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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has fixed a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the New Peoples Democratic Party block within the APC, Vanguard newspaper is reporting. The members of the nPDP had issued a quit threat from the APC if they …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it has paid about N1 billion to owners of Computer-Based Test centres nationwide for their services for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos that …

  The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has commissioned a 132/33KV transmission substation with a 40MVA transformer at Mayo Belwa town in Adamawa state. Fashola also revealed a decision of the federal government to invest N72 billion as a shareholder loan and intervention to the 11 …

Buhari Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Diego García-Sayán, UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers requesting him to use his good offices to “prevail on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to end persistent disobedience of court rulings and orders and uphold the Nigerian …

Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative banking service provider, has hosted the May 2018 edition of the bankinng technique and practice meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce Nigeria. The meeting held at the Victoria Island Office of the financial powerhouse attracted representatives of the ICC Nigeria as well as the …

By Julius Akpovire Enyeh There are politicians and there are politicians. In Delta State, they also abound in different shades and characters, so much so that if awards were to be doled out today, there would be a lot of pretenders amongst them as far as the development of the …

Kemi Adeosun, Finance Minister The 36 states of the Federation have so far withdrawn about N593.1 billion from the Federation Account, as revenue generated in the first quarter of 2018. The breakdown was contained in the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria …

Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has introduced a new banking product that will help small and medium scale enterprises save on cost and and optimize their Business margins/revenues. The product, Biz-Smart Account, enables Enterprisesopen and operate the account without paying maintenance fees and other related charges. Biz-Smart …

Obasanjo said this on Thursday when he briefed newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said the All Progressives Congress is taking Nigerians for fools while “revelling in an unrepentant misgoverning of Nigeria”. Obasanjo said this on Thursday when he briefed newsmen in Abeokuta, …

Akinwunmi Ambode The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said all hands are on deck to complete the largest rice mill in Sub-Saharan Africa currently ongoing in Imota Local Council Development Area of the State within the first quarter of 2019. Apart from ensuring availability of rice in the market, the …