Remittances: Migrants to Save Over $25 billion Each Year as World Leaders Pledged to Cut the Cost to 3% Under the SDGs- UN
Lowering the fees migrant workers pay to send money home could result in $1 billion more being spent on education in developing countries, the United…
Saraki Pledges Passage of All Pending Critical Bills Before the Expiration of its Tenure, as British Envoy Pays Visits
The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Harriet Thompson, has urged the National Assembly to pass the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) and other critical bills…
Withdraw Your Cases in Court or Face Disciplinary Actions- APC Warns Aggrieved Members
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says aggrieved members of the party will face disciplinary action if they refuse to withdraw cases against it…
Amaechi Pledges Completion of Lagos-Ibadan Rail in Honour of Usman Abubakar
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has pledged to ensure the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project in honour of the late Chairman of the Nigerian Railway…
Transparency in Military Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa, Higher than Expected- New SIPRI Report
The level of transparency in military spending in sub-Saharan Africa is greater than previously thought, according to a new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)….
Energy Needs: FG targets 30% Renewables by 2030 – Fashola
In a bid to diversify its energy sources and optimise other assets for power production, Nigeria is targeting 30 per cent of its energy needs from renewables…
Illegal Gas Facilities: DPR Intensifies Surveillance in A‘Ibom
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket Field office, Akwa Ibom, says it has intensified surveillance on illegal gas facilities in the state. The Operations Controller of DPR…
Eid-el-Maulud: Buhari Calls for Prayers for Peaceful Electioneering/Elections in 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended greetings to the entire Nigerian citizens and Muslims on the occasion of the Eid-el-Maulud; the birthday of the Holy Prophet Muhammed. In his…
Trouble in APC: Party sets up zonal peace committees
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the formation and composition of a National Peace and Reconciliation Committees for each geo-political zone. This, according…
Two policemen, others killed in deadly bank robbery
The police in Ekiti State on Monday confirmed that four persons including two policemen were killed during a deadly bank robbery in Ijero-Ekiti in Ijero Local Government Area. The robbers…