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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law. A statement issued by Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said Buhari assented to the bill on Monday, July 16, 2021. Adesina said the President is working from home in five days’ self-isolation as required by the Presidential Steering Committee …

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has explained why the Federal Government placed an embargo on employment into Federal Civil Service.   Speaking over the weekend while receiving the traditional ruler of Nnewi town, Igwe Kenneth Orizu (III), who paid him a courtesy visit at his Abuja residence with a …

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria a day after visiting the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.The President at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 18:45 pm on Friday. Mr. Buhari has been away in London for three weeks. …

According to a report by Daily Trust, a senior Boko Haram commander, identified as Amir Adamu Rugu Rugu, and his family have surrendered to Nigerian troops. The terrorist and his family surrendered to the troops of Operation Hadin Kai in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. Amir Adamu …

Governor Samuel Ortom has sounded a serious warning to those planning to rig election in 2023 in his state. He said such individuals should steer clear or say their last prayers before doing so. Giving the warning in an interview with newsmen in Makurdi shortly after his return from the …

The Federal Government on Wednesday said that the end of the Twitter ban in Nigeria is in sight. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC. The FEC meeting was presided over by Vice …

The federal government has launched Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Survey to measure the level of penury among Nigerians. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq inaugurated the MPI on Tuesday. A statement by her media aide Nneka Anibeze, said the MPI survey was inaugurated …

N4billion has been approved by the federal government for fueling of police operational vehicles across 36 states of the country and the Federal Capital Territory.   Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi who made the announcement while speaking at the National Institute of Police Studies in Abuja on Tuesday …

The Imo State Police Command on Tuesday said its operatives have arrested one Ikechukeu Umaefulem, the “Chief Priest” of the Eastern Security Network, the security arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra. According to Abattam, exhibits recovered from the suspects included one pump action gun with five round of live cartridges, one …

President Muhammadu Buhari signed the N983 billion supplementary appropriation bill into law in July. Recurrent (non-debt) expenditure will consume N123 billion, whereas capital expenditure will consume N895 billion. Security equipment, vaccines, and other COVID-19-related equipment are all covered by the additional budget. According to TheCable, the government plans to spend …