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NRC announces new fares for Kaduna-Abuja rail service

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced new fares on its Kaduna-Abuja route with effect from Monday, Feb 6, 2017.…

Toyota, Suzuki begin partnership talks

Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp. on Monday said they have commenced formal talks aimed at forging a partnership…

NIMASA push for passage of Anti-Piracy Bill

The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has said the agency is pushing for the…

Travellers rush to board U.S. flights while Trump ban blocked

Travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries affected by the initial immigration order by President Donald Trump have started rushing to…

Customs seize Toyota Prado worth N15m

The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command, said it had seized a 2016 Toyota Prado, worth N15 million, in enforcing Federal…

Lagos clampdown on illegal abattoirs, arrests 24 butchers

No fewer than 24 butchers and cattle marketers have been arrested for offences bothering on illegal operations in a clampdown…

SERAP writes Trump, demands return of Nigeria’s stolen assets

A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) wants the United States to release $500m proceeds of corruption…

23 teachers dismissed in Zambia for impregnating pupils

Zambia News and Information Service (ZANIS) on Saturday said no fewer than 23 teachers were dismissed in Zambia for sexually…

Skye Bank announces resignation of four Executive Directors

Skye Bank Plc has notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) of the voluntary resignation of four of its Executive Directors…

Police nab notorious kidnap kingpin in Enugu

The Police in Enugu have arrested a notorious kidnap kingpin, Christian Akpan, also known as “Mayor’’ in the state. The…

FCMB raises N5.1 billion through bonds

First City Monument Bank, FCMB has sold N5.1 ($16 million) of bonds, less than it originally planned to raise, at…

CBN sells N400 billion Bill to mop up money market liquidity

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, sold about N400 billion ($1.27 billion) of Treasury bills on Friday, lifting the interbank…

Addressing Nigeria’s Infrastructural deficit

By Tayo Ogunbiyi Infrastructure development is critical to achieving human capital development in any society. The economic impact that infrastructure…

N19.7b NIMASA fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Akpobolokemi, 3 others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday re-arraigned former NIMASA boss Patrick Akpobolokemi and three others before a…

Jigawa adopts measures to boost rice, wheat production

The Jigawa Government has adopted proactive farmer support programmes to boost the production of paddy rice and wheat in the…

Unpaid salaries:Ooni urges state governments to pay workers

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has decried state governments owing workers salaries running to several months,…

DPR seals 7 filling stations in Zamfara over hoarding

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed up seven filling stations in Gusau, Zamfara for hoarding and selling petrol…

Kerosene explosion claims pregnant woman, son

The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the death of a pregnant woman and her son after a kerosene explosion…

Lagos charges public servants to possess right attitude to work

The Lagos State Government has charged public servants in the state to possess the right attitude to work in order…

Charcoal dealers make huge sales in Enugu

Charcoal sellers are now making huge sales in Enugu, as most residents of the city have virtually dumped their kerosene…

Facebook to pay $500m over theft

US jury in Texas , media reports on Thursday, ordered Facebook Inc, its virtual reality unit Oculus, and other defendants…

Businessman defrauds South African company of $936, 000

A businessman, Chris Ifeorah, who allegedly defrauded a South African firm of 936,000 dollars, on Wednesday in Lagos got a…

Ambode okays death penalty for kidnappers, signs bill into law

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday signed a bill into law specifying death penalty for kidnappers, whose victims died…

Plateau: Commission plans mass redeployment of LG staff

The Plateau Local Government Service Commission on Wednesday said it has concluded arrangements to carry out mass redeployment of personnel…

Teaching in the age of communication technology

By Dr. Akintola Benson Oke Without a doubt, teachers are pretty important to the society. Teachers hold the key to…

Lagos sets to employ 27,500 community sanitation officers

The Lagos State Government is set to employ 27,500 Community Sanitation Officer as part of the on-going solid Waste Management…

Warren Buffett: I bought $12 billion of stock after Trump won

The failure of Warren Buffett’s favored candidate to capture the White House has not dimmed the billionaire’s appetite for stocks.…

Oil prices jump as OPEC cuts output, dollar sinks

Oil prices rose more than one per cent on Tuesday after news that the world’s top producers cut production in…

Saraki accepts chief of staff’s resignation

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has accepted the resignation of his Chief of Staff, Sen. Isa Galaudu.…

Ambode bans LG officials from traffic enforcement, cancels official number plates

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has ordered the ban of all Local Government officials in the state from controlling or…
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