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As Nigerians await the passage of the 2018 budget by the National Assembly, the federal government says its capital expenditure for the 2017 fiscal year was in excess of N1.5 trillion. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun disclosed this on Sunday in a couple of tweets through her official verified Twitter handle, @HMKemiAdeosun. Mrs Adeosun was excited the expenditure was …

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Auyo, Jigawa State said that his administration’s economic diversification and inclusion growth programmes especially in key good producing states were producing positive results. President Buhari who is on a two-day working visit to the state stated this during the commencement of the rehabilitation and expansion of the 6,000-hectare Hadejia Valley irrigation project. He said that …

Former Nigerias’ Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, says the condition he found himself after his ouster from office in 1975 might have changed the attitude of Nigerian leaders to corruption. Mr Gowon, a retired general who led Nigeria through three years of civil war during his nine year reign, was removed from office on July 29, 1975 by his junior …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that with the invaluable contributions of the family institution to human development and advancement, more roles should be assigned to the institution. Obaseki made the case on the occasion of the International Day of families, celebrated on May 15, each year. “As the basic unit of society, the family institution has continued …

An environment to attract investors in technology hubs and industrial goods, through far-reaching reforms that have removed obstacles inhibiting access to land, credit, power and other support structures has been created in Edo State. Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor on Investment Promotion, Philip Uwaibi, disclosed this recently when he received the Credible Leadership Award by the Society for Advancement …

ABUJA—FORTY-EIGHT hours to the deadline handed down by the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) bloc in the All Progressives Congress (APC), on a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, party officials were at the weekend navigating around what they called a knife-edge situation. The ultimatum from the nPDP came as the party continued to lurch over the crisis that arose from …

Enugu—The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has fixed Tuesday, May 22, as a day of protests for Catholic faithful across the country. This came as the Tor Tiv, HRM, Prof James Ayatse, said he would soon convene a peace meeting with the governor of Nasarwa State, Tanko Al-Makura, and Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai to …

Ex-military head of state, Ibrahim Badamasu Babangida on Saturday said that his administration made life comfortable for Nigerians by approving the construction of 3 Mainland Bridge for Lagosians. This is as some Nigerians are criticising the current administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari of not providing the necessary life supporting resources for Nigerians. Recall that ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, the governor …

On the battle against ghost workers, the minister said that there were still some irregularities in the payroll but that her team was paying closer attention to details in the IPPIS to eliminate them. She said, “For instance we are investigating some cases where name on the payroll is different from the name on the bank account. “We are looking …

The Republican governor of Oklahoma, Mary Fallin, pleased gun control campaigners and angered gay rights groups on Friday, when she vetoed a bill that would have allowed adults to carry handguns without a permit and signed another that permits religious organizations to exclude same-sex couples from adoptions. The twin actions followed a tumultuous session of the state legislature that saw …