Mohammed Abubakar
14 Jan
The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Abubakar, has requested the House of Representatives to provide additional 50 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) in the 2025 budget to flush out bandits in the country. Abubakar made the request on Tuesday at the 2025 budget defence session organised by the House Committee on Defence in Abuja. He said that…
28 May 2024
President Bola Tinubu has restated his administration’s resolve to strengthen council areas to tackle insecurity in the country.
28 Mar 2024
The grant of $134 million by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to promote food security in the country is coming at the right time when food insecurity has become a major challenge.
12 Mar 2024
Terrorists have killed two members of the Katsina State Community Watch Corps and injured others on Sunday afternoon. The incident happened at Yasore village, Batsari Local Council about 1.00pm when the members...
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed deep sorrow on Tuesday over the tragic death of Abubakar Lawal, a Nigerian professional footballer in Uganda. Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, confirmed the sudden passing of Lawal in a statement in Abuja. Tuggar, in the statement issued by Kimiebi Ebienfa, Acting Spokesperson for the Ministry,…
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan and former INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega, have decried the state of Nigeria’s electoral system, blaming flawed elections on political actors, the judiciary, and the electoral commission.
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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has set the groundwork for the 2027 politicking in earnest as President Bola Tinubu yesterday presided over the National Caucus meeting of the APC, marking the first of such gathering since he assumed office on May 29, 2023.
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As governments at different levels strive to tackle the menace of building collapse, which has, in the last 50 years, caused 1,574 deaths in 627 reported incidents nationwide, some developers are still resorting to unethical practices to outsmart regulatory control
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Belgium has raised concerns over the potential loss of a significant portion of its petroleum products exports to Nigeria as President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, in Abuja, intensified efforts to attract energy investors and expand domestic refining capacity.
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The Senate has said the proposed Tax Reform Bills will serve as a critical step in achieving President Bola Tinubu’s vision of a $1 trillion economy.
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The thought process of the Organised Private Sector (OPS) in Nigeria, as highlighted by the organisation’s newly elected chairman, Mr Dele Kelvin Oye, may just be what the country needs to break the economic logjam afflicting it over the past year.
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Nigeria's push for non-oil growth appears to be paying off as the sector’s contribution to output grew to 95.4 per cent in the fourth quarter (Q4) of last year.
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Petroleum Retailers Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has instructed its members to refrain from shutting down their operations over the non-payment of the N100 billion bridging claims.
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerian businesses of the Federal Government's continued support for their operations.