“He Won’t Be Welcomed By Majority of the Party Members” – President Buhari’s Aide, Bashir Ahmad Reacts To Femi Fani-Kayode ‘Rejoining’ the APC President Buhari’s aide, Bashir Ahmad has reacted to report of former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode rejoining the All Progressives Congress, Newsextra24 reports. It was reported that …
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APC Registration Will Improve Job Creation – Ogbonnaya Onu
Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has said that the data that will be generated from the ongoing All Progressives Congress, APC, revalidation and registration of the party’s membership will help to improve job creation in Nigeria. He therefore urged Nigerian youths to join the party in mass, …
Read More »Envoys-Designate Fear Mission Reshuffle With Ex-Service Chiefs Nomination
There is anxiety among envoys-designate over likely reshuffle of missions postings. This follows the nomination of immediate past Service Chiefs and the ex-Chief of Defence Staff for ambassadorial positions. President Muhammadu Buhari last week nominated Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Air Marshal Saddique Abubakar and Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas …
Read More »Vaccine: “Don’t Play Politics With Nigerian Lives” – BUA Replies CACOVID
BUA receives with utter shock, reports allegedly attributed to CACOVID, disowning its earlier payment through CACOVID for 1 million AstraZeneca doses for Nigeria via the AFREXIM vaccine platform . At the cacovid steering committee meeting held today February 8, 2021 (of which BUA is a member), members were informed by the CBN …
Read More »N-power: 30,000 Volunteers Get New Federal Jobs
The Federal Government has revealed that about 73,000 exited N-Power volunteers have been trained and 30,000 of them deployed to 774 local government areas as agric enumerators. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, stated this on Monday. This was part of the minister’s report on progress in …
Read More »Nigerian Senate To Debate Fulani Herdsmen Crisis Today
The Leader of the Senate, Yahaya Abdullahi, has said that the red chamber will discuss the issue of Fulani herdsmen menace across the country on resumption on Tuesday. Abdullahi, who spoke with journalists in his office, said his deputy who is representing Ondo North in the Senate, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice, …
Read More »Amaechi: Kano-Maradi Rail Contractor To Build University In Rivers
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, announced that the contractor in charge of the construction of the Kano-Maradi rail line would build a university in his home state in Rivers. Amaechi, who was a two-term governor of the South-South state, said the company would build the university as part …
Read More »Fayemi: Celebrating A Soldier Of Peace At 56 – Yinka Oyebode
Fayemi: Celebrating a soldier of peace at 56 In one of his most recent interviews with a national daily, Governor Kayode Fayemi was asked to state for the record, who between former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Niyi Adebayo brought him …
Read More »FG Rejects IMF’s Call For Further Devaluation Of Naira
The Nigerian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) disagreed on the need to devalue the Nigerian currency even as the nation grapples with the ripple effects of recession amid increasing need to ensure macroeconomic stability. The IMF said in its Article IV report on Monday that the government disagreed …
Read More »OccupyLekkiTollGate: Nobody Will Bring Lagos Down – Gboyega Akosile
The Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos State Governor, Gboyega Akosile, has reacted to the planned protest slated for Saturday, February 13, 2020, against the reopening of the Lekki tollgate in the state. The organisers of the protest are angered by a ruling for the tollgate to be reopened as …
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