The Senate has received the 2021 budget proposal for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund transmitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari, for necessary legislative actions. The President’s request for the Upper Chamber to consider the Police Trust Fund budget was contained in a letter that accompanied the proposal and read […]
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President Buhari appoints new heads for Nigeria Correctional Service, NSCDC
President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR has approved the appointment of Ahmed Abubakar Audi PhD, mni as the new Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) following the retirement from service of Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu. Ahmed Audi, emerged the top best candidate out of those that went through the […]
INEC Receives Over 9777 Requests For Additional Polling Units
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission had received no fewer than nine thousand, seven hundred and seventy-seven requests for additional polling units across the country. The INEC Chairman said this during a sensitisation visit on the creation of additional polling units, to the Arewa […]
Senate Urges FG to Declare State of Emergency on Insecurity
Meanwhile, the Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, declare a state of emergency on insecurity in the country. The Upper Chamber condemned in very strong terms, Wednesday’s abduction of students and teachers of Government Science School, Kagara, Niger State, by bandits. Earlier, sponsor […]
President Buhari dispatches security officials to rescue abducted students in Niger State as the Senate calls on federal government to declare State of Emergency on security
President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a team of top security chiefs to Niger State to co-ordinate the rescue of staff and students abducted early Wednesday by gunmen. Report has it that gunmen invaded the Government Science College, Kagara, Rafi local government area of the State, and abducted some staff and […]
Nigeria yesterday, recorded 869 new cases of Coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 149,369
Update on COVID-19 shows that Nigeria, yesterday, recorded 869 new cases of Coronavirus. According to figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria now stand at 149,369. Out of this figure, 125,722 has been discharged while 17,866 deaths have also been […]
Farmers in old Eastern Region of Nigeria under the umbrella of Eastern Farmers Association, demand nine billion naira compensation from federal government for damages caused by herdsmen
Farmers in the old Eastern Region of Nigeria, under the umbrella of Eastern Farmers Association (EFA) have lamented the federal government neglect over the loses incurred as a result of the destruction of their crops and farmland by herdsmen. EFA in a petition to federal government, therefore, is demanding financial […]
Valentine Ozigbo Congratulates Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as DG WTO
A PDP Stalwart and a gubernatorial aspirant in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, has joined other well meaning citizens of the world to congratulate the renowned Nigerian economist, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on her appointment as Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Dr Okonjo-Iweala has served […]
Incoming WTO head Ngozi Okojo-Iweala warns ‘vaccine nationalism’ could slow pandemic recovery
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Trade Organization’s incoming chief on Monday warned against “vaccine nationalism’ that would slow progress in ending the COVID-19 pandemic. She also said the trend could erode economic growth for all countries which will include the rich and poor. In an interview immediately after her appointment, Okonjo-Iweala […]
Nigeria has recorded 574 new Confirmed cases of COVID-19 Infections
Update on Covid-19 shows that Nigeria yesterday recorded 574 new cases of coronavirus infections accross the country According to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control till date, 146,928 cases have been confirmed in the country of which 123,009 have been treated and discharged while 1,761 deaths have so far been recorded […]