•Wants improved allocation to education By Lawrence Olaoye President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out the possibility of Diaspora Nigerians voting during the 2019 general election. He also assured Nigerians that allocations to the educational sector will be improved as revenue increases. According to a state made available to newsmen by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, the…

Governor MA Abubakar By Ese Awhotu Honourable Kawu Labaran, political adviser to the Bauchi State Governor, M. A. Abubakar has berated two prominent politicians in the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Yakubu Lame and Alhaji Bala Jibrin for not accepting their defeat in State’s governorship primaries. He accused them of resorting to cheap blackmail with the sole…

By Usman Shuaibu Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has approved the sum of N252, 993, 577.58 as gratuity payments to 141 retired and deceased civil servants whose retirement or death occurred from January to March 2018. The amount also includes five-year pension to the next of kin of the affected deceased civil servants. A statement issued yesterday…

By Lawrence Olaoye President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2018 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Appropriation bill and four others into law. According to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, who briefed State House Correspondents yesterday, the sum of N371, 532,518,887 (Three hundred and seventy one billion,…

By Christiana Ekpa The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition has summoned the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside and the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi Wabote over the award of over N30.32 billion contracts to a Dubai based company…

By Ese Awhotu A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has revoked the bail granted to former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia. Orji Uzor Kalu, who is facing a N7.65bn fraud charge, was granted bail in 2007. However, Justice Mohammed Idris yesterday revoked Kalu’s bail for failure of the ex-governor to appear in court…

The Association of Resident Doctors at the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, has called on the Oyo State Government to ensure speedy payment of the 24 months salary arrears owed members. The association made the call in a statement jointly signed by Dr Ayobami Alabi and Dr Taiwo Alatise, its President and General Secretary…

Oil prices flipped positive on Monday after weeks of losses had plunged the U.S.-traded resource into a bear market and brought international benchmark perilously close to such a distinction. The price recovery came as OPEC and its allies signaled, a tepid willingness to again cut production amid hefty global supply. Saudi Arabian representatives said Sunday…

From Femi Oyelola, Kaduna The Ummah Movement Zaria has said the failure of federal and state governments to punish perpetrators of previous criminals was the reason for its reoccurrence in the country. The group stated this in a statement signed by its leader Dr. Muhammad Babagida Muhammad and made available to the media in Kaduna…

From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has said that under the President Muhammad Buhari’s agricultural revolution, politicians no longer have power to manipulate farmers as they are now dependent on themselves. Ogbeh dropped the hint yesterday during a Town Hall meeting on agriculture organised by the Federal Government. The…

By Ese Awhotu with agency report The Federal Government of Nigeria has begun the process of extraditing a former minister of petroleum, Alison Madueke from the United Kingdom where she is currently facing trial for alleged fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday confirmed that the process to bring back former Minister of Petroleum,…