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President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Chairman of the Governing of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Dr. Tony Clinton Jaja. Dayo Apata, Solicitor-General of the Federation, conveyed Buhari’s directive in a letter dated 15 October, 2020, and forwarded to Jaja himself. The body of the letter reads: “I have been …

The Federal Government says the EndSARS protest has been hijacked by hoodlums and people with the ulterior motive to destabilise the country and bring down the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Sunday when he featured on a Radio Nigeria programme …

The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Yalwaji Katagum said President Muhammadu Buhari administration has created enormous opportunities for Nigerian youth to become productive in employment and entrepreneurship through the collaborative project of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) tagged …

Rising from its monthly meeting the National Economic Council has directed the immediate establishment of State-based Judicial Panels of Inquiry across the country to receive and investigate complaints of Police brutality or related extra judicial killings with a view to delivering justice for all victims of the dissolved SARS and …

Against the alarming state of insecurity in the Nigeria’s Northern region, the Coalition of Northern Groups has announced its decision to stage a protest across the region, starting today [Thursday]. Announcing the move in Abuja on Wednesday, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the spokesman of the coalition said: “We observe that while the …

The Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment is allocated N51 billion fo capital projects in the 2021 fiscal year, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday told a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja. Other key capital spending allocations in the 2021 Budget include Power: N198 billion (inclusive …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says it is time for the executive and legislature to focus on what they have been elected or appointed to do which is to improve welfare of the people.Mr Osinbajo made this submission at the closing session of the two-day Joint Executive-Legislature Leadership Retreat on Tuesday …

It was a bleak Saturday morning at Diso Quarters, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State when a housewife, simply identified as Hauwa, killed her two children over dispute with her husband, Ibrahim Aminu. The crisis reached the climax when Mr Aminu married a second wife.In protest against the marriage, …

A sensational first half hat-trick from Ollie Watkins helped Aston Villa to a stunning 7-2 victory over Liverpool in the English Premier League (EPL) on Sunday. It was a result which not only ended the champions’ 100 per cent start to the season, but also was a severe humbling. Liverpool …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he is concerned and  angry that young men and women who are arrested, are in some cases, maimed or killed by men of the Nigeria Police Force. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said the Vice President expressed this view on Sunday in Abuja. …