Tourists and football fans across the world are swamping around an ongoing art and culture exhibition centre set up by the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) in Moscow, Russia.While the players are exhibiting their talents and projecting Nigeria’s football prowess, so also is the Director General of NCAC, …
Read More »Age falsification: Buhari sacks Border Communities Development Agency boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has fired Director of the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA), Mrs. Olutayo Odumosu over allegation of age falsification, with effect from Wednesday, 20th June 2018. Mrs Agnes A. Aremu is now to oversee the affairs of the agency pending the appointment of a substantive Chief Executive Officer, we gathered from …
Read More »Why Abaribe was arrested by DSS – Lawyer
The lawyer to the detained representative of Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume (SAN), has said his client’s allegation of illegal insertion of N30 billion into the budget of the Ministry of Power without his committee’s knowledge was one of the issues that landed him in trouble. …
Read More »How FG’ll raise N9.1tn to fund 2018 budget – Udoma
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, has explained how the N9.1tn revenue to finance the 2018 budget will be raised by the Federal Government. Speaking during the public presentation of the 2018 budget on Thursday in Abuja, Udoma expressed optimism that the government would be able to …
Read More »Ambode promises to tackle drug abuse
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday reiterated his administration’s commitment to fight drug abuse in the state. The governor stated this at the inauguration of the Lagos State Kicks Against Drug Abuse (LASKADA) in Agidingbi, Ikeja, adding that the menace of drug abuse was on the high side. …
Read More »NNPC extends crude-for-refined oil contracts, settles $5b cash-call arrears
The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Maikanti Baru PHOTO: TWITTER/NNPC Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, said the corporation would continue to swap crude oil for refined petroleum products for the next six months in the face of obsolete refineries in the country.The …
Read More »Rivers APC Breaks into Factions Ahead of National Convention
Ahead of the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Rivers State chapter of the party has broken into factions as the immediate past Deputy Chairman of the party, Prince Peter Odike, has declared himself the acting Chairman of the party in the state, insisting that the election …
Read More »Oyegun Urged to Abide by Court Order in Abia APC Leadership Tussle
John Odigie-Oyegun As delegates prepare for the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the outgoing National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, has been urged to obey a subsisting court order in the leadership tussleAbia State APC is currently torn between two factional Chairmen, Hon Donatus …
Read More »New Buses Coming into Lagos in Batches
It was an iconic sight to behold as new buses adorned some of the recently constructed Bus Terminals in Lagos for the take off of the Bus Reform Initiative of the state government designed to bequeath a world class transportation system and enhance connectivity across the state. Apart from adding …
Read More »Forex: CBN gives retail SMIS $343.06m boost
The retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) has received a boost of $343.06 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), following the Bank’s intervention in the Foreign Exchange market on Thursday, June 14, 2018. Figures obtained from the Bank indicate that the amount released was for requests in the …
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