archiveOctober 2018

  As the 2-year tenure of the first batch of 2016 N-power beneficiaries is slated to end in December 2018, the Federal Government has now decided to continue paying the stipends of the N-Power 2016 Batch 1 beneficiaries. The Federal Government in a press statement on Monday by Mr. Laolu...

*Highlights achievements of FG’s Social Investment Programmes in improving human capital development, financial inclusion nationwide “Perhaps, the greatest challenge through the years has been governance and institutional weaknesses, systemic corruption, integrity and inefficiency in our public service, and the administration of justice system. We have taken a strong stand on...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday said economic loss worth N9.8 billion was lost in 196 traffic crashes recorded so far across the country in 2018. The Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, revealed this at the 2018 National Safety Training Programme for Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) in Lagos. The...

A former governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, on Monday urged Nigerians not to gamble with the idea of returning the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to power in 2019. Musa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Kaduna that the country would be worse off...

  The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied report insinuating some of his personnel aided the self acclaimed leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to escape from Nigeria, when operatives of security agencies, including the army invaded his family home in Umuahia, Abia State...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to seek forgiveness from Nigerians for purveying fake news in our country. The party specifically said that the minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, should lead the government...

The Organised Private Sector (OPS) will converge at the WorldStage Economic Summit on Tuesday, October 23 to discuss ‘New sources of economic strength to make the future happen’. In a statement by World Stage Limited, the organisers, the summit which will hold at the Event Centre, Nigerian Stock Exchange, Lagos,...

BudgIT Foundation has said its attention has been drawn to activities on its handle due to the serial tweets of @ToluOgunlesi on a graphic as regards a daily annual average of PMS supply issue. According to the organisation in a statement, “A few weeks ago, we published a report indicating...

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, which vacated a stay order made by a Rivers High Court, against the conduct of All Progressives Congress (APC) congresses in the state. Delivering the ruling on the interlocutory appeal, Justice Centus Nweze,...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) said it has approved a US$50 million line of credit to Nigeria’s Fidelity Bank Plc to support small and medium-sized, and women-owned enterprises in selected transformative sectors. The credit will also accommodate close to 100 SMEs in manufacturing, health and education. According to a statement...