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Akwa Ibom state government has disallowed President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) from using the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium for the party’s political rally scheduled for Friday. Monday Uko, the commissioner for sports, in a statement, said the pitch is being maintained and reserved for pre-fixed matches …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated a new international terminal at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja. The newly constructed terminal is a project spearheaded by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN. The international terminal sits on 56000 square meters with a 60metre long skywalk that connects the airport …

Senator Godswill Akpabio has described the inability of Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara to deliver their speeches during President Muhammadu Buhari’s budget presentation as a sign of weakness. He urged them to resign peacefully. Akpabio, in an interview with reporters shortly after Buhari presented the 2019 Appropriation …

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 25th, Wednesday 26th December 2018 and Tuesday 1st January 2019 as Public Holidays to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Celebrations respectively. The Honorable Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement …

President Muhammadu Buhari has proposed a budget of N8.83 trillion for 2019. The president presented the budget at a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. The proposed budget shows that about a quarter of the sum (N2.14 trillion) will be used for debt servicing while capital expenditure is …

The Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, in Ogun State has declared that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, Mr. Dapo Abiodun is not fit to govern the state. IPAC made this declaration at a press briefing to address the alleged certificate scandal levied against …

Enugu State workers have received 13th month salary as 2018 Christmas bonus from Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration to celebrate the season with their loved ones. Confirming the news, the Chairman of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Enugu State Council, Comrade Igbokwe Chukwuma Igbokwe, disclosed that “some workers started calling me …

UNITED States (U.S.) Ambassador to Nigeria Stuart Symington has advised Nigeria to diversify its economy toward pursuing deeper growth and development. Symington gave the advice at the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) Annual Dinner and Inauguration of Otunba Oluwatoyin Akomolafe as NACC’s 18th President in Lagos. Symington, in a statement …

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has said that leading Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has not endorsed any presidential candidate ahead of the 2019 election because not every Igbo man is a member of PDP. Iwuanyanwu was reacting to the …

The Federal Government has said that talks with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have so far been fruitful, expressing optimism that the ongoing strike by the university teachers, will soon be called off. According to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, this is predicated on the …