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Nigeria’s push for more revenue from oil has received a major boost as President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assented to the bill amending the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2WFn6z0 Get More Nigeria Political News

With Wednesday’s Supreme Court judgment, which drew the curtains on the 2019 presidential election petition, stakeholders in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had since returned to the drawing board to review … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2qeJy5W Get More Nigeria...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned of impending violence ahead of the Kogi and Bayelsa states governorship elections. INEC’s Chairman, Prof … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2r1d3bz Get More Nigeria Political News

As the country braces up to the challenge of a looming industrial action in public-owned universities over implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has insisted that no employee is at liberty to...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday ruled out any mass defections in the party due to the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment that dismissed the party’s presidential election petition against the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari..... Read more via Thisdaylive –...

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the wife of Katsina State Deputy Accountant General, Hajiya Lubabatu Sani Lawal. The hoodlums numbering about 20 stormed the victim’s residence located within Government Reserve Area (GRA) on Wednesday night and whisked her away. ... Read more via Thisdaylive –...

As part of measures to bolster the federal government finances, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed revenue generating agencies to drastically cut down their … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/31ZpNfQ Get More Nigeria Political News

Emeka Offor’s name rings loud in both the social and corporate circles on account of his wealth and knack for celebration of life in grand styles. The billionaire, penultimate Saturday, showed the world again that he could go to any length to make his children happy in life with all that …...

The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) has warned that the reduction in hydrocarbon exploration and steady depletion of the oil reserves will drive Nigeria into risks of long-term disruption to oil and gas supplies, power generation, collapse of industries and significant...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) reportedly spent a whopping $396.33 million between 2013 and 2017 – a period of four years, to carryout repair works under the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) scheme on three of its decrepit refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna, … Read...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has Released to some banks part of the N499,175,535,097 deducted from 12 banks as additional cash reserves after the affected banks failed to meet a target … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2OT5DkK Get more: Nigeria Business News

The African Union has described Mozambique’s October 15, 2019 general elections as peaceful and conducted in a transparent manner. AU, which deployed a team of election experts and short-term observers to the southern African nation’s Presidential, legislative and provincial elections, noted...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Thursday stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has ended the era of public officials lavishing Nigeria’s commonwealth on expensive trips. The spokesman of the ruling party, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said in a statement that unlike the era of the Peoples Democratic...

South-east governors and Igbo leaders yesterday in Abuja urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on decayed infrastructure in the region. This is coming as the president has approved N10 billion for the take-off … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/33EoIuZ...

One person was reportedly killed while five others were abducted as gunmen launched fresh attacks on communities in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This was coming as the Principal of Government Technical Secondary School located at Maraban … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

At about 10.20pm last Tuesday, my phone rang. I was already in bed and was very reluctant to yet take any call. It was my nephew on line. He just lost his dad, some five weeks ago. I ignored the call. But he kept calling. I managed to pick … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/35CyzTU...

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, has faulted the Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement signed by the Interior Ministry with private companies for the establishment of passport application support centers in United States, Canada and nine...

Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has assured that all the salary and pension arrears owed the workers and pensioners would be paid. Fayemi urged those nursing the fear that the arrears valued at N57 billion has become a bad debt to bury … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

The First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, wednesday in Abuja apologised to her children, family and Nigerians over a leaked old video, which showed her aggressively shouting on top of her voice in the State House, Abuja. The video, which was allegedly leaked by Fatima, the … Read more via...

To curb leakages and instil financial prudency in the management of federal government’s resources, President Muhammadu Buhari has restricted the number of international trips by ministers, permanent secretaries and other top political appointees to not more than two … Read more via...