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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 …

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss a suit filed by human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), seeking to compel the Federal Government to fix the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and end the intractable gridlock on the road. …

  Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu  Segun James in Lagos, Adedayo Akinwale, Udora Orizu and Mercy Apollos in Abuja As part of its commitment to inclusivity in the electoral process, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is targeting 15 states where it plans to conduct 2019 …

The senate has confirmed Festus Keyamo, spokesman of the President Muhammadu Buhari 2019 campaign organisation, as a board member of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). The lawyer was confirmed alongside other six nominees on Wednesday after the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, put his nomination to a voice vote. …