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Nigerian Presidency late Tuesday denied reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled appointments and memos approved by his former chief of staff late Abba Kyari. Reports had over the weekend emerged that the President directed his new Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, to cancel all appointments and approvals made by the late Chief of staff Abba Kyari. The ...

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa has denounced report by Sahara Reporters that he has 64 bank accounts linked to his Bank Verification Number, BVN. Sahara Reporters, in its reports on Saturday claimed that 64 bank accounts have been discovered to be linked to the Bank Verification Number of Obasa and registered with various names, allegedly ...

The United States President, Donald Trump has ordered the reopening of religious centres across the country, adding that they are a part of essential services in the fight against the Coronavirus, among others. Trump warned that he would use his executive powers on any governor who fails to heed the instruction. “The governors need to do the right thing and ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Godswill Obioma as the new Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Examinations Council, NECO. In a letter dated May 15, 2020 with Reference No: FME/PS/396/C1/1/134 and signed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, the letter stated that the appointment which is for an initial tenure of five years ...

Kaduna State Government has vowed to keep its health facilities running and protect staff willing to provide services to the public, in the event of any strike action by health workers. In a statement on  Thursday in Kaduna and signed by Special Adviser to Gov. Nasir El-Rufai on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye, the government said it rejects the strike ...

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in Abuja. Aregbesola congratulated all Muslim faithful for the successful completion of the Ramadan fast. A statement by the Director of Press in the Ministry, Mohammed Manga, quoted Aregbesola as calling on Muslim faithful to replicate the life of kindness, love, tolerance, peace and ...

  The Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association has reversed its stay-at-home order and told its members to resume work. The order was made following harassment, arrest and detention of health workers by the police. Giving the order, the association asked for an apology and a written statement signed by government and appropriate police authorities with clear terms ...

An interim report heard on the floor of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday detailed how dredging companies in the state have consistently defrauded the government to the tune of several hundreds of millions. The report was read on the floor by Hon. Victor Akande, chairman of a seven-man committee set up to look into the activities of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Charles Uwakwe as registrar of National Examinations Council and four other management staff for various offences. Their removal comes after a panel investigating allegations of misconduct against them while they were on suspension recommended they be removed. A May 11 letter signed by the permanent secretary Sonny Echono said Uwakwe was accused ...

Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has extended the gradual easing of the lockdown by two weeks across the nation. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, announced this on Monday during the daily briefing of the task force in Abuja. According to him: “​Based on the ...