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The Nigerian government is working towards reversing the declining trend in the country’s economy, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Development, Zainab Ahmed, has said. Responding to the latest gross domestic product figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics, which showed Nigeria is now in its second recession in five years, Mrs Ahmed […]
Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of the 81 Division, Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island has said that he was unaware that the Nigerian Army Headquarters had described the shootings at the Lekki Tollgate as “fake news” on Twitter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Taiwo made the disclosure at the weeked while […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has shown that it expended N81.41bn on Nigeria’s refineries between January and August this year but the facilities refined no drop of crude oil all through this period. This data was contained in the just released August 2020 report of the NNPC. The Warri refinery, Kaduna and Port Harcourt refineries […]
The Delta state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has sent his congratulatory message to former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 63rd birthday. The governor did this on Friday via his official twitter handle @IAOkowa.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the probing of the former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. The Salami led panel who have been investigating the EFCC under Ibrahim Magu presented the report of their investigation to President Buhari at the […]
President Mohammadu Buhari on Friday congratulated the former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on his 63rd birthday. President Buhari who issued the congratulatory message via his twitter handle @mbuhari stated: “On behalf of the Federal Government, and Nigerians in general, I congratulate former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 63rd birthday, today. We celebrate […]
Nigeria needs to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) as soon as possible to ensure the country gets the maximum benefits from its petroleum resources before they dry up, Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has said. Crude oil, which contributes almost 80 per cent to Nigeria’s gross domestic products (GDP), is projected by […]
CNN says it is standing by its report that soldiers used live bullets on #EndSARS protesters in Lagos. On Wednesday, CNN published an investigation which uncovered evidence that soldiers used live rounds on protesters who had converged on Lekki tollgate on October 20th. CNN was reacting to comments by Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, […]
The Federal Government on Thursday insisted that there was no massacre when soldiers dispersed #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos on October 20, 2020 as Nigerians and the international community are being made to believe. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, at a press conference in Abuja, attributed the reports of […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed, has called for sanctions against CNN over its report of the alleged Lekki Toll Gate massacre. Addressing a press conference in Abuja this afternoon, he said that the international news organisation goofed in the said report, which he described as irresponsible journalism. The minister alleged that […]
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