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A list Actress, Rain Pryor and Daughter of late Legendary Hollywood actor/stand-up comedian, Richard Pryor, recently visited Nigeria to announce plans to launch a groundbreaking multi-million dollar film project in collaboration with Nigerian producers.   Acclaimed Nollywood actor and star of Netflix movie, Elesin Oba, Odunlade Adekola will be starring …

The naira sustained its appreciation against the United States dollar at the parallel market as it appreciated on Friday, from N1,160 to N1,155. This represents 0.43 percent (N5) gain than N1,160 exchanged on Thursday at the parallel market. It could be recalled that the naira had steadied in the parallel …

Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate The Federal Government through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, in collaboration with Medecins Sans Frontieres and 31 other member states, has proposed Noma’s inclusion as a Neglected Tropical Disease in the World Health Organisation’s official disease listing. The …

Minister for Power, Adebayo Adelabu The Federal Government has inaugurated an energy management and control centre established in Abuja to monitor electricity mini-grids operating across the country. It said the centre, known as the Energy Management System, would serve as the off-grid electricity supervisory control and data acquisition system for …

Governor Lawal spent in the same period over N400million in the state on local and foreign trips, according to pages 30 to 33 of the state budget performance report. The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has spent a total N150million comprising N80,578,860 on Foodstuffs and catering materials as well as …

Despite recent assurances by the Central Bank of Nigeria that there is enough naira in circulation, reports of scarcity have emerged across the country. A survey by The PUNCH, on Wednesday, confirmed scarcity in some parts of Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Kwara, Gombe, Edo, Sokoto, and Ekiti States. Many bank customers …

Sacked Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has approached the Supreme Court with an appeal claiming that certified true copies of last week’s Court of Appeal judgment on the Kano governorship election showed that Governor Abba Yusuf’s election victory was upheld. The Court of …

The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has disclosed that all schools in Benin Republic, Togo, Cameroon and Niger will henceforth be submitting a project-bound master list of their Nigerian graduates to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) every service. A statement signed by Director, Press …

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, said no administration was immune to mistakes, adding that his government was committed to public goods. The governor said this while reacting to the procurement record released by the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency during the inauguration of the Lagos State Building …

…EFCC, ICPC Invited To Investigate Bribery Allegation Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has been accused of bribing judges to influence favourable outcomes in petitions challenging his victory in the March 18 governorship election in the state. The allegation, made by the Transparency and Accountability In Political Litigations (TAPL), claim that …