archiveDecember 2016

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in Lokoja on Thursday flagged off the N-power program of the Federal Government for the 4,521 successful beneficiaries in the state. He also lauded President Muhammad Buhari for the initiative aimed at empowering unemployed graduates across the federation. A statement by the Senior Special...

By Abdul  Olalekan Insurance companies and brokers have lambasted members of the House of Representatives over its accusation that about N200 billion insurance fraud was committed in the process of insuring government assets, noting that the Adhoc Committee set up to investigate the matter gets most of its facts wrong....

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has decided to shelve negotiations for an upward review of dockworkers’ salaries in the country due to economic recession. This decision was announced by the labour leaders at the inaugural meeting of the National Joint Industrial Council (NJIC) held at the Nigerian Maritime...

  …..targets zero prevalence rate by 2017 Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Thursday challenged the State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and other related agencies to intensify efforts at further reducing the prevalence rate of the scourge from the current 3.8% to zero level...

A former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido has described Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, as a role model for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a symbol of excellence for politicians to emulate. Lamido made the assertion while fielding questions from Government House correspondents in Yenagoa, after...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria sold N117.16 billion naira ($372.46 million) in short-dated treasury bills at an auction on Wednesday, with yields broadly unchanged from rates at the previous auction, data from the CBN showed on Thursday. The statistics showed that...

Mr Segun Oloketuyi  Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Wema Bank Plc, says one of the present major objectives of the bank is focusing on the Nigeria youth and the 16 million unbanked Nigeria adults. Oloketuyi who gave this hint on Thursday at the lunch of WemaEasySavers, a Tier-1 savings account...

The plane which crashed in Colombia killing most of a Brazilian football side had run out of fuel, according to a leaked audio recording. According to BBC report, a pilot can be heard repeatedly requesting permission to land due to an electric failure and lack of fuel. Just six of...