Year: 2017
Firm Targets 200MW Expansion, establishes N50b Bond Issuance Programmme
Viathan Engineering Limited, a leading indigenous provider of integrated captive and embedded power solutions and a pioneer in the Nigerian…
Businessman Remanded Over Alleged N600m Fraud
A businessman, Babatunde Ayantunji, 48, has been arrested and arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly conniving with others…
Octogenarian Woman Jailed for Selling Cannabis
A Federal High Court, Lagos on Thursday convicted an 87 year-old woman, Agbomabiwon Maria Seriki, for dealing in 10.3 kilogrammes…
We’re 99 percent ready for Anambra Election – INEC
As the zero hour ticks for the commencement of the November 18 governorship election in Anambra state, the Independent National…
How Uzochukwu Emerged Mr. Nigeria International Top Model 2017
Early October, 26-year-old dashing model cum Mechanical Engineer, Watson Uzochukwu beat 89 other contestants to emerge as the winner of…
Keystone Bank reaffirms commitment to customers with new campaign
Keystone Bank Limited, has reaffirmed its commitment to deliver unparalleled products and services to its customers with the recent launch…
The Nigeria Military And Gender Discrimination
Various news media sources on the 13th of November 2017 carried the report of how the Nigerian Military in its…
Ikoyi Passport Office gets notary public for easy documentation
An office of the notary public has been established at Ikoyi Passport Office in Lagos for speedy processing of legal…
NSE appreciates as Unilever, Transnationwide rights boost listings
The All-Share Index of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) appreciated by 0.05 per cent on Thursday to reverse the last two-day…
NLC tasks Bayelsa to provide evidence of Payroll
The labour movement in Bayelsa on Thursday challenged the state government to produce evidence that the 4,204 workers in its…
Lagos kicks off Street Carnival December 3
The Lagos State government on Thursday said it is set to usher in this year's Yuletide with the Lagos Street…
List of 520 roads Okada, Keke Marwa are banned in Lagos
Following the recent controversy surrounding the arrest of Commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada inside streets in Lagos, the State…
Lagos Assembly to embark on speedy development in 2018
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday said the state’s lawmakers needed to do…
300 senior military officers graduate from UI
About 300 members of the nation’s armed forces were part of the 3,641 Master Degree graduating students at the 69th…
Economist expresses optimism GDP will grow by 3.05 % in 2018
An economist, Dr Biodun Adedipe on Thursday expressed optimism that the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would grow by 3.05…
Zimbabwe latest: Mugabe in crunch talks over his future
Zimbabwe's long-time president Robert Mugabe is holding talks with South African negotiators over his future.
Nigeria to partner with Boeing to reintroduce national carrier
The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika says that the Federal Government is set to sign a Memorandum…
NiMet predicts cloudy, sunny, hazy weather for Friday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy to sunny weather conditions over the Central states of the country…
Nigerian Automotive Industry Development Plan Bill passed
The Senate on Thursday passed the Bill on Nigerian Automotive Industry Development Plan, as part of efforts to transform the…
Senate, NBA to partner on easy passage of Bill
Senate President Bukola Saraki has pledged the cooperation of the Upper Chamber with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), to ensure…
NDLEA in Sokoto receives 52 Kg of intercepted Indian hemp from customs
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday handed over 52.2 Kilogrammes of Indian-hemp intercepted along Illela-Sokoto road to the officials…
Ambode: How Seamless Port Operations Can End Apapa Gridlock
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on provided the needed recipe to end unending gridlock at the nation's seaport haven,…
Average price for petroleum product increases in October – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the average price paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (Petro) increased by…
Carnival: Lagos plans 12-hours street display of culture
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it would hold a 12-hours street carnival on the popular Oba Akran Avenue,…
Concession agreement: Reps to probe 2nd Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the nature of contracts and concession arrangements between the Federal Government and…
Ambode warns Civil Servants against importing non-workable ideas
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday warned civil servants against importing non-workable ideas and policies into the civil service…
Money laundering: Dogara urges support for enforcement agencies
Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday urged West African governments to provide adequate resources that would enable law…
2018 Budget: Senate to begin debate next week
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, says the debate on the 2018 appropriation bill will commence on Wednesday,…
40,000 of 75,000 registered Nigerian doctors practice abroad – NMA
The Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State Chapter, on Thursday said exodus of doctors from Nigeria had reached an alarming proportion,…
One quarter of Nigerian adolescents sexually active – NURHI
Concerned by the spate of unsafe sex by adolescents in the country, an NGO, the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative…