhance urban mass transportation in Maiduguri and parts of Jere and Konduga Local Government Areas. The two LGs fall under the metropolis. At...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday adjourned plenary abruptly over absence of the order paper for the day’s proceedings. Gbajabiamila, who was disappointed at the situation, chided those responsible for the order paper...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja tightened security in and around its National Secretariat as the party inaugurates elected state chairmen. Also, human and vehicular movements were restricted around the secretariat. The measures were to forestall possible protest...
The Police Command in Oyo State has arrested no fewer than 12 suspects allegedly connected with cases of kidnapping at Onigari in Oluyole Local Government Area, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ngozi Onadeko, paraded...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced Saturday, February 26, 2022, as the date to hold its National Convention. The Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni, made this known in a letter to the...
Thousands of Twitter users in Nigeria have urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to present former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, and the former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, as the party’s flag bearers for the 2023...
The Federal Government has linked 123 companies and 33 bureaux de change to the sponsorship of Boko Haram and ISWAP. Also, 96 financiers of terrorism have been uncovered in Nigeria. Forty-five of the 96 terrorists’ sponsors have been arrested and would...
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for urgent measures to address Nigeria’s high fertility rate, through expanding access to modern contraceptive methods across the country. The President spoke on Thursday in Abuja during the launch of the Revised National...
A Greek footballer has died after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch during a game where there was no defibrillator or ambulance at the First Municipal Stadium. The player, Alexandros Lampis, aged 21, was playing for Greek third-tier team,...