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The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr. Zainab Ahmed yesterday disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has okayed the release of N656.1 billion for states over a period of six months to cushion the effects of their ongoing repayment of their bailout facilities as well as to enable them …

Lands restoration: Jubilation as NULGE, Enugu Community pay Thank-you visits to Gov. Ugwuanyi …Hail governor’s commitment to justice *Purported revocations done without governor’s approvals, says new land commissioner Jubilant members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in Enugu State led by their National President, Comrade Ambali Olatunji, …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday said legalization of consumption of cannabis will take Nigeria back to it’s dark days. Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), the Chairman and Chief Executive of the agency, said this at an interactive session with heads of security agencies, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and …

Senator representing Kano South Senatorial district and former governor of Kano State, Kabiru Gaya has expressed shock at the disappointment at Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) which failed in some polling units at the just concluded Anambra Governorship election. Gaya, who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Independent National …

The Minister of States for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, made the promise on Thursday while delivering his speech at the 6th National Council on Hydrocarbon held in Port Harcourt. The minister, who was represented at the event by the Permanent Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources Nasir Gwazor, …

Imo State Government led by Gov Hope Uzodinma has expressed readiness to launch a new security outfit on the 30th of November 2021. The government also said that the security outfit would be a combination of the local vigilante organisations and the Community Policing network. Fielding questions from Government House …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it had instituted a suit challenging Zamfara Urban Regional and Planning Board, ZUREP, for marking the party’s state secretariat in Gusau for demolition. Bala Mande, the state Caretaker Chairman, stated this while addressing newsmen shortly after the party’s executive meeting at the secretariat on …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has hailed the President, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) for bringing the autonomy of the judiciary to fruition. The CJN said this in remarks at the All Nigeria Judges’ Conference in Abuja, …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has remained silent days after the release of the Lagos EndSARS panel report, Newsextra24 observed. The panel has released its report in which it described the Lekki Toll Gate incident as a massacre, contrary to the hard stance of Mohammed. On October …

Senator (Mrs.) Kofoworola Buc­knor-Akerele, former deputy gover­nor of Lagos State, on Wednesday said North’s rulership has been a disaster for Nigeria, saying it will do Nigeria a lot of good if a Southerner emerges as president in the 2023 general election. She also described as false claim the belief in …