nigerian metro news 100719

Members of the house of representatives have asked the federal government to obey the court orders directing the release of Ibrahim el-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). At plenary on Wednesday, the lawmakers said IMN members who have been protesting their leader’s...

The Debt Management Office, DMO, has published the Public Debt Data comprising the domestic and external debts of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as at March 31, 2019. The figures were released in a … Read more...

Gunmen kidnap Adamawa permanent secretary Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2XYRaZn Get More Nigeria Metro News

The protesters, who were armed with various placards and branches of trees, can be heard chanting solidarity songs. “This suffering is too much, our body is not used to this,” one of the songs … Read more via Nairaland Forum – https://ift.tt/2S5U6On Get More Nigeria Metro News

Following the crisis that has embroiled the Edo State House of Assembly, the House of Representatives on Tuesday may take over the affairs of the state Assembly. This came on the heels of a motion under matters of urgent public importance brought by Hon. Julius Ihovbare from the … Read more...

Darius Ishaku, governor of Taraba state, has described the Ruga initiative as a form of colonialism, saying it should not only be suspended but cancelled. The federal government had proposed the idea as a means of addressing the incessant clashes between cattle rearers and farmers but it was...

Figures released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) on Wednesday shows that the country’s debt has increased by N587 billion. According to the DMO, the total debt stock as at March 31, 2019 stood at N24.9 trillion compared to the N24.3 trillion as at December 31, 2018. More to … Read more...