From left, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State; National Planning Minister, Senator Udo Udoma; Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and President Muhammadu Buhari, at the National Economic Council retreat, held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, […]
Nigerians elected President Muhammadu Buhari on his promise to lead the charge to eliminate corruption in public life, and move to bring those who “looted” the national treasury to book. This is a herculean obligation […]
From all indications, the Osun state government will be unable to pay the March salaries of its workers, as the state only got N6.23 million in federal allocation for the month. This is far below […]
The Muhammadu Buhari administration, through the Bank of Industry, on Thursday formally launched a N10 billion Youths Entrepreneurship Support (YES) project to empower youth with loans to start businesses.
The House of Representatives is to receive the highest allocation in National Assembly’s N115 billion budget for 2016, details of the proposal exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES ahead of an official release, shows. The […]
In the wake of the Lekki Gardens building collapse, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday approved the dismissal of the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Engr. Adeigbe Olushola. […]
Abuja – The Federal Government on Thursday appointed Dr Dakuku Peterside as the Director General of Nigerian Maritime administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). A statement signed by Yetunde Sonaike, the Director, Public Relations, Ministry of […]
Historically, America’s immigration policy was left up to Washington. Like many other things in the U.S., that changed slightly in the last decade. In the absence of federal immigration reform, dozens of states have enacted hundreds […]
OUT in the farthest reaches of Lagos, a bumpy boat ride across the city’s dividing lagoon, Egbin power plant is trying to light up one of the world’s darkest nations. Six turbines growl in its […]
LAGOS—NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday expressed concerns over the recurring scarcity of petroleum products, especially the Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, known as petrol across the country, threatening to ask workers to stay at home should […]
The Senate on Tuesday approved a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the extension of the implementation of the N114 billion federal capital territory (FCT) capital budget to March 31.
federal government says it has budgeted N5,000 each for one million “extremely poor” Nigerians, as a total of N500 billion has been allocated for social investment in the 2016 budget. Insisting that President Muhammadu Buhari […]
The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial district, Buruji Kashamu has urged the federal government to centralize allocation of petroleum products within the NNPC and depots in the country in order to end the acute fuel […]
Ekiti State Government has said that the misappropriation of N852.9 million State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) counterpart fund by the immediate past All Progressives Congress (APC) government of Dr. Kayode Fayemi made the Universal […]
Thabo Mbeki, former South African vice-president, has revealed how Nelson Mandela, former president of the country, begged Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s former head of state, to halt the execution of the ‘Ogoni Nine’. Speaking on “Mandela’s […]
The Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, on Monday said that the Federal Government had no plans to privatise the Nigeria Postal Service, or lease it to foreigners. He stated this while denying reports that […]
National President, Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Salimon Akanni Oladiti, has accused Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, of being behind the current fuel scarcity in […]
In line with the mandate of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the Primary HealthCare Board, at the weekend, launched […]
South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is not being investigated by the police’s special crime unit for his role in a spy unit in the revenue services and there is no case against him, a […]
Kenya’s government is settling debts with service providers including companies helping double the paved-road network, which is good news for the tax agency in East Africa’s largest economy as it seeks to recover from a […]
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