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    We must ensure adequate security of Benue, other states – Saraki – The Sun News

    Senate President Bukola Saraki has assured Benue people that the Senate would not stop engaging security agencies to ensure adequate security in the state to enable the over 180,000 internally displaced persons currently occupying eight IDP camps return to their homes. Saraki, who gave …...
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    Nigeria, others renew pledge to win fight against corruption – The Sun News

    Nigeria and other African countries at the Africa Day 2018 in New York renewed their commitment to win the fight against corruption so as to advance sustainable development on the continent. Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande, and other African envoys, made the …...
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    Commonwealth Games: Sports ministry shells medalists with N65m – The Sun News

    A total sum of N65 million was shared among the Nigerian medalists and coaches at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Queensland, Australia which held between April 4-15 this year, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has stated. The minister, in a chat … read more via The...
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    Imo APC tussle: Okorocha, Oshiomhole meet Buhari in Aso Rock – The Sun News

    President Muhammadu Buhari has met with Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State behind closed doors and former governor of Edo, Adams Oshiomhole, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Yesterday’s meeting would be the second time the president would meet with Okorocha, in Aso Rock. The governor’s...
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    Why Bauchi deputy gov, Gidado, resigned – The Sun News

    Fresh details have emerged on the resignation of former Bauchi deputy governor, Nuhu Gidado. Gidado, in a May 16 resignation letter, told Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar that he left government because of “dampened … Read more via The Sun News – https://ift.tt/2saLQjD Get More...
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    Minimum wage increase receiving attention –Oyo-Ita – The Sun News

    The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Ms. Winifred Oyo-Ita, has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the constitution of the Presidential Committee on Minimum Wage. Speaking during a service wide sensitization workshop on the 2017-2020 Federal Civil Service Strategy and...
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    Pope considers visiting Nigeria –Onaiyekan – The Sun News

    The Supreme Pontiff, Pope Francis, is considering visiting Nigeria, as part of his itinerary. The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, who disclosed the Pope’s intending visit to Daily Sun, in Abuja, yesterday, said no date has, however, been fixed for the visit. … Read...
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    Anambra bans Okada – The Sun News

    The ban on commercial motorbike in Awka and Onitsha from July 1, by the Anambra State government, may put over 10, 000 youths out of job. Government had, through a press statement by the Chief Press … Read more via The Sun News – https://ift.tt/2IF8n3c Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Buhari yet to receive Budget 2018 from N’Assembly –Udoma – The Sun News

    The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, yesterday, revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari, was yet to receive the 2018 budget said to have been transmitted to him for assent one week after it was passed … Read more via The Sun News – https://ift.tt/2s2NLYf Get More...
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    Epileptic power supply: FG defends sale of electricity to ECOWAS – The Sun News

    The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), disclosed yesterday that it was economically wise to sell electricity to buyers in other countries since generating companies must continue to invest and reinvest to sustain the supply chain. Defending the sale of electricity to … Read more via...
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    Tribunal overrules FCMB in N2.5bn debt – The Sun News

    At last, the Investments and Securities Tribunal (IST) sitting in Abuja has resolved a 10-year cyclical dispute between a stockbroking firm, Valueline Securities and Investments Limited and First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) over repayment of N2.5 billion shares purchase fund misappropriated in...
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    IMF slams FG, says Nigeria can’t repay loans – The Sun News

    Apparently worried by the Federal Government’s refusal to heed its advice on loan sustainability, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), yesterday doubted Nigeria’s capacity to repay its rising debt stock. The Fund’s anxiety over Nigeria’s loan repayment ability may have been triggered by...
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    Buhari boasts: Nigeria’s foreign reserve grew to $47.5bn in 3 years under my watch – The Sun News

    President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday boasted his economic policies have moved Nigeria forward, with foreign reserves rising from $30 billion in 2015 to $47.5 billion in the first three years of his administration. He stated that the nation’s economy … Read more via The Sun News –...
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    Panic in Jos as 15-yr-old boy killed by suspected ritualists – The Sun News

    Read more via The Sun News – https://ift.tt/2GBP8BT Gyang Bere, Jos There was panic in Jos Monday when a 15-year-old son of a community leader in Farin-Gada, Joseph Zarma, was allegedly killed by suspected ritualists in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Daily Sun gathered that...
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    Troops of OPWS kill 35 herdsmen, others in Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba – The Sun News

    Troops of the newly launched Operation WHIRL STROKE (OPWS) operating in Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba and Zamfara states managed to kill 35 herdsmen over the weekend, even as a large number of them escaped with gun shot wounds. Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. John … Read more...
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    APM Terminals contribute N186bn annually to Nigeria’s economy – Report – The Sun News

    An impact assessment study conducted by a Denmark-based consulting firm, Quantifying Business Impacts on Society (QBIS), has revealed that the operation of APM Terminals, in Nigeria created a total turnover of around $610 million (N186.05 billion) per year to the Nigerian economy from 2013 to …...
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    WAEC uncovers fake online recruitment – The Sun News

    Management of West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has uncovered fake online recruitment trending on Facebook and other social media. WAEC Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Demianus Ojijeogu, in a statement, said the fake advertisement entitled: ‘WAEC recruitment 2018/2019 exercise and how to...
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    We’ll rescue Bayelsans from PDP –Sylva, Lokpobiri – The Sun News

    Former governor of Bayelsa, Chief Timipre Sylva, and Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, have said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will rescue the state from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The duo addressed party members in Yenagoa, …...
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    Oyegun, APC leaders move to appease nPDP – The Sun News

    National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, will lead party leaders to a much-awaited meeting with leaders of the new PDP (nPDP). They are scheduled to meet, today, the APC national secretariat. Former acting chairman of … Read more via The Sun News...
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    Senate invasion: Ndume, Omo-Agege risk fresh suspension – The Sun News

    There were fresh indications, at the weekend, that former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume and Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, risk fresh suspension slammed on them by the chamber, in the coming days. The looming suspension is a fallout of the invasion of the Senate by some … Read more via The Sun News –...
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