Says those plotting Oshiomhole’s downfall will fail Aggrieved govs remain my friends -APC chair By Lawrence Olaoye National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, has said that Nigerians will not vote for the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 Presidential election. Speaking to…

By Vivian Okejeme Abuja Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the recent Osun State Governorship election, was yesterday, arraigned and granted bail on self-recognizance by the Federal High Court, Abuja. The federal government is prosecuting Senator Adeleke, his brother, Sikiru Adeleke alongside Alhaji Aregbesola Mufutau (Principal, Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School, Ojo-Aro…

By Lawrence Olaoye The Federal Executive Council (FEC)has passed a policy seeking to ban the exportation of raw, unprocessed leather from the country. Briefing newsmen after the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, said adding value to leather before export would…

By Vivian Okejeme Abuja Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja, yesterday, refused an application for arrest and detention of former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Haliru Bello, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). The federal government is prosecuting Mr Bello, his son Mohammed and their company, Bam Project and Properties…

From Ahmed Idris Birnin Kebbi Following the 611million US Dollars loan released to Nigeria by the World Bank to support the strengthening of its Universal Basic Education, the World Bank has warned the Nigeria Government that if the money is not used judiciously by achieving the aim and objectives, the Nigeria government will refund the…

A team of Nigerian doctors has successfully separated a set of conjoined twins at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada. The doctors, led by Nuhu Kwajafa of the Global Peace Initiatives, confirmed the success of the operation that took them several hours on Tuesday in a post on his Instagram account @nuhukwaj. “We wish…

By Ese Awhotu As negotiations continue between the nation’s labour unions and government on an acceptable figure as minimum wage to workers, the Federal Government has rejected a proposal by the state governors to pay N22,500 minimum wage. The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, stated government’s position on the matter, yesterday, during a…

Femi Oyelola, Kaduna The Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum, Alhaji Salihu Mohammed Lukman has commended Kaduna State Government under the leadership of Malam Nasir el-Rufai for the proactive and decisive measures taken during the recent crisis in Kaduna state that claimed lives. According to Alhaji Lukman in a statement he issued in Kaduna…

By Christiana Ekpa The House of the Representative Committee on Petroleum Downstream yesterday summoned the Managing Directors of Mahart Petroleum, Alkeri Oil among others for allegedly shortchanging Nigeria to the tune of N91trition. Our correspondent reports that, the motion was moved on the 6th June 2018 to the effect that Nigeria has been shortchanged by…

From Ado Abubakar Musa, Jos The Nigerian Army said it has discovered the body of the missing general, Idris Alkali, in an abandoned well in Guchwet village of Shen district of Jos South Local Government Area Plateau State. A Brigadier General and Garrison Commander in charge of Operation, 3 division, Ibrahim Umar, confirmed this yesterday….