PRESS STATEMENT President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a Public-Private Partnership styled Infrastructure company named Infra-Co with an initial seed capital of N1 Trillion. It is envisaged that, over time, the entity will grow to N15 Trillion in assets and capital. Infra-Co will be one of the premier infrastructure finance entities in Africa and will be wholly ...

  Nigeria is expected to receive 3.92m doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, March 2., i.e, tomorrow. The Nigerian health authorities said those who have taken Covid-19 vaccines abroad are still required to take polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests upon arrival in the country. The minister of state for health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, gave this indication while speaking with ...

  “l call on all Fulanis presently residing in and those coming into the state to demonstrate a peaceful and harmonious relationship with everybody to sustain the peace and harmony the state is known for,” Aliyu-Baruten said. Arising from a large population of cattle breeders moving into the state the Kwara state government called for a meeting of stakeholders in ...

  Pegasus Report Zamfara State Governor Alhaji Bello Matawalle said that the abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Jangebe, will be released in a short while. The governor gave this indication in Gusau on Sunday while receiving the Federal Government delegation that came to pay him a sympathy visit over the crisis. Speaking during the occasion the governor told ...

  It will be recalled that Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, had accused Tanko of failure to “differentiate between personal opinion and official stand on matters of public concern” as the reason for relieving him of his post. Pegasus Reports The State Security Service (SSS) said that the arrest of Salihu Tanko-Yakassai, the sacked media aide to Gov Abdullahi Ganduje ...

  We already KNOW (as testified by Olusegun Obasanjo) that there is a conspiracy to destroy the Igbo nation in Nigeria. And, many Igbos believe that part of that conspiracy is to empower greedy, self-serving, TREACHEROUS Igbo crooks, and pitch them against their own people. By Harry Agina Folks, I want to start with the complaint that I have been ...

  Pegasus Report This Arab country derived the name because seven Arab emirates “came together” on a round table and decided to form United Arab Emirates. To be United means to have a common purpose. Unity isnot by force. You can never force unity. The UAE is a small country with the Population of 9.2 million whereas 1.4 million are ...

  In essence, Awolowo had core values that informed his politics and government. This made him predictable and stable such that Sir Ahmadu Bello once remarked that “With Awolowo, you know where he stands on any issue”. Pegasus Report I look at politics and politicians in my part of Nigeria (Southwest) today and I cannot but remember Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s ...

  … Says money allocated for new NDDC Hdqs well utilized Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, has refuted reports that the Senate issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the Interim Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa. Senator Nwaboshi, who was speaking during the oversight visit of the Senate Committee ...

  Gumi said, “you see, they call them killer Herdsmen, (unclear) did they kill?…sometimes, some of them are on drugs, some of them are on drugs. So, that killing is not killing to…they want the money…when they kill, it’s mostly accidental, maybe somebody they took who is sick. But tell me who have they killed” By Bashir Lucas Samson Lukman ...