President Muhammadu Buhari has approved activities lined up to mark Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this at a news conference on…
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has frowned at the disparity in payments of foreign and local workers in parts of the country. He criticised states in…
A bill seeking to regulate animal grazing and establish cattle ranches in designated areas of Anambra has scaled second reading in the House of Assembly. The Majority Leader of the…
The minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, says the Five Generation (5G) network will be deployed in Nigeria in January 2022, and will aid surveillance against vandalism of…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday fixed November 30 for judgment in a suit filed by deposed Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II against the Kano State government and others.…
The Federal Government says the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will continue to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) following the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the matter. The…
The Federal Government has succeeded in blocking terrorism financing in Nigeria, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said. Malami told the News…
A drug mule identified as Mr. Okey Eze has disclosed that he was promised N500,000 as a fee for bringing 350 wraps of cocaine worth N2.3bn into Nigeria. The National…
The bears continued to dominate transactions on the local bourse on Wednesday with investors net worth dropping further by N11bn. Consequently, the market capitalisation lost N11bn or 0.05 per cent…
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Wednesday took over the house of former governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State. The takeover, on the order of Justice A.M. Liman…