. Says Travel Expenditure to drop by about 20% In line with its mandate, the Efficiency Unit of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Finance is collaborating very closely with the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) and the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of... Read more

*Says “dwindling revenue has taught us never to rely on FG allocation for development again” The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Tuesday said never will his administration base the execution of its programme on allocations from federal revenues allocations again. The Governor, at the signing into law... Read more

From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar   For their refusal to respond to requests made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 2011, a Non-governmental Organisation, Media Initiative against Injustice, Violence and Corruption (MIIVOC) says it is set to sue the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigerian Security and Civil... Read more

  From: Diana Okon-Effiong,Calabar   Stakeholders in journalism and the Mass Media have decried the deployment of armed police and army personnel to the State Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Calabar.   The armed security operatives were sighted in large numbers as they cordoned off... Read more

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has described the late mother of Ebonyi State Governor, Deaconess Margaret Umahi, as a  “Christian icon and a great mother of the state.” Speaking at the Osborn La-palm Hotel Event Centre, Agu-Ugwu Umunaga, Uburu  in Ohaozara Local Government Area during a thanksgiving  service in honour  of... Read more

By James Pam There is a Bill before the Nigerian National Assembly that has successfully scaled through second reading in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, which deserves very close scrutiny by all Nigerians. The international community should also be interested in this Bill because of the... Read more

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano yesterday flagged off the Delfarm Anambra Songhai Farm Project at Igbariam in Anambra East Council Area. The project designed for full value-Chain Agricultural Production and Processing as well as for Agricultural Technical Services us worth about 4.5 billion naira of investment in its first... Read more

Nigeria’s Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun called for sustainable and inclusive growth for Africa at a high level G20 Finance Ministers seminar held in Paris Thursday night.   The Finance Ministers met to discuss current challenges to the international financial architecture and ways of combating macroeconomic volatility.   The high-level... Read more

The Nigerian Army has announced that Colonel Samaila Inusa, who was kidnapped on Sunday 27, was found dead today (Tuesday) at about 6:00 p.m., . “Preliminary investigation revealed that most likely the late senior officer was killed same day he was kidnapped by his abductors. This is because the body... Read more