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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum is of the opinion that the establishment of Special Agro-processing Zones in the country would attract between one to four billion dollars investments. Chairman of the forum and Governor of Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi, who stated this while briefing reporters after the forum’s 4th meeting in Abuja, explained that all states were […]
The decision of President Buhari for ministers to channel all their meeting requests to him through his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, has received a backlash from stakeholders with the latest coming from the People’s Democratic Party. In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, the decision would only reduce […]
With the processes of appointing and swearing in now done, President Muhammadu Buhari has assigned portfolios to the forty-three new ministers. In the new federal cabinet which is made up of thirty-six men and seven women, some former ministers have maintained their initial positions while others have been assigned new ministries. Some of the returning […]
Supreme Court has suspended proceedings to rule on an appeal by the PDP and its candidate in the last presidential election, for permission to be allowed access to a supposed server allegedly owned by the Independent National Electoral Commission. A panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Datijo Mohammed, after taking arguments from Eyitayo […]
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has tasked churches in the state to help promote food security by encouraging their members to embrace agriculture. Mr Emmanuel stated this during the August Edition of Government House Prayer Meeting held at Later House Chapel, Government House Uyo. According to Governor Emmanuel if churches today cannot build schools […]
President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, comrade Ayuba Wabba has dispelled the allegation that labour is responsible for the delay in implementation of the new national Minimum wage. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, Wabba explained that “TUC and NLC were not directly driving the process of consequential adjustment as according to him, the process was […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria, Oyo State chapter, has called on all governors to rise up and defend lives and properties of citizens within their territories from rampaging bandits. The association through its chairman in the state, Pastor Benjamin Akanmu, made the call against the backdrop of the current security situation in the country. Akanmu […]
Akwa Ibom State government has warned persons involved in the printing and sale of fake emblems and stickers to resist from the business or be ready to face the consequences. Commissioner for Transport and Solid Minerals, Chief Uno Etim Uno, sounded the note of caution at a solemn assembly convened by the Road Levies Implementation […]
Nigerian Army has cleared the air on the police officers who were fired by soldiers in Taraba State on Tuesday, saying the victims were mistaken for kidnappers. You may recall that three policemen and one civilian were killed after soldiers opened fire on a police team along Ibi-Wukari Road, injuring some police officers who took […]
The hope of the publisher of SaharaReporters and convener of RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, to breathe the air of freedom soon, has been dashed. This is as the Federal High Court in Abuja today granted the Department of State Security, DSS, the permission to detain Sowore in its facilities for the next forty-five days, pending the conclusion […]
