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BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The Borno State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders’ forum has rejected the outcome of the recent congress of the party in the state describing it as illegal and a violation of the guidelines for the party’s congresses and convention. Addressing newsmen at a press conference in …

BEING THE TEXT OF KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, HONOURABLE MINISTER OF POWER WORKS AND HOUSING AT THE FIRST NIGERIA URBAN DESIGN FORUM 2016 There are many reasons why I accepted to speak at this Forum notwithstanding the competing pressures on my time. The first reason is that …

Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has urged Britain to take advantage of the abundant minerals deposits in Nigeria and the enabling environment being created by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to invest in the country’s mining sector. Fayemi, who addressed British parliamentarians and investors at a session organised …

Nigeria’s military has reported rescuing a second “Chibok girl” in a forest battle with Islamic extremists, but a community leader said she is not on the list of students missing after the 2014 mass abduction by Boko Haram. Army spokesman Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman said soldiers freed the girl after …

The Joe Ajaero faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart have agreed to stay all industrial actions as the country enters day-three of the workers’ protest over the Federal Government decision to hike petrol pump price. According to the labour groups, in a …

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has stated that the much-anticipated timeline for the issuance of sovereign sukuk would be made public by the third quarter of this year. Sukuk is an Islamic financial certificate, similar to a bond in Western finance that complies with Sharia, the Islamic religious law. Director-General …

The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN) has announced collaboration with Access Bank to raise N5 billion for the construction of a state-of-the-art International Research Centre of Excellence (IRCE) in Abuja. The partnership which also includes the Dangote Foundation, is aimed at promoting public and private partnership for quality health …

Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has disclosed plans by the Federal Government to build a regional and global security alliance against the resurgent Niger Delta militants in the form of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) countries-led Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram in …

Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, has declared that the country is now in a better position to grow its maritime industry, as he further disclosed that the process of registering a vessel decreased from six-months to a minimum of four-weeks. Peterside who …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tuesday, told the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that the poll which returned Governor Seriake Dickson as the state’s chief executive was free, fair and was held in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act. INEC stated this as it opened its …

Kaduna State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC ), Thursday, warned Senator Shehu Sani to desist from attacking President Muhammadu Buhari or face expulsion. Sani who represents Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone in the Senate was said to have been placed on 11 months suspension for alleged indiscipline, disloyalty …

On May 22-25 the American University of Nigeria, AUN, will host the 99th Biannual Conference of the Association of University Librarians of Nigerian Universities (AULNU). Formerly the Committee of University Librarians of Nigerian Universities (CULNU), the Association changed its name at its 98th conference at Covenant University, Ota. In 2012, …

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the release of N1.5billion intervention fund for the payment of outstanding gratuities and pension arrears of local government retirees in the state. Mr. Akintola Benson Oke, the State Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pension, who disclosed this at the Bagauda Kaltho …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has called for sustained efforts to diversify the country’s economy following dwindling earnings from oil. Speaking at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday during a visit by Olusegun Awolowo, Executive Director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), the governor said that the …

The leadership of the Senate led by Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday waded into the ongoing disagreement between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Federal Government over the recent deregulation of fuel price in the country. Saraki met with the leadership of the Comrade Ayuba Waba-led …

Barely 24 hours after the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in Abuja ordered it to justify the continued detention of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, by the Department of State Services (DSS), Federal Government, Thursday, explained that the former …

Nigerian Governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) have expressed support for the increase in fuel price by the Federal Government, maintaining that the policy is in the interest of the masses. This is also the state chief executives disclosed that they are making efforts to access …

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, says about 60 per cent of children, representing six in 10 children, suffer one or more types of violence before they reach the age of 18 years in Nigeria. The international agency in a statement on Thursday also commended the Bayelsa State Government …

“We’ve got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain. We’ve got Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world” – David Cameron, British Prime Minister. “I am not going to be demanding any apology from anybody. What I will be demanding is the …