THE EXECUTIVE

The Federal Government has explained meeting up with the promised target of 5,000 megawatts of electricity generation had been difficult due to shortage of gas supply. Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC)…

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, yesterday ramped up his defence of consultants in the controversial N418 million Paris Club Refund, insisting that he was only interested in the enforcement of a court judgment in…

The Minister of Industry Trade and Investment, Mr. Adeniyi Adebayo, yesterday inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee to oversee the implementation of a memo on the “Promotion of Agri-Business in Nigeria through Right Farm Gate Pricing and Ban of Foreigners from Purchasing Agricultural…

The Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has described the boundaries between Nigeria and her neighbouring countries as artificial in nature. Gambari, who described Buhari’s foreign policy as concentric, said this on Monday at a reception organised in…

The Presidency yesterday faulted criticism that it has not done enough to secure the release of the passengers abducted by terrorists during the March 28th attack on the Abuja/Kaduna train. Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, told the Hausa Service of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has once again appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off the ongoing strike. Buhari said that it was counterproductive for the university lecturers to continue with the strike as its negotiations with the Federal Government…

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that Nigeria’s current security challenges have overstretched the deployment of security agencies and the nation’s resources. The president, who spoke Friday at the State House, Abuja at the launch of the National Crisis Management Doctrine (NCMD), also noted…

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, has said he turned down an offer by Tesla Inc to get raw lithium from Nigeria. Lithium is one of the components used in electric car batteries. There has been more than eightfold surge…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, promised that the military will not stop or reduce its efforts to rescue the remaining 31 abductees of the March 28 train attack, through non-combative means. Buhari emphasised that his primary concern is to…

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Thursday, said that the Federal Government would not interfere with any local or international legal battle involving a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is currently facing trial…