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Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, will be guests to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on November 18 and 16, 2022, respectively to inaugurate projects in Rivers State. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Chris Finebone, had last week announced the fresh round of commissioning beginning from …

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has presented proposed budgets of the Federal Capital Territory and the Niger Delta Development Commission to the House of Representatives for consideration and approval. The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, read the communications from the President to members at the plenary on Monday. Gbajabiamila also read out to members, Buhari’s cover letter on an …

A team of government prosecutors led by the Director of Public Prosecution, Mr. M.B. Abubakar, on Monday alleged that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, refused to present himself before the Federal High Court in Abuja for his planned re-arraignment. “My lord, I understand that the defendant declined to come to court today. “As of …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has waded into the controversy surrounding the retirement of the Clerk to the National Assembly, Amos Ojo. This is just as a coalition of civil society organisations, on Sunday, alleged a media campaign against Ojo, stating that the Clerk should remain in office till his retirement next year. It was learnt on Sunday …

• Condition major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke, lower limb amputation says EMSON• Fasanmade: There are only 150 endocrinologists to over 220 million Nigerians• Physical exercise restores the brain’s insulin sensitivity and may protect against type 2 diabetes• Stakeholders seek clarity on the implementation of the sugar tax As Nigerians join the rest of the world today, to …

Mr Sowore says there is no justification for the payment of money to governors and others as security votes because they are not protecting anybody. The presidential candidate of the African Action Alliance (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has promised to end payment of security votes to governors and federal agencies, if elected president. Mr Sowore also vowed to end sponsoring of pilgrims …

Service along the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor was halted due to a terrorist attack on 28 March, which led to the loss of lives and the kidnap of some passengers. The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has denied the rumour in some media outlets and social media platforms which said the Abuja-Kaduna rail service will resume on 24 November. The Managing Director of NRC, …

Sponsoring fake news against me won’t help Atiku, Obi –TINUBU The campaign teams of the presidential candidates of the three leading political parties – All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakr; and Labour Party,  Mr. Peter Obi, were, yesterday, locked in bickerings over fake news and hate speech. Tinubu’s campaign fired the first salvo; …

•Interest rates trending higher •Customers are now resisting loans —Bankers   For the first time in three years, banks reduced consumer loans by 17 per cent (N400 billion), in one month, following a decline in money supply triggered by the inflation-fighting measures of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.   Consumer loans are lendings by banks  to one or more individuals for household, family, …

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Sunday evening, following a two-week visit to London, the United Kingdom (UK) for routine medical checkup. Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity confirmed this in a tweet today. “President Muhammadu Buhari just landed in Abuja. Alhamdu Lillahi,” he tweeted. President Buhari left Abuja on Sunday, …