The Home Finance Department of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning has received $5.6m from the World Bank to procure 21 items, which included office stationeries, furniture, solar inverter, office equipment, and vehicles. The approvals were made under the State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability project, which was initiated in 2018. The SFTAS […]

President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the heinous and brutal attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which resulted in the tragic loss of many lives. He directed security agencies to immediately move in, scour every stretch of the zone, and apprehend the culprits. The president made the directive in a […]

A maritime expert, Dr Kayode Farinto, has called on the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, to provide blueprint to make the industry viable. Farinto told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos that to achieve the blueprint, the minister needed to discuss with technocrats in the industry. According to […]

A former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has denied knowing a contractor, James Okwete, who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly laundering N37bn. She also said she served as a minister with every sense of responsibility and would defend her actions whenever called upon […]

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday defended the peace deal initiated by President Bola Tinubu between him and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, over the crisis in the state. Fubara, in a broadcast on Monday, said the resolution brokered by the President to resolve the crisis was not a death sentence, adding that it would […]

As Christians around the world marked Christmas Day on Monday, the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party clashed on the state of the nation and the condition in which Nigerians marked the festive period. The opposition PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, attacked the APC government […]

Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has condemned the federal government’s lack of “political will” to tackle terrorists who have been occupying schools in the Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area for five years. Mutfwang’s remarks follow a series of Christmas Eve attacks in the Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas that claimed over 115 lives and displaced […]