FG Okays N14.8bn Workers’ Insurance Cover, COVID-19 Oxygen Plants         The Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disbursement of N9.2bn as premium for insurance companies who will manage group life insurance coverage for federal civil servants. The Minister of Information and...

Nigeria Records N5trn Non-oil Exports       More than N5 trillion non-oil export cargoes were ferried out of the country in the fourth quarter of last year. The goods were shipped out of Lagos ports and formed part of the total export goods valued at about N6 trillion. Customs...

An Encounter with Gen Attahiru, Spy Chief a Week Before their Death By Yushau A. Shuaib “Mallam Yushau, can you see me at Niger Barrack today?” - General Attahiru I received the above phone message on Sallah Day, Thursday May 13, 2021, from the late General Ibrahim...

'Ministry To Spend 70% Budget On East-West Road'         The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr Babayo Ado, has disclosed that the Federal Government is working to ensure the completion of the East-West Road. He said the ministry would spend 70 per cent...

FG, Shell In Talks Over Sale Of Nigerian Oil Assets       The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said the Federal Government is in talks with Shell over the planned sale of the company’s stakes in Nigeria’s onshore oil assets. The Nigerian oil...

$700m Looted Funds Returned In 4 yrs; Nigeria Receives £4.2m Recovered From UK — Malami       The Federal Government recovered $700 million looted funds in the last four years, even as it just received the £4.2 million taken from Delta State’s treasury by an ex-governor of...