THE EXECUTIVE

The federal executive council (FEC) has approved a contract worth N1.4 billion for surveillance equipment at the Kaduna and Port Harcourt airports. The council gave the approval on Wednesday in a meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. Hadi Sirika, minister…

The Federal Government has kicked against plans by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to go on a two-day solidarity strike in support of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions, saying it is unlawful. The Minister of Information…

The Federal government has placed the Federal Ministry of Health’s Port Health Services at the nation’s borders on red alert following Ghana’s confirmation of its first outbreak of the highly infectious Marburg virus. This is just as medical experts said Nigeria was at…

President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) just as the new firm will expand its retail outlets to 1,500. Speaking on Tuesday at the State House, Buhari said: “It is therefore my singular honour and privilege on this…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that the establishment of the Federal University of Health Science, Otukpo, Benue State was part of his administration’s at taking tertiary institutions closer to the people. The president stated this when he performed the groundbreaking ceremony of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and its new president, Mr Yakubu Maikyau (SAN). In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, the President said he looks forward to a healthy working…

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the just- concluded Osun governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, over his election. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, Buhari noted the outcome…

President Muhammdu Buhari Saturday in Daura, Katsina State, said the process that led to election of former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was purely democratic, and a reflection of the…

VICE President Yemi Osinbajo has been admitted to hospital where he is to undergo a surgical procedure for a leg injury. Osinbajo disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. The vice president hinted that he sustained the recurrent injury while playing squash. “I have been…