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The Federal Government has approved the release of N45.3 billion as reimbursement to States and the FCT for the implementation of the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG CARES) Programme. The National Coordinator of NG-CARES Programme, Dr Abdulkarim ...

The National Assembly elections on February 25 threw up a lot of surprises. Parties least expected to produce lawmakers now have substantial seats at the Red Chamber. The presence of so many minority parties is threatening the ambition of some ...

…Consumers, businesses groan over elusive notes •Advocate calls for higher value banknotes There seems to be no end in sight to the scarcity of the redesigned naira notes as officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) blame the general ...

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Olukayode Ariwoola, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) and former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), Prof Epiphany Azinge (SAN) are among dignitaries expected at events to mark the ...

…State congress ratifies Ododo as party’s candidate in Kogi A former minister of state for petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November 11 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State. Sylva, who ...

Security personnel deployed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Yola, Adamawa State capital, have barred journalists from the Election Collation Center, where results of the supplementary governorship and State Assembly elections will be collated on Saturday. Accredited ...

Mr Tasiu Gidari-Wudil, President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), has advised members of the society to emulate the stewardship service of late Mrs Funmilola Ojelade, who was a member of the society. The president gave the advice on ...

The Tournament Director of West African Little League, Kehinde Laniyan, says  the hosting of the tournament by Nigeria is historic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria is hosting the maiden edition of the  League in Lagos. NAN also ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission will today conduct supplementary elections for the governorship seats in Kebbi and Adamawa states and five senatorial seats in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states. The commission will also conduct supplementary polls for 30 federal constituencies ...

According to a report published on Saturday by the British daily newspaper, The Times UK, Chinese mining bosses are funding Nigerian militant groups in order to secure access to the country’s mineral reserves. Sparking speculation that Beijing could be indirectly ...