Nigeria’s fallen heroes are being honoured today at the 2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day. In Nigeria, January 15 is set aside annually to honour members of the military who fought and are still fighting in various theatres of conflict within Nigeria and across the world. READ ALSO: Buhari approves constitution of two committees for Mambilla...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been commended for his decision to reduce the number and duration of foreign trips embarked upon by ministers and other categories of government officials in the country. A public analyst Dr. Etefia Ekanem who spoke with Planet News noted that reducing the number and duration of foreign trips for government officials would not only serve...
The Federal Road Safety Corps – FRSC has vowed to arrest and prosecute private persons who illegally use sirens, escorts, and flashers on the roads stressing that the act is an abuse of freedom of movement. This was revealed by the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi, in Abuja, who stated...
The Federal Government has ordered the Department of Petroleum Resources to identify and shut down unlicensed liquefied petroleum gas stations across the country. According to the Federal Government, the directive to eradicate illegal stations that dispense LPG popularly called cooking gas is a result of the recent Kaduna gas station explosion that led to the...
The International Criminal Court -ICC has outlined 10 possible cases it could press against Nigerian security forces and the three factions of insurgent groups operating under the name of Boko Haram. The ICC prosecutor listed Nigeria among 11 countries being probed for alleged war and international human rights crimes in its end of the year...
A suspected case of Lassa fever outbreak has hit a community in Olokoro community in Umuahia South local government area of the This is after a 28year old was confirmed to have died from the disease. The Abia state government, however, said it is on top of the situation as it assured Abia residents of...
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN is to begin the process of weeding out of the system unqualified teachers in public and private primary and secondary schools in the country from this month The Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Professor Josiah Ajiboye, disclosed this in a chat with newsmen. READ ALSO: Federal government’s...
President Muhammadu Buhari has received President-elect of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Muhktar Embalo, and reiterated his desire for stability, peace, progress and prosperity in the West African sub-region. President Buhari spoke at the State House, Abuja when Embalo came to Nigeria on a “thank you visit” and to express his “good wishes” following his emergence as...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has dismissed a purported diplomatic row with the republic of Ghana over its mission’s property in Accra circulating on social media as untrue. The government denied reports that its officials were evicted from the said property. A statement by Ferdinand Nwonye, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in...
Federal High Court, Abuja has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission -EFCC permission to detain the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, for another 14 day Justice Othman Musa granted the EFCC an initial 14 days to detain Adoke to complete investigation, which elapsed yesterday . READ ALSO :...
The Nigerian Army says its troops have neutralised and captured more Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa’s Province terrorists and rescued 165 women and children from their captivity in Borno State. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Colonel Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement today in Abuja, said the operations were carried out in conjunction with...
The Nigerian Bar Association-NBA said the rule of law was often assaulted by the Federal Government through its misconduct and high-handedness in 2019. In its New Year’s Day message by its President, Paul Usoro, the NBA demanded strict adherence to the rule of law in 2020 and said paying lip service to the rule of...
The Senate has denied any involvement in the N37billion proposed for the renovation of the National Assembly complex by the Federal Capital Development Authority. SERAP had filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari, the leadership of the National Assembly and others from releasing N37billion allocated for the renovation...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency. The Special Adviser, Media and Communication to the Minister of Power, Aaron Artimas, made this known in a statement in Abuja. READ ALSO : PDP condemns rate of unemployment in Nigeria....
Federal Government withdraws military operations in volatile spots in the country, beginning first quarter of 2020,
CBN rules out possibility of devaluing Naira next year.
National Association of Nigerian Students call for release of
Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has dismissed as false, the United States statement that placed Nigeria among countries that violate religious freedom. The monarch dismissed the allegations at the opening ceremony of the 77th annual Islamic Vacation Course, organized by Zone A of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria at Bayero University. READ...
The federal government has reiterated that it was working with airport authorities to ensure that the newly-announced visa-on-arrival policy would allow for easier and faster processing of documents of persons and goods to encourage foreign investment. The government also said the visa policy would launch an intervention programme for the country’s border communities in order...
The Presidency has reiterated that President Muhammadu Buhari is not seeking a third term agenda as suggested by uninformed commentaries. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stressed that there are no circumstances under which a constitutional amendment with regard to extending the two-term limit will...
The Federal Government has accused the U.S. of attempting to sow seed of religious mistrust among the various religious groups in Nigeria with its recent report. In a statement issued in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the Federal Government rejected the U.S. designation of Nigeria as “a country that engages...
CBN slashes banks’ ATM withdrawal fee from 65naira to 35 naira.
IGP Mohammad Adamu orders tight security for Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Senate confirms appointment of Muhammad Nami as Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service.