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Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has donated 24 trucks of food items to victims of Zabarmari attacks in Borno State, North-east Nigeria. The Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq, made the donations…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that the commission will not bow to electoral violence nor declare results procured through violence and resistance to the deployment of smart cards come Saturday, December 5,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to appear before the Nigerian parliament to answer questions bordering on the nation’s security. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made the disclosure to State House…

Nigeria's finance bill 2020, on Wednesday, passed for second reading in the senate, as it seeks to amend the Capital Gains Tax Act, Companies Income Tax, Personal Income Tax, Tertiary Education Trust Fund establishment Act among others.…

Representatives of the people of Kogi State, North Central Nigeria, have called on Governor Yahaya Bello to contest the 2023 Presidential election. In the past few weeks, youth and women groups across Nigeria have been calling on the…

The Minister of Education has inaugurated the Federal government team for the re-negotiation of the 2009 Agreements between the Federal government, Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU and other University-Based Unions. Inaugurating…

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) condemns in strong terms the barbaric killings of innocent Rice farmers in Zabamari of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State. NAWOJ in a statement in Abuja noted that the senseless…

Edwin Akwueh, Abuja Those agitating for a brand new Constitution in Nigeria may have to perish the thought as the National Assembly lacks the powers to do so, says Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. Speaking when…

Timothy Choji, Abuja The Nigerian cabinet has approved N200 million for the completion of an irrigation programme in Kwara State. Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents…

By Timothy Choji, Abuja The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N487 million for the procurement of a banking application software for the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola,…