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EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to meet outstanding financial commitments to the various international organizations and bodies to which Nigeria belongs. Minister of State for Budget and National Planning,  Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, disclosed this at a meeting in Abuja with the Country Representative...

Prophet T.B. Joshua left a husband who visited the Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) together with his wife shocked when he revealed that there was a man who was sleeping with her. The strange man, prophesied the Nigerian pastor, was the reason the Tanzanian couple’s marriage was on...

The Treasurer, National Fish Association of Nigeria(NFAN),  Chibunna Ubawuike, says plans by the Federal Government to ban fish importation will save the country over $1billion US dollars. Ubawuike, who made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Abuja, said the association was prepared to...

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the latest round of attacks on farmers by bandits in Damkar and Tsanwa villages in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, warning that revenge killing is uncalled for. The president made the condemnation in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Senegal, where he will hold talks with President Macky Sall focused on strengthening security ties and promoting deeper economic cooperation. The U.S. officially recognized Senegal as an independent state in 1960, and the two countries have forged a close relationship over the...

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated his Kaduna State counterpart, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, who turns 60 years on February 16. Okowa’s felicitation was conveyed in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Saturday in Asaba. He eulogised el-Rufai for his tremendous contributions and sterling...

By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria  to disclose within seven days, the exact amount of public funds stolen by a former military head of state, Sani Abacha and details of spending of about $5 billion recovered loot...

The Federal Government has through the Bank of Industry (BoI) approved facility of about N7 billion under its creative industry group. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed made this known at the Greeners Business-to-Business Annual National Economic Dialogue 2020 held in Abuja on Saturday on...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that given the nation’s impressive recorded performance and achievements across diverse fields, Nigerians can solve the country’s problems without recourse to foreign aid.     Osinbajo said on Friday in Abuja when he received a delegation from the West African College...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE To a casual observer, the philosophy of maize signifies that the process of life is gradual. The first thing you see in maize, when it is growing, is the root, followed by the shoot, before the leaves eventually appear. What this simply means is that, when...

Ikeja Electric (IE) Plc targets a total revenue of N170 billion in 2020 with the implementation of the increment in various classes of electricity tariff. A copy of a document addressed to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) stated on Saturday, News Agency of Nigeria reports. The electricity Distribution...

Lagos State Government has announced to close down the Adejobi Street in Agege area on Sunday to facilitate completion of ongoing construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail line. The Public Affairs Unit of the state Ministry of Transportation said in a statement that Adejobi Sreet would be closed...

English champions Manchester City have been banned from European competition for the next two seasons and fined 30 million euros (£25 million) by European soccer’s governing body UEFA after an investigation into alleged breaches of Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, Reuters reports late Friday. UEFA stated that City had...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says faith leaders have a crucial role to play at ensuring harmony among the people of different religious and ethnic backgrounds in the country.   Osinbajo, in a statement by his media aide, Laolu Akande on Friday, said when he received...

JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has declared Senator Diri Douye of the people’s Democratic Party (PDP) as governor elect of Bayelsa state, following Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment that sacked David Lyon as the governor elect in the Nov. 16, 2019 Bayelsa governorship election. Briefing newsmen,...

By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said its new focus in providing grants for research and development activities in tertiary institutions was borne out of a need to create leverages where contemporary challenges in Nigeria would be resolved. The Fund, which held a...

 Four days after the quartet of British Airways, Rwandair, Emirates and Qatar Airlines diverted their flights from the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos to Kotoka International Airport, in Accra, Ghana, about 1500 Nigerian passengers are yet to be airlifted back to the country.The passengers, who are already...

Who care if you’re flying solo? On Valentine’s Day, I used to buy myself a heart-shaped box of chocolate and bring whatever stuffed animal my mom got me that morning to school, acting as if I had a secret admirer. It worked. I was also 15, and at 15,...

What started out as a joke on social media in Kenya about one of the ways men could avoid their partners on Valentine’s Day, has become a reality. The suggestion that men tell their other halves that they are attending a Men’s Conference – has become a reality. This...

By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has expressed concern over the continued release of what it called falsified reports by Amnesty International (AI) aimed at frustrating the efforts by the Nigerian Military in its on-going war against terrorism in the country. In a statement issued in...