The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), on Sunday gave the assurance that a new and acceptable revenue formula that will tackle new development realities in the country will be in place. Chief Elias Mbam, the Commission’s Chairman, gave the reassurance in an interview with the News Agency...
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The Federal Government has described the allegation by Global Advocates for Terrorism Eradication (GATE) that its officials are sponsors of terrorism, as a disgusting distraction. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by the Minister of Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Mohammed said that the...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians all over the world are very competitive, noting that they acquired the trait from home where the citizens have been properly educated and immersed in business rudiments. The President stated this on Friday when he met with the Minister of State Foreign Affairs of...
The Senate on Wednesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s External Borrowing (Rolling Plan) request in the sum of $16,230,077,718, and €1,020,000,000. Also approved by the upper chamber was a grant component of $125 million. The loans are to be funded by the World Bank, China Exim Bank, industrial, and commercial...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Malam Mamman Daura as he marks his 82nd birthday on November 10. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Wednesday in Abuja. In the message to his uncle...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with President Mohammed Bazoum of Niger Republic over the death of 25 school children during a classroom fire outbreak in the Maradi region of the country. The victims were aged between five and six years. President Buhari’s condolence message...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday afternoon arrived in Paris, French capital, for a one-day official visit as guest of President Emmanuel Macron at Palais de l’Élysée, and will afterwards attend the three-day Paris Peace Forum (PPF), November 11-13, 2021. A statement issued on Tuesday by...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says the sympathies of the entire nation are with the government and people of Sierra Leone, following the fuel tanker explosion in Freetown, the country’s capital. The sad incident left over 99 people killed and more than 100 injured as a...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has said choosing the right leaders to govern Nigeria is critical to resolving the insecurity in the country. Bello made this known while delivering a keynote address at the National Security Summit organised by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday in...
Dire warnings of the end of the world are as old as civilization itself. But each year as the countdown to United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) begins, they grow in volume and intensity. Recently, senior United Nations officials raised the alarm of “world conflict and chaos” and mass...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has expressed disappointment over the exclusion of federal roads in the state from the list of roads to be reconstructed and rehabilitated under the 2022 federal budget. Gobernor Bello expressed his displeasure while responding to questions during the Media Roundtable at the 29th edition...