Nigeria, Morocco Bilateral Agreements will shorten Nigeria’s recession – Elumelu
Abuja – The Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr Tony Elumelu, has said the Bilateral Agreements signed between Nigeria and Morocco will help shorten Nigeria’s economic recession. Elumelu made his stance...
View ArticleAbuja Carnival providing a credible platform for national unity, peaceful...
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says that the Abuja Carnival has continued to provide a credible platform for national unity, peaceful co-existence and understanding of our ethnically and culturally...
View ArticleLagos By-Election: Akinwunmi, APC candidate emerges winner
Lagos – Mr Nurudeen Akinwunmi, Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday defeated his opponents to emerge winner of the Ifako-Ijaiye Federal Constituency By-Election in Lagos. The...
View ArticleGowon, Obasanjo, Shonekan, Osinbajo grace Villa Chapel thanksgiving
Abuja – The Aso Villa Chapel on Sunday organised its annual end of the year thanksgiving with former Heads of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo and Ernest Shonekan in attendance. The service...
View ArticleOndo Governorship poll: INEC says parallel vote tabulation corroborates its...
Abuja – Mrs Amina Zakari, National Commissioner in charge of Electoral Operations, Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), said Parallel Vote tabulation(PVT) for the 2016 Ondo Governorship...
View ArticleEdo Govt. approves 50 percent waivers for tax defaulters
Benin – The Edo State Government has approved 50 per cent waiver for tax defaulters in the state. A statement by the Interim Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Godwin Obaseki, Mr John Mayaki, and made...
View ArticlePresidency dismisses Agencies’ reports on starvation in North-East
Abuja – The Presidency has dismissed reports by some aid agencies that a good number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria might die due to mass starvation. Malam...
View ArticleFG to provide N-power teachers with tablet devices
Abuja – The Federal Government on Sunday said all 500,000 graduates to be employed under the N-power scheme would be provided with tablet devices to equip them with new skills. Mr Laolu Akande, the...
View Article1.2m Nigerians to benefit from single-digit loans — Akande
Abuja – The Federal Government on Sunday said that 1.2 million Nigerians would be given soft loans at two or three per cent interest rate as part of efforts to create jobs under its social investment...
View ArticlePower: FG to generate 7000mw soon — Aide
Abuja – Mr Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, on Sunday gave the assurance that the Federal Government would soon generate 7000 megawatts (MW) of...
View ArticleFG not contemplating new taxes, says Vice Presidential Aide
Abuja – Mr Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, said on Sunday that the Federal Government had no intension to impose new taxes on Nigerians. Akande...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Buratai urges troops to embark on final onslaught
Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has called on troops serving in the North-East to immediately embark on the final aggressive action and comprehensive sweep of the operational...
View ArticleRivers re-run poll: INEC urges stakeholders to avoid violence, inciting comments
Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to stakeholders in Rivers to refrain from making pronouncements that could overheat or instigate violence ahead of the state...
View ArticleOba of Benin lauds Gowon’s leadership style
Benin – The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Monday commended former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, for his leadership style during and after Nigeria’s civil war. Oba Ewuare II gave the...
View ArticleHow Ex-NIMASA boss converted about N4.9b into dollars–witness
Lagos – A prosecution witness, Adamu Yusuf on Monday, told a Federal High Court Lagos, how about N4.9 billion was converted into dollars by a former Director-General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi....
View ArticleFormer President Jonathan’s aide, Ima Niboro joins APC
Warri (Delta) – A former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Ima Niboro, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Niboro was ushered into the APC on Monday at his residence...
View ArticleCustoms intercepts container of Jollof Rice, Yam Porridge, Egusi from India
Lagos – The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 20ft container of “READY TO EAT FOODS’’ like Egusi Soup, Jollof Rice, Ogbono, Yam Porridge imported from India....
View ArticleObaseki declares Edo NUJ press week open, tasks journalists on objective...
BENIN CITY – As the 2016 Press Week of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) , Edo State Council kicked off in Benin City Monday, Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has tasked in journalists to fair...
View ArticleHost Communities’ Projects: Okomu Oil Palm Plc, Earmarks N275 million
BENIN CITY – Leading oil palm producing giant, Okomu Oil Palm Plc has earmarked the sum of N275 million for development projects as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme for host...
View ArticleStop the brigandage at election tribunal
The court has always been the last hope of the common man and in any democratic society the judiciary is the arbiter and adjudicates on any dispute between parties. At the end of the last gubernatorial...
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