The senate has passed the revised 2020 budget of N10.8 trillion. The budget was passed on Thursday after Jibrin Barau, chairman of the appropriation committee, presented a report. The passage…
By JOHN ALECHENU, Abuja The Nigeria Governors Forum has agreed to declare a state of emergency on sexual and gender-based violence against women and children. They also renewed commitment to…
By ISMAILA CHAFE President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday broadcast to the nation as part of activities to commemorate 2020 Nigeria’s Democracy Day. A statement by the President’s spokesman, Mr…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), said on Thursday that he was set to inaugurate the Inter-Ministerial Gender-Based Violence Management Committee to address the…
A bill to prohibit the stigmatisation of victims of rape and insurgency has passed second reading in the Senate. This followed debate on the general principles of the bill by…
Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja Kogi State Government has directed civil servants from grade levels 1 to 10 to return to their places of work effective Monday, June 15. This was contained…
The Federal Government has said there are no laws preventing cross-border movements. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, noted this while addressing State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the…
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Excitement As Ebonyi Gov, Umahi Donates Pallatives, 1 Million Cash To PWDs
Persons Living With Disabilities (PWDs) in Ebonyi State have a cause to smile as the State Governor, David Umahi provided Palliatives to them to cushion the hardship they face in…
Nigeria’s 200,000 capacity yam storage facility has taken off at the Zaki Biam International Yam Market in Benue State. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo performed the virtual inauguration of the facility…
Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will meet on Wednesday over the alarming rate of rape and other forms of sexual violence, among other critical issues in the country.…
An FCT based Empowerment foundation, Ventures Platform (VPF), says plans are in the pipeline to create at least one million jobs for Nigerians and other Africans in three years to…
The National Youth Service Corps has embarked on measures that would enable safe and efficient conduct of its operations after lifting of COVID-19 restrictions on socio-economic activities in the country.…
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has accepted the nomination of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as one of the candidates for the office of the director-general of the organisation. President Muhammadu Buhari had…
Tanzania’s leader on Monday declared the East African country “COVID-19 free,” local media reported. President John Magufuli Magufuli attributed the claimed success over the worldwide pandemic to prayers and fasting…
Beneficiaries of the N-Power scheme under the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) have pleaded with the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq to pay…