[Premium Times] Only civil servants with confirmed Bank Verification Numbers, BVN, will henceforth receive salaries in Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike has announced. Source: Niger feed
Troops 'Kill' More Boko Har...
[Premium Times] The Nigerian Army said on Thursday that troops fighting insurgency in the North East under “Operation Lafiya Dole” had killed some Boko Haram insurgents near the Sambisa forest and recovered several items. Source: Niger feed
NFF Approves Expatriate for Falcons, ...
[Daily Trust] The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has approved the recommendation of its technical committee to engage the services of an expatriate to tinker the country’s national senior women’s team. Source: Niger feed
Boko Haram – It's About Hu...
[Premium Times] The debate over Boko Haram’s vanishing territories, instead of a focus on saving lives, seems to have forgotten that the group only declared its first territorial control in the sixth year of its terroristic onslaught. In those five years before its territorial control, the violence and bloodletting activities were no less revolting. So… Read More
Govt May Sack More Heads of Departmen...
[Guardian] Abuja -Less than 24 hours that saw the sacking of about 26 chief executives of parastatals by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, indications have emerged yesterday that more directors-general may soon be removed from office. Source: Niger feed
Minister Disputes Oliseh's YouTu...
[This Day] Abuja -Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, tuesday controversially insisted that the online video recording, where Super Eagles Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh, described public inquiry into his coaching methods as ‘insane’ was a manipulated production. Source: Niger feed
Blame PDP, Not APC, for Nigeria'...
[Premium Times] The speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has called on critics of the All Progressives Congress-led administration to stop blaming the government for the current economic challenges facing Nigeria. Source: Niger feed
Boko Haram Hungry, Desperate – ...
[Vanguard] The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the spate of suicide bombings and attacks on soft targets by Boko Haram, lately as actions of hungry and desperate terrorists. Source: Niger feed
Boko Haram – UN Releases $58m t...
[Vanguard] Abuja -The UN has released 58 million U.S. dollars to assist 2.4 million people affected by Boko Haram-related violence in 2015, a document obtained shows. Source: Niger feed
Head of Parastatals Sacked Due to Sab...
[Vanguard] Abuja -National chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Oyegun has said that the 26 government agencies and parastatals whose Heads were sacked on Monday by president Mohammadu Buhari have been compromised. Source: Niger feed
Kogi Speaker Lawal Impeached
[Vanguard] … Impeachment saga, kangaroo arrangement – Lawal Source: Niger feed
Boko Haram – UN Releases U.S.$5...
[Premium Times] The United Nations has released 58 million U.S. dollars to assist 2.4 million people affected by Boko Haram-related violence in 2015. Source: Niger feed
First Life-Saving Food Assistance for...
[WFP] In Chad, over 5,000 internally displaced people received food and nutrition assistance for the first time as insecurity and access concerns had cut them off from any support. Distributions are now ongoing, and WFP aims this month to reach up to 35,000 displaced people, cut off previously from any assistance. Source: Niger feed
Budget Padding, Scandalous Votes and ...
[Vanguard] When Ministers began the defence of their budgets, last week, errors in the document made the Senate to express worries over what has now been described as padding by the Executive arm arising from high overhead and personnel costs, just as this development led to the lawmakers asking the Ministers and heads of parastatals… Read More
Buhari Should Withdraw This Budget
[Daily Trust] The confusion that has trailed the consideration of the 2016 budget estimates of various Federal ministries and agencies by the National Assembly has been without parallel in recent times. Allegations of errors, padding up of figures, changing of whole ministries’ budgets, smuggling of strange items and of ministers “disowning” their budgets all combined… Read More
Ex-DMI Chief, Maj General Letam Wiwa,...
[Premium Times] The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday said a former director of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), Letam Wiwa, was not in its custody, contrary to media reports. Source: Niger feed
