Browsing Category
News
Table turns, as British court orders P&ID to pay £1.5m costs to Nigeria
A British court on Thursday ordered the British Virgin Islands firm, Process and Industrial Development, to pay £1.5m to Nigeria within 21 days.
The order was sequel to Nigeria’s ability to successfully obtain the court permission for an…
Resident doctors suspend nationwide industrial action
Even as negotiations continue with the federal government, members of the National Association of Resident Doctors have suspended their industrial action.
The association’s President, Aliyu Sokomba, who confirmed the…
Hazard Allowance: Buhari approves N8.9b for health workers
In a bid to assuage health workers who have in recent times lamented of government’s lackluster attitude towards their welfare, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved additional N8.9 billion for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) hazard…
Just in: Fire guts INEC office in Ondo
Barely one month to the governorship election in the state, the Ondo office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was on Thursday gutted by fire.
Though the cause of the fire incident was not clear as at press…
Obaseki seeks review of revenue allocation to reflect economic realities
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to review the present revenue allocation formula that would reflect the present and changing economic…
Femi Fani-kayode attacks Tinubu for failing to stand up to greet Ooni of Ife
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has blasted former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, for failing to stand up to greet the Ooni of Ife during the coronation of the Oniru of Iruland in Lagos earlier in the week.
The…
North-Central exits ACF, announces new group
Leaders of the North-Central states have announced the exit of the geopolitical zone from the Arewa Consultative Forum.
They said their decision was informed by the worsening insecurity in northern Nigeria.
They also announced the…
Nigerian Army leads in local production of military equipment says Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai said on Thursday that the nation's is gradually meeting some of its basic military requirements locally in the areas of armaments, lift capability, hard skin vehicles and tanks as…
IDPs should be involved in economic activities, Group tells FG, States
The African Missions Global, (AMG), a non-Governmental Organisation, on Thursday asked governments at different levels to allow victims of Boko Haram crisis presently given refuge at internally displaced persons' camps to be…
Bandits abduct three children of Zamfara treasurer
Three children of Zamfara State Sub-treasurer, Alhaji Yusuf Marafa, have been abducted by bandits.
One of Marafa's neighbours, Malam Kamalu Nahuche, was killed during the incident, which occurred at Nahuche community in…