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  Parents of abducted Dapchi schoolgirls in Yobe, on Tuesday, lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for considering the option of negotiation against use of military force to rescue the girls. The parents, who spoke separately to Newsmen in Damaturu, said the option gave them hope for safe return of the girls. Alhaji …

 The Order of the Knights of Saint Mulumba Nigeria (KSM) has elected Diamond Ovueraye, as the Supreme Knight and head of the new supreme executive board to govern its affairs for the next four years. The group in a statement yesterday said the new supreme board comprising of twelve-member executives …

Babatunde Fowler The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has said the federal government is processing court documents that will allow it sell properties of companies which have been evading taxes. Speaking last Wednesday night on The Core, a Channels Television programme hosted by …

Senator Sabi Aliyu Abdullahi, APC, Niger North, is the chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs; vice chairman, Senate Services Committee, and member, Committees on Appropriations; Agriculture and Rural Development; Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy. In this interview, he spoke on what the Senate would do if President Muhammadu …

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun Several months after the forensic audit of Oando Plc was suspended owing to lawsuits and the alleged interference by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday disclosed that it has directed the accounting firm of Deloitte to proceed …

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to their owners will begin by middle of May. The Ebonyi INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Godswill Obioma disclosed at a strategic security interactive …

Oyegun The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has kicked against the elongation of tenure of the party’s national and state executives, saying it is against the country’s and party’s constitutions. This runs contrary to the position initially adopted by the State Chapter when its Chairman, Chief Henry …

King Wasiu Ayinde Olasunkanmi Marshal popularly known as K1 De Ultimate was yesterday the 6th of March 2018 decorated with yet another honor as UN-SDG Ambassador by the Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development, (CSCSD) Ogun chapter at the International Stakeholders’ Conference on SDG. The event which took place at the …

  Dolapo Badmus The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the promotion of 414 Senior Police Officers, including the Ekiti State deputy commissioner of police, Mr Dasuki Galadanchi (CP), former Lagos police spokesman and Principal Staff Officer to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Olubode Ojajuni (ACP) and Zone …

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has responded to the vote of no confidence passed on him by members of the House of Representatives. It was recalls that the lawmakers took the decision on Thursday after Dr Fayemi and the Minister of State for Mines and …