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The Federal Government on Friday showered encomium on frontline humanitarian workers across the country, despite daunting challenges that led to the death of some Aid Workers in the North-East region. Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dr. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, gave the commendation in Abuja, during the commemoration of […]

The federal government has approved a paltry N5 billion for each of the 36 states of the federation for procurement of food items and fertilisers as part of efforts to alleviate the suffering associated with fuel subsidy removal in the country.  This was the highpoint of the resolutions of the monthly National Economic Council (NEC) […]

President Bola Tinubu was brutally frank, yesterday, telling Nigerians that there are no instant solutions to the country’s raging problems and reiterated his appeal to them to bear with the country, in view of the pains occasioned by the removal of petroleum subsidy. He, however, assured that at the end of today’s suffering, tomorrow would […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria, has asked the Federal Government to prosecute bandits for their atrocities of murder  and rape committed against women and children.  The Country Representative of UNICEF in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate made the call during a press briefing preparatory to the commemoration of World Humanitarian Day in Maiduguri on […]

The Nigerian Navy has impounded a 350,000 litre-capacity vessel carrying what is suspected to be illegally refined diesel. Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder who are part of the maritime component of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) impounded the Motor Vessel Cecilia suspected to be illegally cooked diesel. According to the Commander of the Maritime […]

 President Bola Tinubu and chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), yesterday, briefed the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on the political impasse in the Republic of Niger and assured it that ECOWAS was doing everything possible not to compound the situation in the country. Tinubu, who spoke when he […]

On Thursday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, appointed five lawmakers as Chairmen of Standing Committees. In a statement personally signed by the Speaker, four lawmakers are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), while one lawmaker is from the Young Progressives Party (YPP). He said: “Following the nomination of some […]

President Bola Tinubu led other prominent political and traditional rulers in attending the public presentation of “Brutally Frank,” an autobiography of elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark, at the Abuja International Conference Centre. The president, who is the special guest of honour, was represented by the Secretary of the Government of the Federation, George Akume. The […]

The Nigerian Naira has extended its gaining streak against the US Dollar as the parallel segment of the foreign exchange (FX) market reacts to the $3 billion crude oil repayment loan secured by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) from the Africa Import and Export Bank (AFREXIM). This move is aimed at stabilising the […]

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, assigned portfolios to all the 45 minister-designates, whose nominations were recently confirmed by the senate, ahead of their inauguration on Monday. The assignment of appointees to their respective ministries marked a departure from the past, when portfolios were given to ministers on the day of their inauguration. The office of the […]