archiveJanuary 8, 2017

“The victorious fight of our Military against the evil ideology of Boko Haram is evidence of the ascendancy of good over evil.” Remarks by His Excellency, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on the occasion of the interdenominational church service for the...

Nigeria plans to establish an aviation university to promote research, development and production of high level manpower. Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, revealed the plan on Saturday after a familiarisation tour of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) in Zaria, Kaduna State. “The aviation university will be different from NCAT;...

The Redeemed Christian Church of God has clarified that Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye remains the General Overseer, Worldwide of the church, while Pastor Joseph Obayemi will head the Church in Nigeria. A statement signed by Leke Adeboye, the clergyman’s last son and Personal Assistant said the clarification was coming on...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commenced moves to reduce products importation by boosting the capacity utilization of the refineries to 60 per cent by the end of 2017. This was disclosed by the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, during a courtesy call on him by...

By Abdul Olalekan Experts have charged the 58 insurance companies in the country to increase insurance penetration and acceptance through innovative products and services. The experts believe the current arrays of insurance products in the country are not innovative enough to witness a huge surge in insurance subscription. The Chief...

States, LGA officials played active roles in the process, N5000 monthly stipends now being paid out in all 9 pilot states Only in Borno were the beneficiaries picked recently Details are emerging on how the Federal Government determined the beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) who are now receiving...

..Says they should stick to their mandate The Federal Government has directed that all specialized universities are to stick to their core mandates which they were set up to carry and desist from running programmes which have no bearing to their foundation. Specialised universities are university set up to pursue...

The December 5 2015 and January 9 2016 governorship election in Bayelsa State, according to Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, was "not just an election, it was war." His contention is contained in a new book in which he chronicled and documented how...

The Bank of Industry (BoI) has disbursed N3.1 billion to 14 microfinance banks under its Bottom of Pyramid (BOP) scheme. The scheme is to enhance the financial inclusion of micro entrepreneurs in the country. The Acting Managing Director of the bank, Mr Waheed Olagunju, made the disclosure at the presentation...