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President Buhari and the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) gas agreed to grant university education completely free to all prison inmates across the country, if they are interested. In a statement signed by the Director, Media and Publicity of NOUN, Ibrahim Sheme, said the Vice-Chancellor of NOUN, Prof. Abdalla Adamu, announced the largess given to prison inmates. It is …

By Oladipo Airenakhoe Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Sam Olumekun, has called for a second look at the way Nigerians elect their leaders, saying the use of violence during elections was a threat to democracy and national development. At a one-day security meeting with political stakeholders organized by the Edo State Police Command last Thursday, he said Politics will …

By Oladipo Airenakho Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Chris Ezike has reached an agreement with political stakeholders in the state to shun the use of violence in the forth-coming governorship election on September 10, 2016. Agreement to this effect was reached at a one day security meeting convened by the State Police Command in Benin City, Edo State last Thursday. …

The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has decried the poor state of prisons in the country, saying such facilities in a 21st Century must have a human face. Ezeokafor wondered why most prisons were located in areas that had no room for expansion. The bishop contended that if prisons were meant to reform inmates, both workers …

Nigeria’s quest for increased crude oil production and reserves is on the verge of being achieved with the commencement of oil exploration in offshore Lagos, at the Aje field located in Oil Mining Lease 113. Though the actual quantity of current production was not stated, it is expected that production from the well would contribute to Nigeria’s attainment of four …

ABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday signed the 2016 Appropriation Bill into law. The President signed the delayed 2016 budget at the Presidential Villa with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun among others as witnesses. The record 6.06 trillion budget is expected …

The Federal Government has ruled out the possibility of full implementation of the 2016 Appropriation Act signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, stated this while briefing journalists shortly after Buhari signed the budget at the President Villa, Abuja. Udoma was joined at the briefing by the Minister …

The National Open University of Nigeria has granted a 100 per cent waiver to prison inmates who wish to improve their education across the country. The decision was in keeping with the institution’s mandate of making education accessible to the less privileged in the society. As part of efforts to strengthen international collaborations, the institution has also introduced the concept …

Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday, denied media reports that he surreptitiously and clandestinely leaked a letter written by former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor and now Emir of Kano, Sanusi Muhammad II, to then President Goodluck Jonathan on the non-remittance of $49.8 billion from oil sale to the Federation Account. Amaechi, in a statement by his media …

ABUJA—Finally, the corrected version of the 2016 budget was, yesterday, handed over to the Presidency through the Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters Senate (Senator), Ita Enang. The final conclusion and onward transmission of the corrected version of the budget, which had suffered delay, was disclosed by the Deputy Chairman of House Committee on Media and Public …