Author: Ezeibekwe Kingsley
NUPENG commends FG’s proposed second refinery in the North
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Wednesday commended the Federal Government on the proposed second…
Ministry: We did not hire foreign PR consultants for N612 million
The Federal Ministry of Finance said that it had not hired any Public Relations firm for 2 million dollars (N612…
POWA donates food items to widows, orphanage in Kaduna
The Chairperson Police Wives Association, (POWA) in Kaduna State, Mrs Maureen Abeh on Wednesday donated food items, beverages and toiletries…
Group says Nigeria loses $3.8bn annually on ICT importation
A civil society group, the Transparency Advocacy Initiative Nigeria, says the country loses 3.8 billion dollars annually to the importation…
Authority’s chairman urges Anambra civil servants to access housing via mortgage
Chief Godson Ezenagu, Chairman, Anambra Housing Development Authority, has urged workers in the state to take advantage of the mortgage…
Court orders forfeiture of cash belonging to former First Lady
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered a temporal forfeiture of $5.8 million belonging to a former First…
Voters’ registration: Monarch calls for large turnout in Rivers
Eze Samuel Amaechi, the Paramount Ruler of Igbo kingdom in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers, has called for large…
Gov. seeks institutes’ partnership to upgrade slums
Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has solicited the partnership of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) to upgrade slums…
Mortgage Fund: Association plans to educate civil servants, others
The Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria (MBAN) says it is planning enlightenment campaigns on ways to access mortgage finance in…
FAAC: Federation account records N38.7bn increase
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Tuesday shared N467.8 billion.
Nigeria ranks 3rd in Africa’s internet affordability index: Report
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has ranked Nigeria third in its Africa Affordability Drivers Index, out of 27 countries…
UN pledges reforms to meet SDGs 2030 target
The UN says it is carrying out various reforms of the organisation to help countries to meet its ambitious 2030…
Malaria Day: State govt. to distribute 3m treated mosquito nets
Ondo State Government said it has concluded arrangement to begin house-to-house distribution of about three million insecticide treated mosquito nets.
Labourer, 46, in court over alleged rape of minor
A 46-year-old man, Suleman Adamu, appeared in a Jos High Court on Tuesday, charged with allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl.
Judicial workers want “Harmonised Conditions of Service” law implemented
The Joint Union of Magistrates, Judges, State Counsel and Draftsmen, has called on the Nasarawa State Government to implement the…
N1.64bn fraud: Witness denies seeing Nyame receive N100m
A defence witness, Philip Akolo, who was an orderly to former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, on Tuesday told an FCT…
CDS: Military operation in southern Kaduna yielding positive result
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Abayomi Olanisakin, on Tuesday says the special military operation in Southern Kaduna is…
Staff screening: State to prosecute workers with fake certificates
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Tuesday received the final report of the staff screening exercise, with a vow to…
Fresh batch of 253 Nigerians return from Libya
No fewer than 253 more Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya on Tuesday aboard a chartered Airbus A330-200 with registration mark…
CBN sells $25m to investors, exporters
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday commenced interventions in the new Investors and Exporters’ FX Window with the…
INEC says 20,000 voter’s cards abandoned in Plateau
The Plateau office of INEC said on Tuesday in Jos that 20,000 voter’s cards had been abandoned in its offices.
Police nabs 4 suspected kidnappers in Osun
The Police in Osun on Tuesday arrested four members of a suspected five-man kidnapping gang after engaging them in a…
Herdsmen/Farmers clash: Police hold Security Summit
The Nigeria Police Force says it has fixed May 8 and May 9 for the National Security Summit on Famers/Herdsmen…
UNICEF procured 2.5 bn doses of vaccines in 2016
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said it procured 2.5 billion doses of vaccines for children in nearly 100 countries…
NBS wins 2016/2017 Best Public Sector Website award
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has emerged as the winner of the Best Public Sector website for the year…
FG takes steps to eliminate skills gap in education system
The Federal Government says it is taking steps to tackle the challenge in declining quality of education caused by widening…
CVR: INEC warns against registration by proxy
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday warned residents against attempting to register in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR)…
GenCos back govt’s move to monitor collection of electricity funds by DisCos
The Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) says the Federal Government’s plan to monitor collection of electricity payment will ultimately…
VP calls for banking sector support to achieve 7% annual growth forecast
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday urged the banking sector to support the country’s Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) to…