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Buhari seeks Senate approval to borrow $6.93 billion

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday requested the Senate to urgently consider and approve Federal Government’s 2016-2018 External Borrowing Rolling Plan…

Lai Mohammed: I was misquoted on Buhari

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says he “never said that President Muhammadu Buhari is to work…

RRS arrests 8 miscreants over traffic offence in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos Police Command on Wednesday arrested eight miscreants in Ojodu-Berger for…

Recession: What Other States Can Learn From Lagos- Reps

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

As Nigeria gradually makes its way out of economic recession, the House of Representatives on Wednesday commended the Lagos State…

Lagos State domestic debt stood at N311.7bn in 2016 – DMO

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Lagos State had a local debt stock of N311.7 billion as at Dec. 31, 2016, according to the Debt Management…

Osinbajo’s committee demands Senate’s interim report on SGF

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led committee investigating allegations of due process violation in award of contracts under Presidential Initiatives on…

Court reinstates deposed Imo traditional ruler

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

An Owerri High Court on Wednesday reinstated Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, the traditional ruler of Obinugwu autonomous community in Orlu Local…

NCPC solicits FG’s support, targets independence in 5years

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Rev. Tor Uja, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has appealed to the Federal Government to support pilgrimage financially…

INEC fixes May 20 for bye-election in Katsina

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed May 20, for the conduct of bye-election into Mashi/Dutsi Federal Constituency in…

UN to support Nigeria’s judiciary to curb rape, sexual assaults

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says it will continue to support the Nigerian judiciary to curb…

FCT Revenue Service will end multiple taxation — Minister

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, says the FCT Inland Revenue Service (FCT-IRS), will end the regime of…

Emir urges FG to address challenges in power sector

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to urgently address the crisis in…

FG to provide welfare support for people living with disabilities

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Dr Samuel Ankeli, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disability Matters, said that government was committed to providing…

EFCC to launch anti-corruption programme in universities-Magu

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Mr Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the commission will soon launch its anti-corruption…

PDP urges Nigerians to participate in Permanent Voter Cards registration

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians of voting age to come out en masse to participate in the…

NAOWA distributes breast examination kits to soldiers’ wives in Adamawa

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The 23rd Amoured Brigade chapter of the Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association (NAOWA) on Wednesday distributed personal breast cancer examination…

President Buhari not harassing Jonathan’s family – Presidency

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari is not harassing the family of former President Goodluck Jonathan as being alleged by the ex-president, the…

Protest in Lagos over Planned Installation of Monarch

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The family of Mutairu Ogundare and entire members of the three Community Development Associations in Shangisha and Magodo area of…

State receives health equipment worth $2m – Commissioner

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Oyo State Government says it has received a consignment of health equipment worth two million dollars ($2m) from the…

NSE All-Share Index drops by 0.77% on profit taking

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed negatively on Wednesday, halting the two-day price rally, due to profit taking.

NUPENG commends FG’s proposed second refinery in the North

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

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

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

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

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

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

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

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

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

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

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

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

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

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

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has solicited the partnership of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) to upgrade slums…

Farmer Jailed 8 Years

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A Katsina State High Court sitting in Malumfashi on Wednesday sentenced a farmer, Yusuf Abdullahi of Baraunku village in Kankara…

Buhari To Make Minimum Wage A Priority

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Mr Goke Olatunji, President, National Union of Chemical Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Methallic Products Employees (NUCFRLMPE), has called on President…

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