Shehu Sani, the Senator represent Kaduna Central has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the increase of Nigerian Police salary, allowances and pensions. Buhari on Monday while speaking with members of the Nigeria Police Service Commission and the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force who were on a “Thank You” visit …
Read More »Tramadol importation: FG to Sign MoU with India
In order to checkmate importation of illicit, banned and regulated drugs into Nigeria, the federal government said it would soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India. The comptroller – general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col Handed Ali (rtd) made this known over the weekend during …
Read More »Again, FG Fails to Reach Agreement with ASUU
The meeting between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday again ended with both parties failing to resolve their differences. With the non-resolution the issues, the four-week-old industrial action embarked upon by the lecturers continues. The meeting, which started in the evening and lasted …
Read More »2019: APC guber candidate, Uchechukwu Ogah blasts Ikpeazu, says Abia stinks
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State, Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah, has stated that the people of state were waiting eagerly to sweep away the ruling Peoples Democratic Party-led government in the state. He vowed that the APC will …
Read More »FG Committed to Passage of PIGB :Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that the federal government is committed to the passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) to enable Nigeria reap full benefits of the country’s petroleum resources. This is even as the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House …
Read More »Obaseki Presents N175bn 2019 Budget Proposal To Edo Assembly
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State yesterday presented a budget proposal of N175 billion for 2019 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly. The budget proposal is 9.2 per cent above the 2018 budget of N146 billion. The proposed budget tagged: “Budget of Socio-Economic Inclusion” has N95.8 billion as …
Read More »FG, AfDB To Create $500m Innovation Fund For Tech, Creative Sector
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Monday, disclosed that the Federal Government is in talks with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to create $500 million innovation fund for technology and creative sector. Meanwhile, the outgoing President of African Securities Exchanges Association, ASEA, Mr. Oscar Onyema, said that strategic relationships of …
Read More »NSE sanctions 8 banks, 27 other companies N452m in 11 months
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has sanctioned 35 companies with fines totalling N452 million for failing to file their financial statements at the regulatory date. According to the data obtained from the Exchange, among the companies fined, eight were financial institutions, showing that Unity Bank Plc owed the highest …
Read More »Cut Overhead Costs, FG Urges States
The Federal Government has called on state governments to reduce unnecessary overhead costs and enthrone fiscal discipline. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, made the call, Monday, at the on-going 2018 Conference of the National Council on Finance and Economic Development, NACOFED, in Kaduna. Special Adviser on Media and Communications …
Read More »Get “CHARMED” in the cinemas
CHARMED, a new movie from the stable of Verte View had it’s premiere last Thursday, 22nd November 2018 at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas, The Palms, Lagos. CHARMED is the story of David Hale a successful and cocky young man who has everything going for him until he suddenly begins to experience …
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