MALLAM Abba Kyari died on Friday 17th of April, 2020 at the age of 67 years. The patriot died the way he would have preferred, at the very front line of service, sadly seized by a plague against which he…
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Breaking: Abba Kyari to be buried today
The late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, will be buried on Saturday (today). This was announced by Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Basir Ahmad via his Twitter handle. But Bashir Ahmad did not state…
Nigeria won’t benefit from IMF debt relief – minister
The Federal Government has clarified that Nigeria will not benefit from the recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) debt relief for 25 countries. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Communication to the Finance Minister, Mr…
Nigerians who top up 100 Naira airtime, have 5,000 Naira account balance will benefit from Conditional Cash transfer
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, says urban poor dwellers with an account balance of N5,000 or less will be among the beneficiaries of the Federal Government Conditional Cash Transfer scheme. The…
Crude cuts: Nigeria to earn $10.61bn in eight months
Nigeria may earn about $10.61bn from crude oil sales between May and December this year following latest decision by members and non-members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to cut production. Also, the country will earn about $22.74bn from…
JUST IN – Buhari to address Nigerians today at 7pm.
The President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd .) , will address Nigerians at 7 pm today ( Monday ) . The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity , Femi Adesina , made this known in…
Proposed Two-month Free Electricity Supply to Cost FG N109.8bn
The federal government would incur an average cost of N109.83 billion to supply free electricity to Nigerians as proposed by the National Assembly and supported by the electricity distribution companies (Discos), THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. The Speaker of House of…
Marketers – Petrol price could further drop by N8/litre.
Nigeria’s petrol pump price may drop further by between N5 and N8 per litre, as the crash in crude oil price warranted the recent slashes in petrol price by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, oil marketers have shared. They…
Pipeline Shutdown: FG, oil firms lose N24bn in eight days
The Federal Government and some oil firms lost an estimated $ 67 .92 m ( N24 .45 bn ) in revenue in eight days following the suspension of exports of Forcados , one of the nation ’s largest crude oil…
Has Buhari become lame duck?
It is shocking that even with more than three years to run in his second term, that there are insinuations that President Muhammadu Buhari has become a lame duck. A lame-duck is an elected political office holder whose successor has…