33.9 C
Lagos
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has pledged the readiness of the Green Chamber to address some of the challenges faced by magistrates across the country. The Speaker made the commitment when representatives of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria visited him in his office at the...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja appreciated Nigerians and Organized Labour for restraint, understanding and patience as the country tackles myriad economic challenges, assuring that the Federal Government is working hard to ameliorate the situation. Speaking at a virtually held event at the State House to unveil National Gas Expansion...
A former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme on Wednesday said bandits terrorising northern Nigeria have the direct lines of the governors in the region. While speaking on insecurity in Nigeria, Prof. Usman Yusuf, who was a guest on Arise TV's The Morning Show Wednesday described politicians in...
Vice President (VP) of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo says the brutal slaughtering of at least 43 farmers, who have been buried last weekend, just outside of Borno State capital, Maiduguri last week is a major tragedy. The VP expressed sadness over the ugly incident in while speaking to newsmen in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as the new Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). A statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu confirmed this on Tuesday. READ ALSO: https://echotitbits.com/endsars-nigeria-appeases-uk-government/ The new NAPTIP boss is...
Afraid of being sanctioned by the United Kingdom Government over the handling of the #EndSARS protests which turned bloody in Nigeria, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has moved to placate the British government to present its own side of the story. The Federal Government's latest position was coming as...
President of African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina; Chair of the Graça Machel Trust, Graça Machel; and a musician, businessman and former Culture and Tourism Minister of Senegal, Youssou N’Dour, have reaffirmed the need to engage the civil society organisations (CSOs) towards building back Africa following the devastating effects of...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday said the establishment of modular refineries in the country will make petroleum products available in the country and eliminate importation. The President spoke at the virtual inauguration of the 5,000 barrels per day Waltersmith modular refinery in Ibigwe, Imo State, as well as the Ground-Breaking Ceremony...
The Federal Government of Nigeria says it is expecting some hardwares to reinforce efforts of the Air Force in combatting insurgency in the Nation's North-East. A statement posted on the Nigerian Goverent twitter page quoted Chief of air staff, Air Marshall, sadique Abubakar stating that: “We are expecting 3 JF-17...
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, has rebutted what has been described as a "mischievous and sensational report" by Premium Times on alleged illegal payments in the erstwhile Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. Describing the report as "irresponsible journalism," Fashola said if anything has been stolen,...