September 2020

Liberian President George Weah has declared rape a national emergency and has ordered new measures to tackle the problem after a recent spike of cases in the poor West African state. The moves comes after thousands of Liberians…

Third seed Serena Williams advanced to the US Open quarter-finals after overcoming Greece’s Maria Sakkari in a tension-filled 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 victory. Early nerves saw Williams start with a double fault, but the veteran then found her…

Not less than N673.7 billion has been remitted to the coffers of the federal government by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in the first six months of this year. The Director of DPR, Mr Sarki Auwalu, said the petroleum agency…

The federal government is set to spend additional N152.416 billion in funding the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc in 2021. This was stated in the 2021 capital budget ceilings in the Pre-Bilateral Proposal circular released by…

The Nigeria Portal Services to open smart offices across the country in line with the Federal Government’s digital economy policy. The Postmaster General of the Federation, Dr Ismail Adewusi said this during an interview with…

Governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC under the aegis of the Progressives Governors Forum, PGF have commended Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari for efficiently managing the country’s economy. The PGF Chairman and…

The Taraba chapter of Nigeria’s governing party, the All Progressives Congress, APC has said that the exit of the former Minister of Women Affairs, Hajia Aisha Alhassan, from the party made no difference. The APC Taraba state…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that implementation of the Nigeria Government Enterprise Architecture (NGEA) by the Agency is to set directions for Government digital transformation in Nigeria. …

A meeting between the federal government and labour unions to discuss the hike in petroleum prices and electricity tariff has been moved to Tuesday. The government announced the meeting to avert the planned strike by labour unions and…

The Nigerian Army has extended its operation to curb the activities of bandits, cattle rustlers, gunrunners, and other criminals in the North-West with a promise to go tough on the outlaws. Chief of Army Staff Lt. General Nigerian Army…