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President Buhari has ordered the release of N54 billion for the payment of pension arrears for the year 2014, 2015 and 2016. Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun disclosed this in…

Nigeria’s budget gap will probably be larger than the government estimates this year because the West African nation’s revenue from taxes and state companies will be lower than forecast, the…

The Lagos State Government has terminated the contract for the construction of a 48-bedroom hotel project at the VIP chalets in Badagry, which was awarded in 2013 to Messrs. Anatolia…

The percentage of men and women who use tobacco every day has dropped in most nations since 1990, but the total number of smokers and tobacco-related deaths has increased, a…

The‎ Federal Government says it is seriously exploring the local production of passport booklets as part of plans to save cost and ease the lingering scarcity of the document. ‎…

The United Nations Children’s Fund has donated 1,000 doses of drugs to the Federal Capital Territory Primary Health Care Development Board for the treatment of Cerebrospinal Meningitis currently ravaging certain…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to unfreeze the account of former first lady Patience Goodluck Jonathan which contains $5.9…

A former Lagos State governor, Ahmed Tinubu, has denied a news report that he is plotting to “destroy” the Senate. Mr. Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress,…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that a total of 15,232, 597 passengers travelled through Nigeria’s airports in 2016. The NBS which disclosed this figure in a report…

Five Nigerians were among the 35 women captured by the Islamic state fighters in Sirte, Libya and turned into sex slaves for months. The Nigerians, including two children and 28…