archiveMay 2018

President of Dan-gote Group, Aliko Dangote has called on Nigerians to get enrolled in the on-going registration for National Identity cards being carried out by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The business mogul made the call just as the NIMC disclosed that it has enrolled till date 30 million...

The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has said that the country has recovered N500 billion and secured 486 convictions since he took over in November 2015 till date. He made this known at the commissioning of the commission’s new head office in Abuja on Tuesday....

The Senate President,  Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday raised the alarm over an alleged plan by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, to implicate him with the arrest of six suspected cultists paraded in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The Kwara State Police Command had last week...

Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta APC) on Wednesday morning joined his colleagues at the Senate’s plenary session. The senator, who arrived at around 10.20am, signed the daily attendance register and thereafter left the chamber. He, however, returned before the Senate retreated into a closed-door session at 10.52am. Omo-Agege is expected to...

The Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN) will continue to develop programmes and training modules that would make the public service to be professionalised in line with global best practices, according to its Administrator/Chief Executive, Dr. Abdul-Ganiyu Obatoyinbo He said the PSIN was being repositioned “to enhance the professional, technical,...

  The Senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has been granted bail by a Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja. In his ruling on Wednesday morning, the Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Nasiru Ajana said he had considered the health situation of the third defendant,...

* FG committed to providing more effective security President Buhari has approved a total of N10 billion for the rehabilitation of communities affected by violent attacks in parts of the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, made the disclosure today during his visits to two Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps...

  …Clears workers’ promotion arrears with N34.2bn The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, said on Tuesday that the Federal Government would settle the inherited debts and contractual obligations to local contractors between 2006 and 2015. The Minister made this known while appearing before the Ad-Hoc Committee of the...

  Trading transactions on The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday continued with negative sentiments as market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dropping further by 0.15 per cent. The All-Share Index lost 62.42 points or 0.15 per cent to close at 40,615.42 compared with 40,677.61 posted on Monday. Also,...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of National Stadium, Surulere to the Lagos State Government for retrofitting and upgrading to host international sporting tournaments, the State Government said on Tuesday. Speaking at the ongoing annual Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the third anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration...