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The Federal Government said  that all parts of the country would benefit  from projects to sustain its fairness and equality policy. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this  on Saturday at the Alex Ekwuem Federal University Ndifu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI) Ebonyi,  while inaugurating ecological projects in the institution. President Muhammadu Buhari Buhari,  represented by Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, Minister for State for Budget and Planning, noted...

Twenty-three Nigerian soldiers are missing after Boko Haram jihadists ambushed a convoy in the remote northeast of the country, said military and civilian vigilante sources on Saturday. “Up until now 23 troops have not been accounted for. They include five officers and 18 soldiers,” a military officer in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, told AFP on condition of anonymity. “They came...

President Muhammdu Buhari has once again showed that he's a family man after meeting with his grandchildren, a family of Musa Daura who paid him a visit today in Aso Rock..The country's number one citizen was surrounded by the little children as they posed for the camera. Halima Buhari, the fifth daughter of Muhammadu Buhari, once said that her father...

Tunde Bakare, senior pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, and Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, are currently meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja. Bakare and Adeosun, who are from Ogun state, walked into the president’s office around 2:30pm. The reason for the meeting is not known. The minister has been in the news over alleged forgery...

By Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni Alhaji Danladi Ibrahim, Acting Managing Director, Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), said on Wednesday that the Baro Inland water port has been completed and ready for inauguration in August. Ibrahim said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. According to him, all cargo equipment needed for the Baro port to commence operation are...

President Muhammadu Buhari today officially commissioned the Abuja Light Rail, the Abuja Metro at World Trade Centre, Abuja. He was also at the Idu Metro Station, where he visited the Abuja Metro Control Centre, now in transit to the Airport Metro Station. See more of the pictures below.

Police in Kwara State, on Tuesday said it had arrested the Vice President of the Federal Polytechnic Offa Students’ Union Government. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Aminu Saleh said the VP, Tajudeen Selim, was arrested for alleged involvement in cultism in Offa Poly, in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The CP said that other Offa Poly...

Akwa Ibom State Government has concluded arrangement for the establishment of a new electricity generating company, Qua Iboe Power Plant. Governor Udom Emmanuel made this know while fielding questions from Government House Correspondents shortly after a meeting at his office with the investors on the power plant project. The project, governor Udom said is to be cited at Qua Iboe Onshore...

Premium Times and the Hatchet Job Against Kemi Adeosun Once again poor and shoddy investigative journalism appears to be winning. This time the victim is Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance. Premium Times a few days ago ‘broke’ news alleging that Mrs Adeosun presented a forged NYSC exemption certificate. The main evidence they had was that the certificate was signed by an...

The nation’s electricity grid may have experienced another collapse at the weekend as the quantum of energy generated into the grid dropped to 92.30 megawatts (MW) on Sunday, the Daily Trust reports. Records of daily operations in the power sector showed that the highest generation was 3,621MW but it sharply dropped to 92.30MW during the period as the system frequency...