The United States, the World Health Organization's top donor, is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, four officials involved in the talks said, raising doubts about the Biden administration's long-term support for the...
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has described Dangote Refinery and Dangote Fertiliser Plant as the best industrialised projects to happen to Africa, noting their ability to positively impact the economic...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, attended the funeral thanksgiving service of Oba Oladunni Oyewunmi, the 20th Soun of Ogbomoso at the First Baptist Church, Oke’Lerin, Ogbomoso. The monarch, Oba Oyewumi died on Dec. 12, 2021, at...
Six suspected bandits were killed on Saturday night after troops of the Nigerian Army repelled an attack on Mareri Community, outskirt of Gusau, Zamfara State. The armed bandits invaded the community and attempted to kidnap...
The federation accounts allocation committee (FAAC) says it shared N699.824 billion among the three tiers of government for December 2021. This represents an increase of N23.878 compared to N675.946 disbursed in the previous month. This was contained in...
The federal government has directed that Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) can now award a contract of N30 million and above – but less than N1.5 billion – for works, according to a circular signed...
On Saturday, Nigeria reported 29 new cases, the lowest in 2 months, and zero deaths. So, there are now 251959 cases, 225946 recoveries and 3124 deaths in the country. The 29 new cases were reported from...
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, has urged contractors of the Lekki Deep Seaport Project to speed up work to enable the government to approve all the necessary processes before the next election. Amaechi gave...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday restated his decision to stay off the party politics, saying nothing can make him return to party politics. Mr Obasanjo made his position known, while addressing reporters shortly after a...
Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar(retd), has said that contrary to the r story that late Moshood Abiola, MKO, winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election was poisoned, he died after falling ill. In...