The federal government, through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2013 Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS), will provide 3,383 health projects, 7,015 educational projects, 2,780 water and sanitation facilities across 210 local government areas(LGAs) in the country. Similarly 697 agricultural and wealth creation...

President Goodluck Jonathan has said the Federal Government will spend N1.5 trillion in the next five years to reform the police. The President spoke yesterday in Makurdi, Benue State, at a two-day retreat on: Sustaining Nigeria PoliceReforms. The event was organised by the...

• FEC okays draft bill for metallurgical industry The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N240.2 million to procure 37 SUVs for each of the states’ chair Coordinators of the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme in all the states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Minister...

The highpoint of yesterday’s debate was the allegation by  some Senators that the Minister of Finance, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is imposing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank economic policies on Nigeria. Most Senators across party line also called for a...

Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has remarked that the economic indices of Nigeria have been quite impressive since the inception of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. The vice president made this remark today at a reception organized for him in Abidjan...

Finally, President Goodluck Jonathan has confirmed the reason for the replacement of service which he blamed on the inter-service rivalry. Speaking while commissioning the Air Force Comprehensive School in Yola, Adamawa State, Jonathan urged a synergy among the nation’s...