Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that 16 years of the PDP government brought no savings, no infrastructure, no power, no rail, no road and no security for the country. ‘‘I want Nigerians to realise that what this government inherited after 16 years of the PDP government was no savings, no …
Read More »Kanu Nwakwo loses mum
Nigerian football legend and former Arsenal forward, Kanu Nwankwo, popularly called ‘papilo’, has lost his mother. According to Papilonews.com, Susan Kanu Iheme, matriarch of the Nwankwo family, died on Wednesday, September 7 in Owerri, Imo state. “The loss of Mama is hard to bear. She is a rock that stood …
Read More »Catholic Knights to hold vigil on abortion, mounts campaign on sex education
Knights of the Order of Saint Mulumba in collaboration with the Family and Human Life Unit, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos have concluded all arrangements to hold a reparation vigil on abortion. Metropolitan Grand Knight, Lagos Metropolitan Council of the Order, Dr. Charles Mbelede addressing a press conference in Lagos said …
Read More »Nigeria spends $22bn on food importation yearly – Agric. Minister
Nigeria spends about $22bn a year on importation of food into the country, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has revealed. Read also: (There may be no food next year – Gov. Ortom) Lokpobiri hinted this on Saturday at a town hall meeting in …
Read More »Zenith Bank launches *966# free airtime promo
Peter Amangbo, Zenith Bank GMD Nigeria’s foremost Financial Institution, Zenith Bank Plc., has launched the *966# Friday campaign to reward its USSD banking customers by giving them a chance to triple their airtime purchased every Friday on the platform. The campaign, which will run every Friday from September 9 through …
Read More »FG Approves Loans From World Bank, China, Japan At 1.25 Percent Interest
The Federal Government has approved plans for long-term loans from the World Bank, China and Japan with interest rates of 1.25 per cent and maturity of 20 years. According to reports, the loans would be received from institutions such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, …
Read More »Digital Nigeria will help drive inclusive growth – Airtel CEO
L-R, Economist and Policy analyst, Dr. Ogho Okiti; MD/CEO, Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya and Africa and Middle East Senior Economist, Bloomberg Intelligence, Mark Bohlund at the 2nd Nigeria Stock Exchange and BLOOMBERG CEO’s Round table in Lagos. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya, has called …
Read More »Access Bank wins again, emerges CIBN’s Best Bank Academy Award
Access Bank School of Banking Excellence has won the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Award for the Best Bank Academy in the year 2016. The award was in recognition of the quality of the curriculum of the school and quality of the graduates as well as the consistency …
Read More »Diaspora Nigerian physicians should come home to make country medical tourism hub in Africa -Okoro
Dr. Stanley A. Okoro is a doubled Board certified plastic surgeon based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America, USA, and a medical doctor of international repute. A native of Orlu, Imo State, he was adjudged the best cosmetic plastic surgeon in the State of Georgia in 2014, beating …
Read More »Dangote Group refutes report on importation of GMO rice
Dangote Group has refuted widely circulated broadcast that the company was allegedly partnering with the Federal Government to import and flood the market with poisonous Genetic Modified Organisms, GMOs’ rice. The group in statement made available to us Thursday tagged as malicious the broadcast alleging the so called partnership, stating …
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