By Matthew Denis The Coordinator of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) North Central 3 Zone, Dr. Adelaja Abereoran has disclosed that the cultural norms, mores and religious perspective of some Communities is posing challenge in capturing people at grassroots into…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it recorded a trading surplus of N28.38 billion in September 2020. The Corporation disclosed this in its Monthly Financial and Operation Report (MFOR) for the month of September, released in Abuja, on…
Nigerian authorities moved to seize assets belonging to one of the nation’s largest banks to recoup damages owed by Royal Dutch Shell Plc to a local community over a decades-long dispute. Federal court officials and police visited First Bank of Nigeria…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared all the 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship seats at the Saturday’s Kano State local government councils poll. The Chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission Prof. Ibrahim Garba-Sheka disclosed this while announcing the…
Dozens of All Progressives Congress (APC) and National Rescue Movement (NRM) supporters in Madawaki Ward of Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara have defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking on behalf of the defectors on Sunday, Alhaji Bello Jafaru…
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has commended the electorate for the peaceful conduct of Saturday’s local government councils poll in the state. Ganduje said this on Saturday shortly after casting his vote at Ganduje Cikin-Gari ward poling unit 008 in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday congratulated Chief Bisi Akande on the occasion of his 82nd birthday. The party described the octogenarian and former governor of Osun as a grassroots politician and staunch advocate of progressive politics and governance. The…
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of painting a rosy but false picture of pre-May 2015 Nigeria when it handed over a country on the verge of bankruptcy with decrepit infrastructure, in spite of…
By Deborah Christopher The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq launched the Federal Government Special Cash Grant for Rural Women, handed N20,000 cash to Fulani women in Hutawa near Birnin Kebbi. Nigerian Newsdirect…
Laraba Raphael Following the viral photo of a multi-billion naira hotel located in Rivers state, allegedly named after Osborn Umahi. A group known as has asked the Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi to speak up about the ongoing construction of …
