Federal government said it is ready to launch the National Cybercrime Centre to curb the increasing wave of cyber-related crimes in Nigeria.The inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, disclosed this at the first consultative forum on the National Legal Framework on Cybercrime held in Abuja, yesterday.The IGP said the
Read More
Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai has invited former Vice President Namadi Sambo, pioneer national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande and his successor John Odigie-Oyegun, to commission various projects of the Urban Renewal Programme of his administration tomorrow.Also invited to the event are former governors and
Read More
Kwara State governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has emerged as the new chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum following a unanimous consensus among members.He takes over from Sokoto State governor Aminu Tambuwal.The election of Governor Abdulrazaq ushered in a fresh era of leadership within the NGF, signaling a collective commitment to steer
Read More
Minister of state for budget and national planning, Prince Clem Agba, has said 2million Nigerians have benefited from the federal government's COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme in the first year of its full implementation.The NG-CARES is funded with a $750 million concessional loan facility from the World
Read More
Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has delivered three low-cost housing estates worth N3billion in Jigawa State.This was disclosed at the commissioning of 100 housing units constructed by the bank in Dutse, the state capital by Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar.He said the project would complement the state government’s efforts at providing affordable
Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, presided over the Valedictory Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.During the FEC meeting, Buhari also swore in the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission Board.The president performed the brief ceremony before the commencement of the valedictory federal executive council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja.The
Read More
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has called on President-elect, Bola Tinubu, his Vice, Kashim Shettima, and state governors to declare their assets before inauguration on May 29.The special assistant to CCB Chairman, Mustapha Musa, who disclosed this in a recent media interaction in Abuja stated that the asset declaration
Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the approval of the Senate over a request to pay different sums as judgment debts.The amounts which are $566,754,584, £98,526,012 and N226 billion — are said to be owed by the federal government.Senate President Ahmad Lawan read the president’s letter of request at the plenary
Read More
The Sen. Abdullahi Adamu-chaired National Working Committee has hosted the House of Representatives Joint Task Committee canvassing for the Party’s endorsed aspirants, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Hon. Benjamin Kalu as the 10th Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House.The meeting was attended by Over 100 elected House members.
Read More
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the Monetary Policy Rate, also known as the interest rate, to 18.5 per cent.CBN raised the rate from 18 per cent to 18.5 per cent on Wednesday, after the MPC meeting held at CBN Headquarters in
Read More