An NGO, Shehu Musa Yar’ Adua Foundation, has urged the Federal Government to ensure that all tiers of government meet their financial obligations toward boosting the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) account. Mr Amara Nwankpa, Director, Public Policy Initiative of the foundation, made the assertion on Monday after a roundtable onContinue Reading
Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji has announced the state government plans to immediately rehabilitate villages recently destroyed by bandits in Zurmi local government area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 18 villages in the three districts of Kwashabawa, BiraneContinue Reading
Former First Lady, Hajiya Maryam Abacha, has pledged to collaborate with the State Government in the fight against drug abuse. Maryam, founder of the ‘Sani and Maryam Abacha Support Foundation’, made the pledge during the launch of the the Foundation on Saturday night in Kano. She said the collaboration wasContinue Reading
By Mustapha Yauri The Federal Ministry of Health has recalled 2.4 million bottles of cough syrup containing codeine after a recent audit of the substance carried out by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). According to a statement by Mrs Boade Akinola, Director Media and PublicContinue Reading
Liverpool scored three second half goals as they wrapped up their pre-season tour of America on Saturday with a dominating 4-1 victory over Manchester United at Michigan Stadium. Xherdan Shaqiri put a stamp on his Liverpool debut with a spectacular bicycle-kick goal to round out the scoring in the InternationalContinue Reading
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) said that the total pension fund assets stood at N8.14 trillion as at May, 2018. PenCom in a statement signed by its spokesman, Mr Peter Aghahowa, on Sunday said the assets rose from N7.52 trillion in December 2017, to N8.14 trillion in May 2018. TheContinue Reading
The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Mustapha Maihaja, has said that the Agency would engage state governments through intensive advocacy and sensitisation for efficient disaster management. Maihaja made this known in a statement signed by Mr Sani Datti, Head of Media and Communication, NEMA on Sunday in Abuja.Continue Reading
The Debt Management Office (DMO), says only three corporate entities accessed the domestic bonds market in 2017 with a total issuance of N23.15 billion. This is according to its recently published 2017 Annual Report and Statement of Accounts, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday inContinue Reading
The Federal Government has assured that it would soon commence the last evacuation of Nigerian football fans stranded in Russia after 2018 World Cup Tournament. The Embassy of Nigeria in Moscow, Russia, said this in a statement made available to newsmen by its First Secretary, Mr Desmond Nwosu, on SundayContinue Reading
