The 2016 Appropriation Act signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday will run until May 2017, this is as revealed on Sunday, by Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly (Senate), Ita Enang.Speaking in Akwa Ibom, he said “The Act provides that the budget takes effects from the date assented to by […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, said on Sunday that four people died in the train accident that occurred in Jebba on Saturday. The Assistant Director in charge of Publicity in the corporation, Rauf Akinloye, told journalists that three other passengers sustained injuries in the accident involving the Kano-bound train. He said the corpses of the […]
Continue ReadingDoyin Okupe, Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the former President, Goodluck Jonathan has admitted receiving funds from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. Mr. Okukpe, however denied the funds he received were part of the $2.1 billion arms fund allegedly misappropriated by Mr. Dasuki. Most of the funds are […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Friday arrived Daura in Katsina State to begin a four-day visit to the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president’s plane landed at the Katsina airport at about 4.25 p.m. He was received by the state governor, Aminu Masari, and top federal and state government functionaries at […]
Continue ReadingRead President Muhammadu Buhari’s full speech during the signing of the 2016 budget.It gives me great pleasure today to sign the first full-year budget of this administration into law. I thank the leadership of the National Assembly, in particular, the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and indeed all members of […]
Continue ReadingNIGERIA- Weeks after horse-trading between the presidency and the national assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2016 budget into law. The president has just signed the budget at the Presidential Villa. Details soon…
Continue ReadingNigeria still leads the continent with the highest number of pipeline hotels in Africa says a report released by tourism think-tank, W-Hospitality group. According to the data, new development projects across the country have risen this year by 20 percent with a total of 61 pipeline ventures carrying a capacity of 10,222 hotel rooms in […]
Continue ReadingThe Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), in a statement on Thursday, disclosed that the Ukrainian Ambassador to Nigeria, Valeriy Aleksandruk, has stated that his country is ready to invest $1 billion into the Ajaokuta Steel Company in order to revive the plant. The Ambassador, who made this known in Abuja on Wednesday, during a courtesy […]
Continue ReadingAzibaola Robert, a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has petitioned the House of Representatives, alleging that he was illegally detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr. Robert said he was picked up by operatives of the commission on March 23, 2016 and had remained in their custody since then. In the […]
Continue ReadingThe Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has given insight into why many of the elections conducted since he came on board are inconclusive.In a statement on Wednesday, he noted that it is because elections are getting better and votes are being made to count. The INEC Chair added that […]
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