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The Nigerian Government would on January 1, 2016 reduce the pump price of the petrol to N85 per litre. The product officially sells for N87 per litre, although it sells for higher prices in some […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the Kaduna refining and petrochemical company now produces 3.2 million litres of petrol on a daily basis. Ohi Alegbe, the corporation’s group general manager of public affairs, disclosed […]

Ghana’s President John Mahama has banned public officials from first class air travel in a renewed effort to cut wasteful spending. The ban has come into effect as the country implements an IMF aid deal […]

Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Dec. 24, Dec.25 and Dec. 28 public holidays to mark Maulud Nabiy, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, respectively. The Minister of the Interior, Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, made […]

PROTOCOLS I am honoured and privileged to present the 2016 Budget proposal. This is my first address before the joint session of the National Assembly. I have come here today, not only to address members […]

The Federal Government warned on Friday that Boko Haram terrorists are plotting another sensational abduction of students or foreigners to hold them ransom for money, food, medical supplies, and armaments. In a statement issued in Abuja, the […]

By the time he is sworn into office January 2016, Yahaya Bello, at 42, would be the youngest governor in Nigeria. He says his emergence as governor is an opportunity for the youth to prove […]

Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has directed the immediate financial and staff audit of the Nigerian Maritime and Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). He gave the directive on Monday during his maiden tour of Lagos […]

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, disclosed yesterday, that the Federal Government will reintroduce toll gates where revenue generated can be channelled towards  sustaining and maintaining quality federal roads. He promised that […]

Bola Akinterinwa, a professor and the director general (DG) of the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), had penciled down some staff for disciplinary action who ‘rebelled’ against him and demanded his sack on October […]

Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser, received an extra-budgetary allocation of $2.1 billion from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) within nine months after approvals by former President Goodluck Jonathan, TheCable can report. Dasuki is currently being […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “received several documents from the World Bank totalling over 700 pages on information on the spending of recovered assets stolen by the late General Abacha, with some […]

Barely three weeks in office, President Muhammadu Buhari has shocked Ministers with poor salaries and austere allowances. He has also imposed dos and don’ts on the ministers including travel restrictions. Most Ministers were said to […]

THE law was laid down for Nigeria’s ministers when they were sworn into office last week. No corruption, their austere president, Muhammadu Buhari, told them. Obey the law and work together, because expectations are high. […]

Nigeria’s government is coming under pressure from the Home Office to help pave the way for the deportation of an estimated 29,000 Nigerians believed to be living in Britain illegally, according to one of its […]

The newly sworn-in Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, said on Wednesday in Abuja that he would strive to be the best minister in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet. Mr. Onu, who spoke on Wednesday […]