Nigeria

The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has said that in civilized nations, a leader who fails to secure the lives and properties of his people would have resigned honourably.   The group said this in a statement released by its the Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the forum, Dr. Hakeem …

Former Presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili has started an online campaign for President Buhari to undergo a physical and mental test.   According to the former Minister of Education, she began the online campaign for an independent medical examination of President Buhari because the country’s conditions had become too grave for Nigerians to …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has relaxed its rules on foreign remittances and domiciliary accounts.   In a statement signed by the apex bank’s director of trade & exchange O.S Nnaji, it was gathered that beneficiaries of diaspora remittances through the international monetary transfer operators (IMTO) shall now allow inflows in foreign …

The presidency has revealed that about 25 million Nigerians who will be benfiting from the Federal Government’s Solar Home Systems that commences this week, will be paying a monthly fee of N4,000.   Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande who disclosed this in a …

Mike Igini, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Akwa-Ibom State has described Local Government elections in Nigeria as an organized crime.   Speaking during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday November 25, Igini accused state governors of interfering in the conduct of the polls at the grassroots.   He said;   …

The Minister of Finance and Budget, Ahmed Zainab, has hinted that Nigeria’s land borders that have been closed since August 2019 may be reopened soon.   Zainab gave the hint during an interview with State House correspondents on Wednesday November 25. She said the presidential committee set up on the …

Nine members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have condemned the impeachment of Iroju Ogundeji as the Deputy Speaker of the House.   The lawmakers who described the impeachment as unlawful, pointed out that section 92 sub 2C of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended requires …

The Federal Government has discloed that it will be banning the importation of articulated trucks older than 10 years, in a bid to to curb truck accidents.   FRSC spokesman, Bisi Kazeem said the decision was reached by the Major Oil Marketers of Nigeria and the National Association of Road Transport …

President Buhari has said that the construction of modular refineries in the country will increase availability of fuel and also stop its importation.   Speaking during the virtual inauguration of the 5,000 barrels per day (bpd) Waltersmith modular refinery in Ibigwe, Imo state and ground-breaking ceremony for the second phase to …

Iroju Ogundeji, the embattled speaker of Ondo state house of assembly has been removed by members of the Assembly.   The decision was taken at the plenary of the House on Tuesday November 24,  and the lawmakers immediately elected Mr Samuel Aderoboye from Odigbo Constituency 2 as the new Deputy Speaker.