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The Presidency has urged Nigerians to disregard concocted stories, backed with spurious visuals of any protest or harassment of President Muhammadu Buhari and his team, who arrived Japan on Monday. A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Monday, said the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)Continue reading “Presidency dismisses reports on protest against Buhari in Japan”

The body of an Iraqi migrant who tried to swim across the Channel from France to Britain has been found off Belgium’s coast, Belgian authorities said Monday. The 48-year-old was discovered on Friday near the seaside resort of Zeebrugge, wearing a makeshift life jacket made of empty plastic bottles and carrying a small bag withContinue reading “Migrant drowns while trying to swim to UK”

The Kaduna State government has announced that it will commence the implementation of the New National Minimum wage from September 1, 2019. The Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, disclosed this to Channels Television on Monday. He made the disclosure at the end of the State Executive Council meeting chaired byContinue reading “Kaduna Govt To Pay N30,000 Minimum Wage From September 1”

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned the general public against fraudulent messages in the social media circles requesting unsuspecting loan seekers and owners of small-scale businesses to apply for loans. The fraudsters behind these, claim that the loans are provided by the Federal Government through an e-mail address (empowermentcbnloan@gmail.com) purportedly being handled byContinue reading “Beware of fraudulent loan offers, CBN warns”

THE KOGI STATE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY/STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTION HAS SACKED DINO MELAYE AS THE SENATOR REPRESENTING KOGI WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT. In a judgement delivered on Friday, the tribunal ordered a fresh election in the district. Melaye (PDP) was declared winner in the February election by INEC, but Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC) approached the tribunal, challenging INEC’s declaration citing,Continue reading “TRIBUNAL SACKS DINO MELAYE AS KOGI WEST SENATOR”

A former Enugu State governor’s aide’s daughter, a community leader and his wife, were on Thursday abducted by gunmen in two different locations in Enugu State. Kosiso, the daughter of former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani’s aide, Frank Anioma, was said to be on her way to the New Haven market when she got missing. “Her phoneContinue reading “Ex- governor’s aide’s daughter, community leader, wife kidnapped in Enugu”

One of the thieves terrorising the staff, students and other residents of the Obafemi Awolowo  University has been sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. A release by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olarewaju, stated that one ODIONYE Wilson was arrested by the security unit of the university when the students who were sittingContinue reading “OAU: 23 year-old man bags 15 years in prison for theft”

Sacked chairman of the Ogun state All Progressives Congress, Chief Derin Adebiyi has cast a curse on the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole. In an interview with newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday, an overly angry Adebiyi, whose officials have just been pushed out of the secretariat by the caretaker committee, transferred his aggressionContinue reading “You will end up in ignominy: Sacked Ogun APC chairman curses Oshiomhole”

Bellow are the list of Federal Republic of Nigeria New Ministers, their state and portfolios Abia: Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah, Minister of State Mines and Steel Development Adamawa: Muhammadu Musa Bello, Minister of Federal Capital Territory Akwa Ibom: Sen. Godswill Akpabio , Minister of Niger Delta Anambra: Dr. Chris N. Ngige , Minister of Labour andContinue reading “MINISTERS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND PORTFOLIOS”

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja charged ministers-designate, who would be sworn in today, to give their best in their service to the country. Buhari, in his closing remarks at the end of a two-day retreat organised for members of his next cabinet who will be assigned portfolios today, told them that four years wasContinue reading “BUHARI INAUGURATES NEW CABINET, TASKS THEM TO GIVE THEIR BEST”