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Kaduna Govt. recruits 75 budget officers

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Kaduna State Government has recruited 75 budget and planning officers to enhance budgeting and planning processes for effective service delivery.

Kebbi Govt. spends N10.8bn on gratuities

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Kebbi Government says it has expended N10.8 billion on payments of outstanding gratuities to 7,003 retirees across the 21…

Nigeria requires $1trn to modernise energy infrastructure – Osinbajo

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says 1 trillion dollars is required to modernise Nigeria’s energy infrastructure in 29 years.

2019 elections: Senate passes INEC N189 billion budget

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Senate on Thursday passed the sum of N234 billion for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the 2018…

INEC expects 80m registered voters to participate in 2019 elections

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Thursday that more than 80 million registered Nigerians were expected to vote…

Primaries: APC supporters demand cancelation of Katsina Assembly election

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

No fewer than 1000 supporters of Alhaji Kamal Alty, one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants for the just…

Lagos Airport: Unions threaten to extend protest to other terminals

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The unions in the aviation sector on Thursday threatened to ground flight operations at all terminals of the Murtala Muhammed…

14-year-old marriage dissolved over spiritual attacks

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Thursday dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between Bunmi Adewuyi and Adegbite Adewuyi over spiritual…

Husband, mother in-law battle over inheritance

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

A widower, Isah Sulaiman, has sued his mother in-law at a Magajin Gari Sharia Court in Kaduna, over his late…

IMF urges Nigeria to tighten monetary policy

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Nigeria to tighten its monetary policy and strengthen non-oil revenue mobilisation efforts for…

Flood: Air Force embarks on free medical outreach for IDPs

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Mobility Command of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Bayelsa has embarked on a five-day free medical outreach for…

Customs seizes contraband goods worth N142m

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Niger Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized contraband goods worth over N142 million in the last…

Be active in politics, group tasks Nigerian women

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

A group, Badagry Women Development Forum (BWDF), on Thursday urged females in Nigeria to play active roles in politics, to…

Dollar weakens on softer U.S. yields

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The dollar weakened on Thursday following an overnight drop in U.S. Treasury yields, though moves in foreign exchange markets were…

Cooperative society tasks Ambode on giving farmers interest-free loans

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

The Food Basket Farmers’ Cooperative Society, Ogijo-Ikorodu Chapter, on Thursday urged Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State to support farmers…

Prices of 17 cancer drugs cut by 56%

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

China National Healthcare Security Administration on Thursday said payment standards for 17 types of anti-cancer drugs newly included in China’s…

British Academic in solitary confinement after UAE Research

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

A British Academic, Matthew Hedges, is being held in solitary confinement without charge in the United Arab Emirates while conducting…

Buratai bags award on Leadership

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Institute of Economists of Nigeria, Ibadan has conferred “Exemplary and Uncommon Leadership Command Award” on the Chief of Army…

Oil market well supplied – OPEC

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

OPEC sees the oil market as well supplied and is wary of revisiting a glut next year, the group’s secretary-general…

Money laundering: Council of EU tightens rules

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

The Council of the European Union adopted on Thursday a new directive aimed at counteracting money laundering, the council said…

GOtv Boxing Night 16: Joe Boy Gets New Opponent As Injury Rules Out Dotse

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Anama Dotse, the Ghanaian billed to fight African Boxing Union lightweight champion, Oto “Joe Boy” Joseph, at GOtv Boxing Night…

E-waste management: Foundation calls for more stringent measures, policies

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

Prof. Oladele Osibanjo, the Vice-Chairman, E-Waste Relief Foundation (ERF), a non-governmental organisation, has called for stringent measures and pragmatic policies…

Biased investment: World Bank takes responsibility for advising Nigeria, others

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

The World Bank says it “has to take some responsibility’’ for advising Nigeria and other African countries to invest more…

Rocket carrying space station crew fails mid air

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

A booster rocket carrying a Soyuz spacecraft with a Russian and U.S. astronaut on board headed for the International Space…

UNICEF, ADB committed to fight poverty in Asia-Pacific

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

The UNICEF and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday renewed their commitment to fighting poverty and promoting the well-being…

Mental illness: NMA seeks free treatment for patients

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

President of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Francis Faduyile, wants free treatment for mental related illness.

ANEC: Osinbajo tasks editors on values, ethics of journalism

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday, tasked the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) to save the journalism from…

2019: 31 of 40-member Lagos Assembly secures APC return tickets

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

Barring last-minute substitution of candidates, 31 of the 40 APC members in the Lagos State House of Assembly have secured…

Indonesia to call off national search for earthquake victims

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Indonesian government will on Friday call off national search efforts for victims of September earthquake and tsunami, the National…

Justice Kavanaugh, unlikely to heed calls for recusal

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

Justice Brett Kavanaugh is unlikely to heed calls by critics to step aside from certain politically charged U.S. Supreme Court…

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