News

  President Muhammadu Buhari has sent  his goodwill message to Christians in celebration of Easter speaking via a press statement, President Muhammadu Buhari advised Nigerian Christians to remain faithful and hopeful in God. The President said although this year’s Easter comes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it is an opportunity for all be hopeful that with intensified prayers […]

The Federal Government has announced another reduction of the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to N123.50 per litre. Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Executive Secretary, Mr Abdulkadir Saidu, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Tuesday night, March 31. The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency Executive Secretary said the new petrol […]

57 inmates were on Monday rescued by the Zamfara State Government from an illegal rehabilitation centre in Gusau, the state capital. They were rescued from a house which serves as the rehabilitation center operated by one Malam Iliyasu Abdullahi Gamagiwa. Many of the inmates were chained when the rescue team led by the Zamfara State Commissioner for […]

Governor Nyesom Wike (image courtesy: Rivers Government House) Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has suspended the Chairman of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area and his deputy for failing to implement his directives to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the council. The governor, in a statement by his Special Assitant on Electronic Media, […]

Canada’s government announced a funding plan on Monday to help some of its northern Indigenous communities move out to the Arctic wilderness to wait out the coronavirus pandemic. Ottawa said it would provide authorities in the Northwest Territories with 2.6 million Canadian dollars (1.8 million dollars) to help “families who would not otherwise be able […]

Ecobank Transnational In-corporated (ETI) has ap-pointed Georges Agyekum Nana Donkor as a Non-Executive Director. He replaces Bashir Mamman Ifo as the representative of Ecowas Bank for Investment & Development (EBID) on the Board of ETI. Donkor was recently appointed President of EBID, following the retirement of his predecessor Bashir Ifo. Donkor is a lawyer, banker […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Tuesday of lacking human empathy. HURIWA stated that the President was not prepared to strictly adhere to the law regarding the fundamental human rights of Nigerians. The group stated this while reacting to Buhari’s nationwide broadcast where he ordered the total lockdown […]

            As government intensifies the stay at home measures to further curtail the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 virus on rampage in Lagos. The leadership of Igbo Speaking Community in Lagos, a social cultural organisation has called on the government to expedite action in providing some supports for poor families […]

Members of Boko Haram The Nigerian military has announced the killing of one of the top commanders of the Boko Haram terror group. Concise News reports that the commander, Abu Usamah, was said to have been killed by troops in Gorgi, Damboa area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria. Military spokesman Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko said […]

Government has been told that its shut-down order on businesses because of coronavirus pandemic could hit the construction industry, leaving in its wake alot of consequences. President, Nigeria Institute of  Building (NIOB),  Kunle Awobodu, said activities at most sites would be reduced drstically given that the order allows only 20 persons. He pointed out that […]