POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

As more Nigerians get infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has called on the federal government to issue an executive order ...

Calls for national mobilisation to end insurgency, banditry, kidnapping A Senate ad-hoc committee has reflected on the mounting security challenges facing Nigeria and concluded that the country is ...

NRC shuts down rail operations Death toll rises to 12,978, infected cases jump to 304,035 globally Lagos reduces social gathering to 20 people Police to enforce restriction order ...

Lagos maintains lead with over 32% share Rivers, Ogun, Delta, Kaduna among top five With the exception of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the total internally generated revenue ...

Former Presidential candidate in the 2019 General Elections, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has urged the leadership of the National Assembly to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to address the lawmakers ...

The Nigerian government has been called upon to declare a state of emergency on unemployment and other challenges facing the Nigerian youths. This was contained in a motion ...

The Senate Committee on Navy has promised to strengthen naval operations for enhanced maritime security and economic growth. Senator George Sekibo, the chairman of the committee, who led ...

The Presidency says it is doing a lot to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Reacting to insinuations in some quarters that government has not done enough ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says the Nigerian government will ensure that permanent peace and stability returns to the troubled Northeast. He, therefore, charged the armed forces to ensure a ...

The Presidency has rebuked the Senate for calling on the President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians in a television broadcast with regards to the Coronavirus. At plenary on ...

A meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) where stakeholders gathered to share allocations for the month of February ended in a deadlock Wednesday. A commissioner for ...

Sokoto state government has called off the opening ceremony of its 11th annual national trade fair. The opening ceremony was scheduled for Wednesday and guests were already seated ...

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says the green chamber suspended consideration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan request over the reported sidelining of the south-east. Gbajabiamila ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned the trial of a former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji to September 30. Ikuforiji ...

The Senate on Wednesday called on President Mohammadu Buhari to address Nigerians on the federal government’s preparations for coronavirus. Also, the Senate urged the Federal Government to take ...

President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has canvassed for the assistance of the World Bank in Nigeria’s move to repatriate its looted funds lodged in several banks ...

NWC lifts suspension on Shuaibu, Abdulkadir Directs members to  withdraw court cases Following the Court of Appeal’s stay of execution of his suspension by a Federal Capital Territory ...

The Federal Government has banned all government officials from embarking on foreign trips as the world continues to battle the COVID-19 disease. The Secretary to the Government of ...

The Federal government has inaugurated a Presidential Task for the control of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha, who ...

The Senate has raised an alarm that Nigeria’s total debt profile would stand at N33 trillion if President Muhammadu Buhari got approval for the $22.7 billion foreign loan request. Deputy ...