Hopes of Nigerians smiling anytime soon may have been dashed if information recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, is anything to go by. The NBS on Monday released the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation. According to the graph released by the agency, the country’s inflation rate has risen from 15.6 per…
The immediate past Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has denied ever leaving the Force with about 24 vehicles. It was reported on Monday that Arase’s successor, Ibrahim Idris, claimed that the former IGP left with the said number of vehicles. Speaking via a statement from his base in London, where he went for his son’s…
Sahara Group As Nigeria embraces a challenging economic diversification process, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Fund, SDG-F, is working in Kaduna to pilot an innovative approach aimed at revamping the food sector to create new jobs for young people, increase farmers’ revenues, improve productivity, enhance nutrition and reduce food loss through more sustainable production…
Outgoing Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Habib Abdullahi, has handover to the newly appointed boss of the agency, Hadiza Bala Usman. Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari announced the appointment of Usman as the new MD of the NPA. Usman is the founder of the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, campaign, which is…
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the judiciary to remain impartial in the fight against corruption in the country. The President made this known on Monday while declaring open an international workshop on Criminal Justice Administration, Development and ACJA 2015 held at the National Judicial Institute in Abuja. Buhari stated that the Judiciary must take steps…
As part of its efforts to boost international trade relations in Nigeria, the Federal Government has disclosed that it would collaborate with the United States of America, USA, on fair labour practices. This was made known via a statement issued in Abuja by the Deputy Director, Press, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Samuel Olowookere. Olowookere…
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has granted bail to Olugbenga Obadina, Managing Director of Almond Projects Limited. Obadina was accused of collecting about N2.4billion from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, under Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd) purportedly for a contract without contract award. The suspect was…
Reports reaching us indicate that troops of 101 Battalion, 7 Division Garrison on foot patrol along with some elements of Civilian JTF, intercepted a suspected male suicide bomber at Sabon Gari Jidari, Borno State. The suspect was said to be carrying primed Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) concealed in a blue stabilizer casing and gave his…
Spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, has said a total of 249 suspected Boko Haram terrorists and accomplices have been cleared and released by the Joint Interrogation as approved by the Chief of Army Staff in Maiduguri, Borno State. He said those cleared and released included 169 males, 46 women and 34…
Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, has stressed that there is no need to remove President Muhammadu Buhari from office. The All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, who spoke on Sunday in Bauchi, disclosed that the House had no single evidence of impeachable offence against the President. Addressing journalists in Bauchi, Doguwa, representing…