Price stability: CBN retains Monetary Policy Rate at 13.5%
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has retained the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 13.5 per cent. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele made…
Man alleges police conspiracy in the killing of his wife, deposits corpse at police station
The husband of a 42-year-old mother of four, Mrs Grace Dabo, allegedly killed at Ovwian-Aladja in Delta on Saturday has cried out to the Inspector-General of Police to bring her…
Ministerial nominees to face rigorous screening – Senate; shifts vacation
The Senate has shifted its proposed annual vacation by one week, to create time for the screening and confirmation of the 43 ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu…
El-Zakzaky: Reps to set up an ad hoc committee to interface with Executive to resolve issue
Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday disagreed over a motion urging Kaduna State Government to obey a court order and release the leader of the Islamic Movement of…
House in rowdy session over Shiite leader, El-Zakzaky
Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday disagreed over a motion urging Kaduna State Government to obey a court order and release the leader of the Islamic Movement of…
UNAIDS targets 2020 to end HIV/AIDS epidemics globally
The joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is working towards ending HIV/AIDS epidemics in Nigeria and the world generally by 2020. The agency has rated Nigeria 62: 88: 68…
Shi’ite protest: Lawan condoles with Channels TV, Police over loss of staff, officer
The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, expressed sadness over the loss of lives in the violent clash between members of Islamic Movement in Nigeria and security…
Senate receives list of 43 ministerial nominees from President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sent list of 43 ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation. The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, who read the list…
Over 180, 000 displaced persons were currently in need of shelter in Borno -NRC
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has called on humanitarian organisations to scale up activities to improve the living conditions of persons displaced by insurgency and avert outbreak of diseases in…
Trump agrees to make “timely” decisions on license requests for Huawei sales
President Donald Trump agreed at a meeting with the heads of top technology companies like Google on Monday to make “timely” decisions on requests by U.S. companies to sell to…