N6trn 2016 Budget: MDAs fall short on implementation; Budget and National Planning Ministry worst culprit
Barely one month to the implementation of the capital budget for 2016, several Ministries Departments and Agencies(MDAs) are yet to come to terms with the current economic recession by not…
NOUN Student Population Hits 254,000
The registered active student population of the National Open University of Nigeria(NOUN) has hit Two hundred and fifty four thousand(254,000), Vice- Chancellor, Professor Abdalla Adamu disclosed this to the Economic…
Saraki to extremists: You are not good Muslims, you are evil
The President of the Senate Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described all those who obstruct peace in the name of Islam as bad Muslims. Saraki, the Turakin Ilorin spoke in…
Kaduna airport: More worries as airport employees threaten to walk out over payment
Nigerian airport employees may walk out over pay issues at the capital’s temporary airport while the main airport’s runway is being repaired, their trade union said on Saturday. The Abuja…
Hoodlums dare military, destroy foundation of Army Batallion in Southern Kaduna
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has decried the destruction of the foundation and structure laid for the proposed Nigerian Army Battalion in Southern Kaduna. The structure was laid last…
Buhari’s wife, Aisha, returns, thanks Nigerians
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Saturday in Abuja prayed for peace, stability and progress of Nigeria. She made the prayer shortly after her arrival at the…
I will marry a Nigerian if approached, says Kenyan female athlete winner of Lagos Marathon
Rhoda Jepkhorir of Kenya, the first female elite athlete to cross the finish line in Saturday’s 2nd Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, said she would not hesitate to marry a…
US agents arrest hundreds in fresh crackdown on migrants
U.S. federal immigration agents arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in at least four states this week in what officials on Friday called routine enforcement actions. Reports of immigration sweeps this…
DPR seals 27 filling stations in Akwa Ibom for selling above pump price
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket field office, said it sealed 27 filling stations for selling above government’s approved pump price of N145 per litre in the state. Mr…
How Buhari chased away 14 airlines from Nigeria – Reno Omokri
Former Special Assistant to immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan on electronic media, Reno Omokri has stated that no fewer than 14 airlines have packed up since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed…