The Federal Government says that Nigeria will be among the first countries to benefit from cheaper and reliable Covid-19 testing kits that are being produced through the help of the World Health Organisation. Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, BOSS MUSTAPHA, made this known during a media…
The Federal Government has declared Thursday this week as a public holiday. Thursday is October 1st, 2020, and it is the day set aside for the celebration of Nigeria’s Independence from Great Britain in 1960, which is exactly sixty years ago. The Minister of Interior, RAUF AREGBESOLA, has congratulated Nigerians on the country’s Golden Jubilee. AREGBESOLA praised…
• REQUEST APPROVAL OF N148B FOR 5 STATES President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has sent the names of eight Appeal Court judges to the Senate for confirmation as Supreme Court Justices. President BUHARI also asked the National Assembly to approve the refund of one hundred and forty-eight billion naira to five states. The President made the requests in two…
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, OBADIAH MIALAFIA, has failed to stop the Nigeria Police Force from having him investigated. This is because Justice ARUM ASHOMS of the Plateau State High Court has dismissed OBADIAH’s application for the enforcement of his fundamental human rights. Justice ASHOMS ruled that OBADIAH’s application lack of merit, adding…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved the extension of the Itakpe-Warri railway to Abuja. President BUHARI wants the project to connect the northern and southern parts of Nigeria before the end of his tenure in May 2023. The President made this known during the official opening of the new rail line, from Warri in Delta State to Ajaokuta…
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh IBRAHIM EL-ZAZAKY and his wife ZEENAT have lost their no-case submission in their ongoing trial. Justice GIDEON KUDAFA of the Kaduna State High said it was too early to dismiss the charges against the couple, going by provisions of the State Administration of Criminal Justice Law. EL-ZAKZAKI and…