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FCT minister of state inaugurates PHC donated by Rotary Club

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By SALISU SANI-IDRISABUJA- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday inaugurated a Primary Health Care facility donated by the Rotary Club of Abuja, Karu...

Insecurity: Seek Divine Intervention – Buhari Tells Nigerians

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Following the worsening insecurity ravaging the nation, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to call on God to deal with the situation.Buhari made the...

Mali coup: Osinbajo travels to Accra for extraordinary ECOWAS summit

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, departs Abuja for Accra, Ghana Sunday morning to represent the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at an Extraordinary Summit...

Critics won’t realise Buhari is a blessing to Nigeria until he...

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The newly appointed Minister of State for Works and Housing, Mu’azu Sambo, on Wednesday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has chosen...

Ivorian president inaugurates new embassy in Abuja

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IVORIAN President Alassane Quattara at the weekend inaugurated the country’s newly completed embassy in Abuja.Quattara, who is in the country for the 60th Ordinary...

Minister: ‘why electricity tariff hasn’t been hiked’

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The Minister of State for Power, Mr.Goddy Jeddy-Agba yesterday revealed why the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has not allowed the increase of electricity,...

Sylva: Govt ‘ll scrutinise investors in divested oil assets

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The Federal Government has said it will carefully scrutinise oil companies that will bid for the takeover of assets that Shell and other oil...

Buhari didn’t order sack of AEDC management -Presidency

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Following a news item making the rounds, credited to the Minister of State for Power that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), ordered...

ASUU’s ultimatum to FG ends, lecturers say demands unmet

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The Federal Government has begun moves to prevent an industrial action in the country’s public universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ three-week...

FG directs Tetfund to increase research fund to N8b

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The Federal Government has given approval for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) to increase research fund under the National Research Fund (NRF) scheme...

Keyamo replies Reps, says 774,000 jobs successful, beneficiaries paid N40bn

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The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has described as “successful”, the Special Public Works Scheme initiated by the Federal...

Reps Summon FCT Minister Over Insecurity

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Members of the House of Representatives have summoned The minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello, over the worsening insecurity in Abuja.Bello...

39.4% of FCT population practise open defecation -Minister

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The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has said 39.4 per cent of the FCT population practise open defecation.Describing this as alarming,...

Reps summon FCT minister over abandoned CCTV, N8bn waste project

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The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, resolved to summon the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, over the growing insecurity and infrastructural...

FG scraps DPR, PPPRA, PEF, sacks CEOs, inaugurates new agencies

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The Department of Petroleum Resources, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency and the Petroleum Equalisation Fund are all officially scrapped and do not exist...

Sylva: Govt in process of subsidy removal

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The Federal Government, according to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has started the process of full deregulation of the...

IOCs contemplating leaving Nigeria onshore for court cases – Sylva

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Owing to litigations, many International Oil Companies (IoCs) are mulling the idea of leaving their onshore operations in Nigeria.The Minister of State for Petroleum...

Buhari approves appointment of new MD for FMC Bida

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Usman Abubakar as the new Medical Director (MD), Federal Medical Centre, Bida, Niger State.This is...

Africans must ensure transparent democratic processes — Osinbajo

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The Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, has called on Africans to continue to make the extra effort in ensuring that elections in the continent go through...

‘Those Smuggling Gold Out Of Nigeria Should Be Killed’ – Minister

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Nigeria’s Minister of State for Mines and Steel, Dr Uche Ogah has rendered a damning verdict on those using private jets to smuggle gold...