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A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Sunny Onuesoke, has appealed to the Federal Government to seek a solution to the perennial congestion in Apapa Wharf that is responsible for the delay in discharging of cargoes. Onuesoke who made the call while speaking to journalists at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed Boss Mustapha as secretary to the government of the federation (SGF). The president has also renewed the appointment of Abba Kyari, his chief of staff. Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, announced this in a statement on Friday. “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Boss …

National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, has dismissed the Federal Government’s rebuttal of the petition it forwarded to the British Parliament over the insecurity in the country, saying it was lying. The NCEF had written the British Parliament, apprising it of the high level insecurity in the country but the government, …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, while dismissing the suit filed by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore challenging the 2017 Open Grazing Prohibition and Establishment Law passed by the Benue State House of Assembly, awarded a cost of N100,000 against the plaintiff to be paid to all the defendants …

The shut-ins and shutdowns of some terminals by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation led to another monthly drop in the gross oil revenue that comes to the federation. Latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria showed that the country’s oil receipts dropped to N410.18bn in May 2019, shedding N62.2bn …

The governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement in the 2019 election in Ogun State, Adekunle Akinlade, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of awarding unlawful votes to Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress. Akinlade stated this on Thursday while appearing as a “star witness” before the election …

Despite analysts’ predictions that the performance of the nation’s stock market would begin picking up in the second half of the year, investors have recorded losses totalling N291bn in the four days since the second half of the year began. The market, which opened the new half at a value …

Group Call On Buhari To Intervene & Stop Premium Steel Ltd From Selling Off Steel Company. A group known as The Emerging Delta (TED) has called on President Buhari to call to order Premium Steel & Mines Limited from what they termed “outright sales of the assets and properties” of …

The Church of Nigeria, Diocese of Ogbaru Diocese, Anglican Communion, has called on the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari to implement, without further delay, the reports and recommendations of the 2014 National Conference. The Church of Nigeria also called on the Federal Government to consider …

Senator Adedayo Adeyeye (Ekiti South) has been appointed chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs. By the appointment, he becomes the spokesman of the Ninth Senate. Five other Senators were also appointed members of the committee by Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.