The Minister for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the 2024 FCT statutory allocation would help to complete existing infrastructure projects before initiating new ones.
Mr Wike made this known during a project inspection in Abuja on Thursday.
The...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Thursday, admitted a senator, Benson Konbowei (PDP Bayelsa), bail in the sum of N50 million.Mr Konbowei, who represents Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, was earlier arraigned on a three-count charge...
In collaboration with the Gender Adolescent School Health and Elderly Care (GASHE) division of the Family Health Department of the Federal Ministry of Health, the Parenting for Lifelong Health and the Global Parenting Initiative at the University of Oxford...
The naira appreciated further against the United States dollar across foreign exchange markets on Wednesday, data gathered from both market segments showed.
According to market data published on the FMDQ website, naira closed Wednesday at N1,300/$1 as against N1,382.95 recorded...
There are indications that all may not be going as planned with activities leading to the selection of the next Olubadan following the death of the 42nd Olubadan, Oba Lekan Balogun.
According to tradition, the enthronement process for the next...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ben Kalu, has requested the cooperative efforts of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in enhancing the exportation of primary products from Nigeria and Africa in general.
Mr Kalu made the call, Monday,...
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has called for the revitalisation of two irrigation projects in his state to improve food security in the country.
Mr Zulum disclosed this to journalists after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State...
Experts have called for the rejigging of the country’s public audit system and processes to curb corruption and improve accountability across government parastatals.
The call was made during a virtual session organised by PREMIUM TIMES and the UDEME project of...
The publisher of a Kaduna-based newspaper, Desert Herald Newspaper, Tukur Mamu, has written to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, demanding the retracting of his profiling and designation as a ‘Terrorist Financier’.
This was...
The Ford Foundation and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have warned individuals against falling victim to fraudsters using the organisations’ names to defraud people.
Established in 1936 by Edsel Ford and his father, Henry Ford, the Ford Foundation,...
