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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) The Federal Government has borrowed a total of N1.3tn since 2017 to ensure that generation companies and gas suppliers received enough payments to continue generating electricity, the World Bank has said. The bank said this in its ‘Resilience through Reforms’ report. According to …

Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),  says corruption does fight back, adding that he has been receiving death threats since he came on board as the chairman of the anti-graft agency. He spoke on Tuesday when he featured in Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme. President …

Commissioner of Police Imo State, CP Abutu Yaro The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, has disclosed that five cops have been arrested for indulging in corrupt practices in the state. The CP equally disclosed that the cops had been subjected to orderly room trial by the command. Yaro, …

(L-R) Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji, HE, Udom Emmanuel – Governor of Akwa Ibom State, HE, Aminu Tambuwal- Governor of Sokoto State and the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State at the reception for the two brand new A220-300 planes acquired by Akwa Ibom State for its carrier, IbomAir Victor Alewo Adoji, …

The House of Representatives has descended heavily on Indorama Group over alleged sharp practices relating to evasion of tax running into billions of naira. The House further accused the conglomerate of using several other companies beside the three it claimed to have officially registered in Nigeria in order to secure waivers from …

Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has said his investments in the state’s power sector are being frustrated by the Federal Government’s policy which disallows states from distributing power. Emmanuel disclosed this at a briefing at the weekend that Ibom Power Plant in Ikot Abasi generates 150 megawatts of electricity …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he hoped Nigeria will be secure, prosperous and confident by the time he leaves office in 2023. He made the remark in a 30-minute interview with the Nigerian Television Authority, which aired on Friday. According to the President, he is committed to stepping down in …

From left Engr. Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Chief Timipre Sylva, Honourable Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Mallam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, NNPC, at the signing ceremony. The N10.5 billion Brass Petroleum Products Terminal project will generate 6,000 jobs, the Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration in the last two years, lifted 10.5 million people out of poverty. Buhari stated this early Saturday in his nationwide broadcast to Nigerians to mark the 2021 Democracy Day. He said interventions led by government and the Central Bank of Nigeria driving …

He says it is a day to remember when our democracy and the freedom to choose a leader was challenged. But through it all, we have been able to come together and realize that there is no alternative to democracy, which guarantees the freedom of expression, freedom of choice, freedom …