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The new Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola said he has no idea of how the ministry operates. He disclosed this, during his visit to the ministry after his inauguration. He went in the company of other ministers. While speaking at the ministry, Aregbesola said apart from stories about the …

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons said necessary arrangement had been put in place to receive 4,000 Nigerian refugees from the Cameroon Republic. A Director in the commission, Mr. Lawal Hamidu led a delegation to receive the refugees today. Hamidu said the team had visited Duware …

 A Non-Governmental Organization ( Clean Tech Hub)  has stated that a good number of Nigerians lacked access to Electricity.‎  They made this known in a workshop, on promoting Citizens access to clean energy solution in Nigeria. Mr. Mark Amaza the facilitator, said that 93 million Nigerians lacked access to electricity.  …

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that Stanbic Bank is set to give scholarship worth N15m to top 30 candidates in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The scholarship includes the best male and female students, best visually-impaired candidates in the 36 states of Nigeria.  According to …

The South-East governors’ forum said IPOB’S order to its member to attack the governors and other Igbo leaders was an empty threat. It also argued that attacking the governors would not solve the problem of their agitation for Biafra. The Chairman of the Forum and governor of Ebonyi State, David …

Catholic Bishops of the Owerri Ecclesiastical Province has raised alarm on the height of insecurity in the country and enjoined Christians to watch and pray. The bishops made this Known in a nine-point pastoral statement issued at Sacred Heart Pastoral Retreat Centre, Orlu.  Stating that,   government’s silence over infringements at …

The Presidency has denied that the Federal Government had placed restrictions or an outright ban on importation of food items into the Country. In a statement by the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, the presidency said President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent disclosure that …

Owing to the height of insecurity in Nigeria, former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon, rtd, with an NGO save Nigeria Project Initiative, in collaboration with the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN and the Muslim community  have planned to go on  three-day national prayer and fasting programme  with the theme: …

President Muhammadu Buhari said that he had directed the Central Bank of Nigeria not to give any importer foreign exchange to import food into Nigeria. Also, at a separate event the president said he would set performance targets for his new ministers, while someone with expertise in agriculture would head …