Year: 2015
Ambode hosts one-day governor, Sonoiki Idowu
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment towards improving the quality of education in…
Saraki unveils list of committee chairmen, vice chairmen of 8th Assembly
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has unveiled the list of committee chairmen as well as that of the vice chairmen of…
Nigeria will strive to achieve peace in Burundi, Africa – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital that all efforts to achieve political stability and maintain peace…
Fix Daleko road, Lagos Assembly tells Ambode
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly has asked the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, to immediately direct the Public…
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S.African lawmakers fear MTN fine could hurt trade relations
South African lawmakers are concerned MTN Group’s alleged violation of Nigerian laws could hurt trade relations between the continent’s two…
LASG shuts 6 firms over N18.73m tax liabilities
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on Wednesday sealed six companies for failure to remit N18.73 million personal income…
Intels, Orleans generate 6.7bn dollars for Govt in 30years
Integrated Logistics Services (Intels) Ltd., a major oil and gas cargo handling company and its holding company, Orleans Invest, generated…
No power blackouts in South Africa until April 2016 – Eskom CEO
South African power utility, Eskom, does not expect to implement electricity blackouts until April 2016, its chief executive told parliament…
Lagos Commissioner justifies govt. plan to buy Helicopters
The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve Ayorinde, says the purchase of three additional helicopters by the…
OLX, MoMo partner to ensure e-commerce user safety
Funsho Arogundade OLX, Nigeria’s leading online classified platform has partnered with Mobile Monday Nigeria, MoMo, a global community of mobile…
Two policemen, 4 others feared dead in Edo bank robbery
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than six persons, including two policemen and a private security man were reportedly killed on Tuesday…
Man impersonates Mopol, mounts road block to feed family
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 31 year old man, Husseni Elisha have been arrested and charged before Magistrate’s court sitting in Ejigbo…
Man slumps, dies after friend dupes him N21m
Cyriacus Izuekwe A trader at the popular Ladipo auto spare parts market in Mushin area of Lagos state has slumped…
Slash salary of all public office holders by 50%, says Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has called for the salaries of all public office holders to be slashed by…
$5.2bn Fine: MTN reacts to false information in media
Telecommunication outfit, MTN has reacted to false information in the media while cautioning against reports that it has agreed a…
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Oil Trade: NNPC says bye bye to middlemen, set to deal directly
Nigeria will start selling and buying oil and gasoline directly to cut out middlemen and curb graft, the new managers…
Stanbic IBTC gets respite as CBN says no need to restate accounts
Nigeria’s central bank did not find “material misrepresentation” after examining past accounts of commercial bank Stanbic IBTC and sees no…
Customs working hard to meet N944bn target, says Hameed Ali
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Colonel Hameed Ali has revealed that the Nigerian Customs Services is working hard to meet the…
Poverty not reason to engage in human trafficking – AIG Hassan
AIG Bala Hassan who is in charge of the Nigeria Police Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, on Tuesday urged Nigerians…
All officers under close watch, says Customs boss
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd), has said that all officers in the Nigerian Customs Services are under…
$200m Loan: Senate ponders over Ambode’s request
The Senate has considered the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for a 200-million-dollar World Bank loan for Lagos State led…
Public beware, that’s not my Facebook page – Head of Civil Service
The Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, has disassociated itself from a purported Facebook account used…
Things fall apart as PDP senators reject votes, proceedings
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senators rejected Thursday’s votes and proceedings held for the confirmation of former Governor Rotimi Ameachi…
Ogbulafor, Nwaka hail Abia tribunal judgment
A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, has hailed the judgment of the Abia…
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Equipment at Nigeria airports acquired over 30 years ago, FAAN MD tells Senate
The Managing Director of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr Saleh Dunoma, said on Tuesday in Abuja that…
Champions League: Madrid, Man City through to Round 16
Real Madrid and Manchester City emerged the first teams to clinch spots in round of 16 in the UEFA Champions…
Money Laundering: EFCC to arraign Suswam on Wednesday
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it will arraign former Governor of Benue Sate Gabriel Suswan…
Airtel bags Merit Award at ATCON’s 21st anniversary
Henry Ojelu Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has been honoured with a Merit Award by the Association of Telecoms Companies…
Police raids dark spots in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Police Command has raided major dark spots in the Lagos metropolis. The raid is part…
Buhari describes re-election of Ivorian President as victory for unity and stability
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night called President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire to congratulate him again on his election…