AN Elder in Council of a non-governmental Democracy Group, the National Movement for Positive Change (NMPC), General Adekunle Martins (retd), has called on the Federal Government to reduce interest rates on treasury bills and bonds, in order to encourage several independent and competitive business flow beyond keeping cash in banks. General Martins stated this in
Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson on Thursday intimated President Muhammadu Buhari with the security challenges in his state and the Niger Delta region. Addressing State House reporters after meeting with the president, the governor said security matters are beyond partisan politics. Dickson said he was at the Presidential Villa in Abuja to confer with him
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina said that those who oppose the current administration have made it a point to harp on negative happenings in the country. Listing what he considered as the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari, Adesina said the positive growth cannot be denied even by “naysayers.” He quoted figures from the
The humanitarian organization PLAN International Nigeria has called for “thorough investigation” into allegations by Amnesty International that security forces grossly violated women and girls on satellite camps for displaced people. Amnesty’s report, They Betrayed Us, details allegations into sexual abuse and exploitation of women who survived Boko Haram insurgency. Many were raped, starved and detained
The Ugandan government is to introduce biometric gadgets for the implementation of daily salary payment for civil servants. The gadgets are to be introduced following the resolve of the government to start paying civil servants according to the number of days worked rather than a guaranteed monthly salary. Prof. Ezra Suruma, the head of the
In what looked like a repeat of the April 18 incident at the senate, the mace of the Gombe state house of assembly was stolen during plenary on Thursday. The legislative symbol of authority was snatched during a siting to remove Ahmed Haruna, minority leader of the assembly, who represents Gombe north state constituency. The
Federal, states and local governments have shared N701 billion as revenue for the month of April, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mr Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, said. Isa-Dutse told newsmen that the amounts shared were the outcome of Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting. Giving a breakdown of the revenue accrued in April, the permanent secretary
THE deputy governor of Bauchi state, Nuhu Gidado, on Wednesday tendered his resignation letter to the governor of the state. In a letter to Mohammed Abubakar, governor of the state, Gidado said though he wished to complete his tenure, he lost interest in the job along the line. The governor had since accepted his resignation.
Gunmen have abducted 44 passengers along the Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway in Kaduna state. According to witnesses, the victims were kidnapped on two different occasions — Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. The female victims were reportedly stripped before being taken inside the bush. In the Wednesday incident, 21 people said to be traveling in three Golf vehicles
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Gida Mustapha, has call for a comprehensive social housing roadmap to tackle the huge housing deficit in the country and entrench policy sustainability in the sector. He made the call on Wednesday when he received the board members of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) in