We’ve Not Stopped Nigerians From Using Twitter, FG Tells Court
The Federal Government has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that it has not stopped Nigerians from using social media platform, Twitter, adding that many Nigerians are still using…
FG Commences Payment Of Benefits To Deceased Doctors
The Federal Government Thursday said it has commenced the payment of death benefits to deceased doctors and other health workers under the Group Life Insurance. Minister of Labour and Employment,…
Dickson Seeks Review Of PIB, Urges Buhari To Withhold Assent
*Says 3% For Host Communities May Create Crisis The senator representing Bayelsa West in the Senate, Henry Seriake Dickson has called for the review of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)…
Alleged Poisoning Of Kano Cleric False, Malicious, Says NcS
The Kano State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service has debunked a report that the controversial Kano-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Kabara, currently in its custody has been allegedly poisoned…
COVID-19 Wiped Off $5bn Diasporan Remittances, Says FG
THE Federal Government has said that the COVID-19 pandemic has wiped off 20 per cent from the $25bn annual diasporan remittances to Nigeria. The government noted that various targeted programmes…
Buhari: Security Situation In North East, South South Much Better Now Than Before 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday did an overview of the security situation in some parts of the country since his assumption of office six years ago saying security has improved considerably…
Fake Custom Officer Jailed 20years For Employment Scam In Kwara
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, yesterday, sentenced a self-styled custom officer, Mr. Yakubu Azeez Afolayan, to 20 years imprisonment for impersonation and job scam. The convict was…
CBN Targets October For Digital Currency Launch
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday disclosed that its much-anticipated digital currency will be launched on October 1. CBN Director, IT Department, Mrs. Rakiya Mohammed, revealed this during a…
Prof. Adetunmbi Condemns EFCC Lawyer, Rotimi Jacobs SAN For Allegedly Intimidating Justice Ekwo
A professor of Law at the University of Ibadan, Professor Yemi Adetunmbi has condemned Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC ) Rotimi Jacobs for what he termed “arrogant…
Agitation Is Political, Not Military’s Job To Stop — CDC
The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor, on Thursday said “it is not the job of the military to stop anyone from agitation for whatever he so wishes,…