archiveOctober 2018

The Federal Government is to spend about N400 million on 4,000 small-scale entrepreneurs in Plateau State as part of its TradeMoni empowerment initiative. The gesture, according to its promoters, has been concretised between the Bank of Industry and GDM Group, had been part of government’s efforts to eradicate unemployment and...

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on Wednesday signed an executive order to stop the payment of education development levy by students of government-owned schools in the state. The Education Development Levy was introduced by the immediate past governor, Ayodele Fayose in 2015. The levy mandates payment of N500 and...

“I am Alive and Well” – Atiku speaks on alleged medical trip to Dubai The Director General of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCO) Gbenga Daniel has predicted a landslide victory for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the 2019 general election. The...

  The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, has criticised the Federal Government for lack of coordination and the nation’s security agencies for not working for a common purpose. As the 2019 elections drew nearer, the Sultan also warned that politicians might want to orchestrate the type of violent crisis that...

  Launches Trader Moni, holds MSMEs Clinic in Bauchi Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that the focus of the Buhari administration, from the outset, was to empower young people, and ensure that the resources of the country are used for the benefit of all Nigerians instead of a...

The owner of Bi-Courtney Limited, Mr. Wale Babalakin, has denied the claim of the Asset management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) that his company owes AMCON and warned the organisation to desist from publishing his name and that of his companies in its list of debtors. It would be recalled that...

The Senate on Tuesday passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2010, pegging presidential campaign expenses at N5 billion. Accordingly, governorship candidates are restricted to one billion while senatorial aspirants cannot spend beyond N250 million. Adopting a report submitted by its Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the upper chamber...

  The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has flayed what he called divisive campaigns by politicians ahead of 2019 elections. In a statement on Tuesday by  the spokesperson of Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, Segun Sowunmi, Atiku said the act portends great danger for the unity...

  Residents accuse president of insensitivity to plight Monarchs demand repair of highway Govt optimistic about new border post President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday evaded the notorious Lagos-Badagry-Seme Road, flying instead on an aircraft to Seme for the official handover of the new Economic Community of West African States border posts...

  Nigeria has been ranked as 115th out of 140 countries assessed in the 2018 Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) of the World Economic Forum. According to a press statement on Monday by Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Industry, Trade and Investment (Office of the Vice...