The Federal Government on Thursday flagged off the construction of the dual carriageway from Kano to Dayi town in Katsina state awarded at the cost of N62.7bn. Speaking at while at the flag-off ceremony at Dansudu village in Tofa LGA of the state, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Dr […]

Union Bank has said it will reward new and existing customers with N55m in the ‘Save & Win Palli’ promo. In a statement on Thursday, it said the campaign was introduced to provide relief to its customers as Nigeria continued to grapple with the economic hardship induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and other national issues. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that last year’s #EndSARS protest against police brutality was aimed at removing him from office. He said this when he appeared on Arise TV on Thursday morning. The president stated that those who participated in the protest have made Nigeria unattractive to investors. He also blamed the protest on the dwindling […]

Want him immortalised The monarchs in the four local government areas in Akokoland of Ondo State have restated their call that the remains of the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Joshua, be buried in his hometown, Arigidi Akoko. The family of the deceased, who are in Lagos to make decision […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday declared his support for the Nigeria Police Force and expressed his intolerance for all criminal activities in Lagos State and the entire country. He spoke at the Police College, Ikeja, during the inauguration of security vehicles and crime-fighting equipment bought by the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for the […]

Senior lawyers on Thursday faulted the position of President Muhammadu Buhari on grazing routes. They said his position was inconsistent with the nation’s constitution and was therefore calling for anarchy. Buhari had during an interview on Arise Television supported the position of his Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami, who had earlier faulted state governors’ banning of open grazing in […]

Restricting the use of social media has no place in a democracy, United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has told the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. This was contained in a statement on Thursday signed by Blinken’s spokesman, Ned Price. In the statement titled, ‘Nigeria’s Twitter Suspension’, Blinken condemned the suspension of micro-blogging site, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has given approval to the return of the open grazing practised during the 1st Republic where herdsmen used designated grazing routes to move their cattle to several parts of the country. To this end, the President said he had asked the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to begin the process of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration would be not be mild in dealing with those attacking police personnel or infrastructure, adding that his earlier directive to security operatives to shoot anyone found with illegal assault rifle still stands. President Buhari spoke on Thursday in Lagos, during the handing over of security equipment to the […]