Gas crucial to economy growth

NLNG generates $114b President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Monday that his administration would use the nation’s abundant gas resources for industrialisation. He said the rising global demand for cleaner energy sources offers Nigeria an opportunity to exploit gas resources, adding: “we intend to seize this opportunity.” He spoke at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) 2021 […]

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Lawan: I didn’t support tenure elongation for Buhari

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has debunked reports which alleged that he is favourably disposed to support a tenure extension for President Muhammadu Buhari. Lawan in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi, in Abuja, said he firmly stands by the constitutional provision for term limit for elected public officers and would not support […]

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Buhari presides over security meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over a security meeting inside the Executive Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja. The meeting is holding just before the President’s scheduled travel to London, the United Kingdom (UK) for a routine medical check up. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr […]

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Buhari, NASS leadership meet over supplementary budget for security, COVID-19

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with Senate President Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the senate president said they deliberated on crucial national issues including the issue of supplementary budget meant […]

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Buhari orders crack down on bandits, kidnappers

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the service chiefs and other security and intelligence coordinators of the nation to mark and take out bandits, kidnappers and their sponsors. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major-General Babagana Monguno, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a security meeting, chaired by President Buhari in the State House, Abuja. According […]

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Wanted, newborn Nigerian media

Editorial Board Chairman of The Radiance and the Guest Speaker, Mr Yinka Fabowale, with Oyo State Deputy Governor, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan and Interior Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola @ the inauguration of Aregbesola as Grand Patron, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), South West (Zone B), at Banquet hall, Premier Hotel, Ibadan, on March 26, 2021. Photos: […]

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Buhari leaves today for medical check-up in UK

President Muhammadu Buhari will today leave for London, United Kingdom, for a routine medical check-up. This was announced in a statement issued yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. Before departing the country for the UK, President Buhari would meet with security chiefs in the morning. He is […]

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Akpabio faults PDP, distances self from vote rigging In Akwa Ibom

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has faulted claim by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he influenced Prof Peter Ogban to manipulate the results of the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District in his favour. Akpabio, who administered Akwa Ibom between 2007 and 2015, described the attempt by PDP to […]

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Council polls: Why Ogun, Sokoto, Imo, Edo, six others shun exercise

Factor In Anambra Governorship Election The absence of elected council executives and legislative councillors in local councils across the states has assumed a worrisome state. Piqued by the development, President Muhammadu Buhari was recently said to have ordered the sacking of all such unelected officials. Investigation revealed that the use of non-elected officials to run […]

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Explosion outside cathedral in Indonesia – Media

Indonesian police stand guard next to damaged vehicles after an explosion outside a church in Makassar on March 28, 2021. (Photo by Indra Abriyanto/ AFP) An explosion occurred outside a cathedral in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, local media reported, in what a priest described as a suicide attack. But the blast’s cause […]

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