FG, oil marketers agree on subsidy payment

Federal Government and petroleum marketers finally reached an agreement on how the outstanding fuel subsidy claims would be settled by the government.

The agreement was reached after a meeting held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance.

A statement from the Media Adviser to the Minister of Finance, Mr Paul El [...]

School feeding programme: FG to patronize IDP food market

States where the federal government’s school feeding programme are in operation have been asked to purchase their food stuff from the Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, market in Nasarawa state.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, hopes this will encourage the displaced persons and also boost their m [...]

Buhari, Kagame For EFCC Anti-corruption Marathon In Abuja Dec 10

President Muhammadu Buhari and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda are expected to flag-off the inaugural National Anti-Corruption Marathon, organised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Crimes (ICPC), Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and Fair Play Internationa [...]

2019: foundation tasks politicians on peace

Ahead of the 2019 general election, a non-governmental organization, Caleb Danladi Foundation, has urged aspirants vying for political office to preach peace and encourage their supporters to shun acts capable of disrupting public peace.

Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, Mr. Caleb Danladi, who gave the charge in an interview with [...]

Killing of priests, worshippers: Anagbe, Ortom preach forgiveness

The Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, has appealed to Christians to forgive the invasion and killing of two priest and 17 worshippers at Ayar Mbalon in April this year.

Bishop Anagbe spoke when he led the Catholic faithful to the atonement rites at St. Ignatius Quasi Parish, Ayar Mbalom where two [...]

2019: NPC reassures INEC of peaceful elections

The chairman of the National Peace Committee, General Abdulsalam Abubakar, (retired) has reassured the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the general of the committee's preparedness to ensure the 2019 general election enjoys peace and orderliness throughout the exercise. 

Abubakar, who gave this reassurance in a [...]

Graft: EFCC partners Nigerians in Diaspora

The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has appealed to Nigerians in the Diaspora to show more interest and be keen in seeing Nigeria take the lead in the fight against corruption on the African continent.

Magu made this charge while receiving a delegation of Nigerians in Diaspora led by New [...]

What Nigeria needs to do to win the war on terror

In order to defeat terror, Nigeria needs a well thought out anti-terror plan and one thing that must be central to that plan is the buy in of the people because terror can only thrive where there is local support. Take that local support structure away and the terror architecture will collapse like a pack of cards.

Terrorists are themselv [...]