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The Senate Public Account Committee has sustained a query which indicted a senior civil servant in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources of awarding N145m meant for the media campaign on the Petroleum Industrial Bill to himself. The official was expected to award the contract to competent and technically experienced companies. …

Some members of the family of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic, Mr Boss Mustapha, have tested positive for the virus. He announced this in a statement that he personally issued in Abuja on Sunday night. The …

The Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, says the Federal Government is driving a robust solar system strategy that will help in delivering power supply to Nigerians, especially in rural areas. Mr Aaron Artimas, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications to the Minister, made this known in a statement …

Kastina State Government has ordered the closure of all schools within the state, Newsextra24 reports. Insidenaija gathered that schools in the state were supposed to end their 219/2020 section next week, but have been directed to be closed till further noticed. Although no reason was given for the decision, the …

The recent dissolution of states’ executive structures of the APC seemed like a hijack of the party structures, and an indication that the battle for the 2023 elections would be stormy. It was a prophecy foretold. There is no way a new wine could fit into an old bottle. This …

Former Vice-president and the People Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the 2019 general election Atiku Abubarka has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency over the state of insecurity in the country, Insidenaija reports. He said this after it was reported that bandits attacked a secondary …

SERAP asks Buhari, Sylva to explain how petroleum ministry spent N116m on pens, others Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and Mr Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources to use their leadership positions “to urgently probe how N116 million was spent by your …

To press home their demand for a better welfare package, the Joint Action Committee of Ondo state-owned tertiary institutions (JAC) has embarked on a 14-day warning strike, Newsextra24 reports. The tertiary institutions comprise Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo …

The Senate has stepped down the confirmation of the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The chamber has reached out to the presidency to replace Onochie, whose nomination has divided senators. The Presidency is currently …

The Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Mr Tunde Balogun, has disclosed that the founding fathers of the party had an agreement in 2014 that the South-West geopolitical zone will produce the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election. He said it would be “dishonourable” for …