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President Muhammadu Buhari is appealing for state government support, following his approval to set up integrated farm estates in all 109 senatorial districts across the country. Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, Paul Ikonne, announced this after a meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. While explaining […]
The Presidency has lauded achievements of the Muhammadu Buhari administration since 2015 and enumerated them in a list. In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the Presidency said Buhari signed the Petroleum Industry Bill into law and recently declared a 287 billion profit after tax by the Nigerian […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is calling Nigerian graduates to apply for the Jubilee Fellows Programme. The programme, a Federal Government initiative in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme UNDP, aims to place 20,000 skilled young Nigerian graduates, under the age of 30 into jobs in private and public sector organizations around the country. The […]
Comfort 95.1 FM has emerged as the Outstanding Radio Station in Africa. The recognition was handed down during the African Leadership iCON Merit Award 2021 in fifty-four Countries of Africa. The organizers of the event – is Global Peace Foundation Int’l, in collaboration with Sunsplash TV News Africa and Sunsplash News 24 […]
The negotiation meeting between the Federal Government and the striking National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD ended in a deadlock yesterday as the strike enters its ninth day today. Although both sides could not reach a truce last night, the meeting continues today. Speaking with newsmen last night, NARD President Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi […]
Action Aid Nigeria has thrown their weight behind the reluctance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to sign onto the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD global tax reform deal. According to a statement signed by Communications Coordinator, Lola Ayanda, though the organization applauds that the OECD recognizes the need to better tax the […]
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has called for a review of the Nigerian Ports Authority ,NPA, dues on the Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol to reduce pressure on the price of the product in the country. Osinbajo made the call yesterday at the Value-chain Magazine 2021 fourth annual lecture and awards, in Abuja,with the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended best wishes to Akwa Ibom state Governor,Mr Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State on the occasion of his fifty fifth birthday. In a message, the President said he was mindful of Governor Emmanuel’s devotion to serving his people. President Buhari prays God Almighty sustains the Governor with good health and […]
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has been remanded in the custody of the Department of State Service DSS. This follows an order of Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, while granting the application by the prosecution to remand Kanu. Counsel to […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to pay over 3 billion dollars to Rivers and Akwa Ibom states, as part of their revenue shares from crude oil sales. The amount formed part of the 62 billion dollars said to have been recovered from some oil companies by the Federal […]
