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President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives to request for the approval of fresh external borrowings totalling $5.513bn. Buhari, in the letter read by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary on Thursday, said the funds were for 2020 budget deficit, financing of […]

Disturbed by mysterious deaths of fishes and 13 Nigerians on Bonny Island in Rivers State, the House of Representatives on Thursday moved  that  the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) to immediately brief the Joint Committee of the House currently investigating the Dead fishes in Bonny and other Niger Delta […]

The Lagos state government says buses with certain specifications will be deployed to replace okada, tricycles in some areas in the state. On February 1, the state government enforced the restriction on commercial tricycles and motorcycles in 15 local councils. Despite criticism against the government’s action, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning, have urged the board of the African Development Bank to ignore calls for an independent investigation of Akinwumi Adesina by the US. Adesina, who is the president of the AfDB, was accused of favouritism and […]

Barely three days after the Cross River State government declared 35 suspected cultists wanted and vowed to demolish any house owned by the suspects or where the suspects are hiding, the government swung into action on Thursday. A demolition squad arrived Ekpo Abasi in Calabar South and brought down houses […]

The presidency says the administration of Muhammadu Buhari in the past five years has made impact on all aspects of Nigerian life. Buhari was sworn in for a second term on May 29, 2019, and on Friday, he will clock five years as Nigeria’s president. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman who […]

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate posting and redeployment of 11 Commissioners of Police to various Commands and Formations. The postings and redeployment are as follow: Edo State, CP Johnson Babatunde Kokumo; Osun State, CP Undie J. Adie; Bauchi State CP Lawal Jimeta Tanko; […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives to request for the approval of fresh external borrowings totalling $5.513bn. Buhari, in the letter read by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary on Thursday, said the funds were for 2020 budget deficit, financing of […]

Nigeria Police asset, Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) will soon be detached from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID). The FIB will become a full-fledged department. President Muhammadu Buhari gave the approval in his capacity as Chairman of the Nigeria Police Council. This was contained in a memo signed by the […]

Governors in the south-east have finally reached an agreement with Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), on the modalities for the implementation of community policing in the region. David Umahi, Ebonyi state governor and chairman of the South-east Governors Forum, told journalists on Wednesday that the deal was reached after […]