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The Federal Government has called on state governments to reduce unnecessary overhead costs and enthrone fiscal discipline. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, made the call, Monday, at the on-going 2018 Conference of the National Council on Finance and Economic Development, NACOFED, in Kaduna. Special Adviser on Media and Communications …

 By Paul Mbagwu The Lagos State Government has raised concerns over the increased establishment of beer parlours in Lagos. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Kehinde Bamigbetan, said the state was worried because there was also an increase in the record of alcohol-induced auto accidents in the state. Bamigbetan spoke …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will carry out any responsibility he is given with dignity. Obasanjo stated this at the turbaning of Atiku as the seventh Wazirin Adamawa by the Lamido of Adamawa, Dr. …

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has vowed not to return to class until its demands are met. This was contained in a statement by the union’s national president, Biodun Ogunyemi, on Sunday. The strike which began on November 5, is now in its fourth week. Ten days …

  Few months to the 2019 general elections, a coalition of Christian leaders under the aegis of National Christian Elders Forum has asked Nigerians not to vote for the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, describing the parties as “two evils.” The group also faulted the current political …

Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Ahmed Dangiwa, said the bank has recouped more than N3 billion in its loan recovery drive in 2018. Dangiwa made the disclosure in Abuja on Saturday in a statement signed by Mrs Zubaida Umar, FMBN’s Group Head, Corporate Communications. He pointed out …

True words are not defined by the volume of a man’s voice, but by the consequence of his choices. Ask Femi Otedola. The billionaire magnate would never use gilded words to masque deceit neither does he brandish fickle principles and statistics to conclude with a false truth. Unlike many a …

  Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central has waded into the controversy on the plans by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Atiku Abubakar to sell off public companies. Atiku had during an interview vowed to sell off 90% of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) …

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of causing mayhem in Akwa Ibom State in order to take control of the state by force. The accusation by the main opposition party is coming as …

Mahmood Yakubu Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Vows to enforce the law Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Adedayo Akinwale and Yesin Victoria in Abuja As the campaign for the presidential and National Assembly election kicks off, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned against any contravention of the Electoral Act and …