The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development said on Thursday that it had so far remitted about N3billion to the federation account, this year. Abubakar Bwari, Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, disclosed this at the 2018 Steel Summit at Ikeja, Lagos. The theme of the summit was: “Diversification of the Nigerian Economy:
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is grilling Ita Ekpeyong, former director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), after arresting him on Thursday afternoon, TheCable understands. He is not expected to be detained overnight, according to sources familiar with the situation. EFCC insiders informed TheCable that nothing incriminating was found in his house
The national assembly has cut short it recess to reconvene on Tuesday. Yusuf Lasun, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, disclosed this on Thursday. He said the agenda will primarily be the presidential request for virement of funds for the operations of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019 elections.
The board of trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is preparing to meet with all presidential aspirants of the party to discuss the possibility of picking a consensus candidate for 2019. Walid jibrin, chairman of the BoT, disclosed this at a news conference in Kaduna on Wednesday. Jibrin said if the aspirants do
No fewer than 21,476 Nigerians have overstayed their visas to the United States within the last one year, Per second news media reports on Thursday. It said that information it gathered from Washington indicated that those who overstayed include students, workers and tourists, with increase in numbers of those that has refused to return to
The Saudi Directorate General for Passports has announced that 1,057,880 pilgrims, arrived in Saudi Arabia for the 2018 Hajj. The Directorate said that he number was an increase of 64,905 pilgrims with growth rate of nearly 7 per cent, compared to the same period last year. According to the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, the directorate
Nigeria’s Under-20 female team the Falconets defeated Haiti 1-0 on Thursday to keep hope alive in their quest to move into the knockout stage at ongoing FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in France. The match played at Stade de Marville in the French city of Saint-Malo saw team captain Rasheedat Ajibade netting the only goal
THE National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC),Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has alleged that some members of the National Assembly were planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. But he warned the plotters to drop their sinister move because it is not “possible for a lizard to wrestle an antelope’’. Tinubu spoke on Wednesday at the
Senate President Bukola Saraki visited the Minna, capital of Niger state, residence of former military President Ibrahim Babangida on Wednesday to hold a private meeting with the elder statesman. He met with IBB shortly after he gave a hint of nursing a presidential ambition. During the question and answer session at a press conference on
A federal high court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), to produce Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in court on August 14. Stephen Pam,a judge, gave the order after Adegboyega Awomolo, counsel to Yakubu, told the court that he did not know where his client