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    Honourable Minister of Works, Power and Housing Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN; his Transportation counterpart, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi; Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Senator Olabiyi Durojaye; and Chief John Edozien, former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Planning and one-time Chairman of the Securities and...

  The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, on Thursday said the Apapa command of the service intercepted 40 × 40ft containers of pharmaceutical products with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N7.31 billion. Mr Ali, a retired colonel, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Lagos on intercepted...

  The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has called on Christians not to relent in offering intercessory prayers to God for Nigeria, saying this will enable the nation to overcome its challenges. Kumuyi, who quoted several passages from the Holy Bible to buttress his...

  The Presidency, on Thurday, hit back at former president, Goodluck Jonathan, over claims that there is more corruption in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. This was contained in a statement signed by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity. The Presidency said the allegation...

  The National Universities Commission (NUC) says the Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) in Nigeria has failed, as students sent for the purpose of acquiring work experience under the scheme are often turned to “tea boys by the chief executives.” The Director of Research, Innovation and Information Technology, NUC,...

  Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  was merely going on a wild goose chase, with the issue of houses linked to him. On his verified Twitter handle, @GovAyoFayose, on Thursday, the former governor said, it was another media campaign...

The Nigerian Election Debate Group  (NEDG)and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON)on Thursday announced schedules for the 2019 presidential election debates. The vice-presidential debate would hold on December 14, 2018, while presidential debate would hold on January 19, 2019. The venue is Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. The debates would focus...

  The Lagos State Government said it had invested N15 billion in infrastructure in state-owned schools over the past three and a half years. Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode made this known on Thursday during the official opening of the newly-constructed Aderemi Makanjuola Ultra-Modern Lecture Theatre at the Lagos State University (LASU)....

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday explained why it resolved to retain, for the 14th consecutive time, the monetary policy rates. At the end of the 264th meeting of the committee in Abuja, CBN governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, said all 11 members...

The recently retired former Chelsea striker believes the Portuguese is not to blame for Manchester United's recent struggles. Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho would have won the Premier League title "two or three times" if he was the boss of Manchester City, says his former star protégé Didier Drogba, Goal,...