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NCS adopts new approach to check smuggling

The Sokoto State Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has adopted a community based approach to check the…

Economic recession; a lesson for Nigeria — Obaseki

All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo Godwin Obaseki says the present economic recession in the country is a…

Recession: CAN president calls for hard work, courage

Reverend Samson Ayokunle, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called on Nigerians to embrace hard work as…

NUPENG can’t afford to go on strike now – President

The President, National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Achese Igwe, said that the union could not afford…

FG will not sell off all national assets – Minister

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma says the fiscal stimulus strategy designed is not to…

Nigeria to harvest more wheat in Feb. 2017

Flour Mills of Nigeria is working with Nigerian farmers on the local cultivation of wheat in the country, its Group…

Police arrest 4 for diverting rice meant for IDPs

The Katsina State Police Command on Saturday said it had arrested four persons for allegedly diverting tonnes of rice meant…

Niger Delta Avengers attack Bonny crude oil export line

Nigerian militant group the Niger Delta Avengers said on Saturday it had carried out its first attack in the country’s…

Stop paying us half salary, health workers tell Oyo Govt

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, has appealed to the…

Medview transports over 3,000 pilgrims back to Nigeria

Three Thousands (3,000) pilgrims, who performed the 2016 Hajj in Saudi Arabia, have arrived on Medview flights to Lagos, Kaduna…
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FG screens PHCN’s ex-staff, pensioners Oct. 3-21

Dr Vincent Akpotai, the Acting Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has fixed final verification of staff and pensioners of…

MAN says economic recession forces businesses to resize

The President of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Dr. Frank Jacobs, said the economic recession has made many businesses to…

Electric metering coy to employ 150 persons in Akwa Ibom

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom said on Friday that electric metering company with the capacity to employ 150 persons…

EFCC arrests staff over alleged N15m bribe

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday said it had arrested one of its operatives, Uzodinma Kingsley Agbazue,…
CBN says old naira notes remain legal tender

Naira strengthens against dollar at interbank market

The Naira on Friday appreciated against the dollar at the interbank market, after sustaining losses for two days. The Nigerian…

How Igbinedion connived with Ize-Iyamu to divert N4bn loan-Oshiomhole

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has accused the former Governor of Edo State, Mr Lucky Igbinedion of diverting N4…

Lagos begins installation of 13,000 CCTV cameras October

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said plans are afoot to link inner roads in the…

Nigeria loses N800bn to auto policy – Association

The President, Shippers Association Lagos State, Mr Jonathan Nicol, said the Federal Government had lost about N800 billion to the…

EFCC arrests 2 suspected internet fraudsters

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan, has arrested Egbedayo Semilore and Elijah Jeremiah alias Jerry, a…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Patience Jonathan’s $15m: EFCC places witnesses under security watch

As the trial of former aides of ex-First Lady, Patience Jonathan begins on Tuesday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…

FCT traders, transporters decry scarcity of smaller naira denominations

Traders and transport workers in the FCT have decried the paucity of smaller naira notes in the economy as an…
Court jails Lagos woman, Bose Lateef arrested by EFCC while hawking naira notes at Eko Club after she pleaded guilty to money racketeering.

Naira sustains fall against major currencies

The Naira on Thursday crashed further against the major currencies in all the segments of the market. At the interbank…

Dangote’s $17b refinery gets AFREXIMBANK funding support

The African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK) on Thursday said that it would assist the Dangote Group to access foreign exchange and…

NSCDC seals 3 illegal oil lubricants factories, arrests 50 persons

Security agents on Thursday sealed three oil lubricants blending factories operating illegally and producing fake products in llorin and Ogbondoroko,…

NEC endorses FG’s measures to beat recession

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday in Abuja expressed support for the plans and proposals of the Federal Government…

12,680 pilgrims return to Nigeria, says NAHCON

A total of 1,2680 pilgrims to this year’s hajj have so far been transported back to Nigeria five days since…

N1 trillion’ll solve Lagos road construction deficit-Ambode

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday justified the decision of his administration to engage indigenous contractors for…

How states, LGs, FG shared N2.53trn in 7 months

The federal, states and local governments have shared N2.53 trillion as proceeds of revenues from the Federation Account from January…

Micro-finance bank disburses N75m loan to farmers

The Dutse Micro-Finance Bank (DMFB) has disbursed N75 million loan to farmers in Dutse Emirate Council. Alhaji Safiyanu Sulaiman, Managing…

Gov. Shettima relocates to Bama to supervise reconstruction

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State said on Wednesday he had relocated to Bama, one of the communities worst hit…
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