Politics

The Medical Director, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Dr. Monday Igwe, has said Nigeria’s health challenges are slowly shifting from infectious diseases to mental health. Dr Monday revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) today in Enugu on the sidelines of the 2019 World Mental Health ...

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has come out to say that he became a billionaire at 25 years of age because of hard work and commitment to duty. Dave, who said this as he interacted with leaders of Abakpa main market in Abakaliki, debunked social media rumors that he was ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has come out to say that its intervention has helped Nigeria save N4.5 billion monthly from ghost workers working for the Federal Government. According to a statement on by EFCC Spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu said this as he delivered ...

The Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has come out to say that his regular trips out of Nigeria were to make sure the people of the state live a better life, especially with the little funds he has at his disposal. Dr Kayode, who revealed that had good stories ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to go to any length to make sure the relationship between the Executive and the Legislative arms of government remain cordial. He revealed this today at the unveiling of the Legislative Agenda of the 9th House of Representatives in Abuja. Represented by the Minister of ...

Contrary to the reports going round earlier today, President Buhari will not be getting married to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq today. The Special Adviser on media and Publicity to President Buhari, Femi Adesina, has rubbished the news in a recent interview ...

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has said he is committed to uplifting the living standards and sustainable development of the state. He said this as he received the new Executive Council members Trade Union Congress, TUC in the state recently. Okowa told organized labour to always send out the ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tanko Muhammad, has come out to say that the National Judicial Council, NJC is ready to investigate and sanction corrupt judges all over the country. Justice Tanko Muhammad who is also Chairman of the NJC, begged everybody that is not happy with the ...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin has said that military veterans can still do a lot to boost national security and development. According to Gen. Abayomi, the retirees still have a vital role to play to “checkmate various divisive tendencies that constantly threaten” Nigeria’s corporate existence. Olonisakin ...

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has come out to say that the online media space in the country will soon be regulated. TheCable recently reported that Lai Mohammed revealed this today in Abuja when he inaugurated a seven-man committee set up to implement reforms in the National ...

President Muhammadu Buhari recently welcomed the ministers who served with him when he was the Military Head of State between January 1984 and August 1985 to his house. The President used the opportunity to reminisce about how things were done then, during the military regime. According to Special Adviser to ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has come out to say that the insults aimed at ex president, Goodluck Jonathan by the APC is best suited for the current president, Muhammadu Buhari. GEJ had been blasted for his alleged refusal of external help in the rescue of Chibok girls. The ruling party ...

Any FG worker that is not captured on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) by Oct. 31 will not be paid his monthly salary, according to Muhammadu Buhari. PMB revealed this during the presentation of the 2020 budget proposal to the joint session of the National Assembly in ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has come ut to say that the Finance Bill 2019 he sent to the National Assembly, when passed into law, will allow the government to raise Nigeria’s Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5 to 7.5 per cent. He revealed this when he presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has come out to say that the N10.7 trillion 2020 budget presented by PMB to the National Assembly will make Nigerians poorer and will also mortgage the future of the country and its citizens. The opposition party also begged the legislature to redirect the fiscal proposal ...

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has described the 2020 Budget presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari as a lot, but one that lacks substance. This is coming as it announced that it was heading for the court to challenge the planned increment in the Value ...

The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has come out to say that “no ethnic group has the monopoly to rule Nigeria.” Tunde Bakare, who recently said he would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in office come 2023, revealed that he hated when people said Nigerians from ...

The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2020 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly today, Tuesday, October 8th, 2019. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, revealed this at the end of an intense meeting of the ...

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed has said the proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) increase will have a negative effect on consumption by urban communities and the richer sections of the population. Mrs Zainab, who disclosed this at the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on ...

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has come out to say that a partnership between State Governors and the National Assembly is needed to redefine good governance in the interest of the masses. Ahmed Lawan revealed this when members of the Progressive Governor’s Forum comprising the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors met ...