2017 budget: Funding for recurrent now N4.24 trn, FG explains how 2018 budget would be funded
Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, said recurrent releases to Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) under the 2017 budget had reached N4.24 trillion. Udoma…
975 Nigerians returns from Libya in five weeks, recount tales of woes
Eight days after 149 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya, another batch of 258 on Tuesday came back home from the North African country where they had been stranded enroute Europe….
Nigerians hail excellent Super Eagles, Aguero fine after dizzy spell, Coach Sampaoli expresses worry
Nigerians have continued to hail the Super Eagles after they trounced Argentina 4-2 in a friendly match in Russian in a tune up for the Mundial in 2018. In Asaba,…
President Buhari determines to keep campaign promises – SGF
November 14, 2017 Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is determined to keep its campaign promises to Nigerians. Mustapha…
Court orders interim attachment of N350m linked to Patience Jonathan
November 14, 2017 A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that the sum of N350 million belonging to AM-PM Global Network Ltd, in Stanbic-IBTC bank, be placed on…
Rousing welcome for Buhari in Ebonyi, gets two traditional titles, lauded by NLC as labour-friendly, says Igbo and Nigeria are inseparable
President Muhammadu Buhari has received two chieftaincy titles in Ebonyi State from the Ebonyi traditional council and the South East traditional council. He is now the Enyioma 1 of Ebonyi,…
Gov. Obaseki decries attitude of Nigerians at accident scenes
November 14, 2017 Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has decried the nonchalant attitude of many Nigerians at road traffic accident scenes, describing it as `worrisome’. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday,…
We’ll fulfill our promises on infrastructure for South-East – Buhari assures Ndigbo
November 14, 2017 President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the people of South-East that his administration will ensure timely execution of roads, power and other projects in the region. Addressing Ebonyi…
EFCC witness tells court alleged fraudster’s statements were not obtained under duress
November 14, 2017 Mr Uchechi Ejeh, a prosecution witness, on Tuesday told an FCT High Court, Gudu, that the statements of Awwal Muhammed, a defendant in a land fraud, were…
Buhari pledges to address infrastructural challenges in South-East
November 14, 2017 President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday pledged that his administration would urgently address the infrastructural challenges confronting the South-East zone of the country. Buhari who made the pledge…
