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The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, today called for an end to the violence that has been recorded in various parts of the country, that have been attributed to nomadic cattle herdsmen. Speaking at the Senate Plenary on Tuesday, April 26th, 2016, the Senate President urged the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, to fast-track the execution of …

Scores of protesting youths under the aegis of Occupy National Assembly, on Tuesday (Today) , besieged the premises of the federal parliament and demanded the immediate resignation of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The youths made up of various Civil Society Organisations and students, were also demanding that the federal lawmakers should immediately revisit the grey areas identified in the …

President Muhammadu Buhari last night appealed to Nigerians to bear with him over the difficulties in the land, saying Nigerians were seeing the darkest days before dawn. While appealing to Nigerians who he said were known for their inner strength to soldier on, he said the change which they voted for was at the corner and about to rock every …

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has announced that the Port Harcourt Refining Company and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company are now producing a combined volume of seven million litres of petrol daily. According to him, the PHRC now produces five million litres of Premium Motor Spirit, …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he was yet to be convinced that the vast majority of ordinary Nigerians would derive any tangible benefit from devaluation of the Naira. The president said this at a meeting with members of the Council of Retired Federal Permanent Secretaries in Abuja. He said that he still held the conviction which motivated his principled …

The Federal Government has approved the production of another driving licence that will have a five-year expiry period, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has said. Oyeyemi, who spoke at a press briefing in Lagos on Saturday, said the decision to have the five-year driving licence was taken by the Joint Tax Board at its 134th …

North Korea will halt its nuclear tests if the US ceases its annual military exercises with South Korea, Kim Jong-un’s foreign minister has said in a rare interview with western media. North Korea’s fifth nuclear test is imminent, says South Korea A North Korean submarine launched missile on Saturday in breach of UN bans, and anticipation is building that the …

Lagos – The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners on Friday told the Federal Government to probe Nigerians named in the infamous Panama Papers report. The President of the association, Mr Godwin Oyedokun, made the call in an interview in Lagos. “Relevant Nigerian agencies should begin to ask questions as to who, how, where and when with respect to Nigerian citizens …

Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said that his reason for insisting on no further devaluation of Naira was that the recent ones never paid Nigeria any good. The president who spoke while meeting with members of the Council of Retired Federal Permanent Secretaries, led by Otunba Christopher Tugbobo at the presidential villa, Abuja stated that he was yet to …

The Federal Government has amended the charges of false asset declaration preferred against Senate President Bukola Saraki before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja. With the amended charges, which were filed on Monday, Saraki will be facing two fresh counts in addition to the 13 originally preferred against him. The original 13 counts comprise false asset declaration and maintaining …