2019

  The Federal Executive Council has approved the award of N169.74bn contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of 10 roads across the country. According to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola,…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has restated its earlier stance that despite being a minority in the incoming National Assembly, its members could seek to lead the legislative chambers. The opposition party, however, said it is yet to…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) were doing a bad job in handling the nation’s security challenges. PDP chieftain, Mr. Kassim Afegbua, said this on…

Ahead of Ramadan, prices of tomato and pepper have soared by 60 per cent in some markets in Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. A NAN survey conducted at Mile 12, Oke Odo, Oyingbo and Iddo markets, Lagos, revealed that a 40…

UNDERSTANDING THE REASON BEHIND THE N18,000.00 TAX COLLECTION BY ABIA GOVERNMENT Just a few days ago, the media, (particularly, the social media) was awash with the reports that market women were protesting against N18,000 (eighteen…

President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday returned to Abuja, after a 10-day ‘private visit’ to the United Kingdom. The president’s jet touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 6:24 p.m. A statement by his…

Abia state: Ịga steeti a ga-agụ gị agụụ ma ị hụchaa akụkọ aKa ị ma nke a, ị ma nke ọzọ gbasara Abia steeti? Kedụ ihe ndị mara mma ọtụtụ ndị amaghị maka steeti ebe i si? Kedụ ihe ndị ị nụrụla maka Abịa steeti ma nke ọma ma nke ọjọọ? Ụfọdụ…

Abdullahi JJijji, the security guard of Attahiru Bafarawa, former Governor of Sokoto State, has been shot dead by gunmen who stormed the former Governor’s residence. The gunmen also kidnapped Abdulrasheed Sa’idu, the 16-year-old cousin of…

Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed 15 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on a military base in Borno State, security sources said Saturday. The terrorists rode into Magumeri Local Government Area and sacked a brigade there at about 6:00…

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN has forwarded to Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) documents from some of the Ministry’s agencies providing some level of details regarding the names…