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    Says, Buhari administration committed to advancement of Nigeria, Africa’s auto sector   Vice President Yemi Osinbajo SAN, has called on stakeholders in the African automotive industry to pay more attention to vehicle refinancing, noting that it is impossible to have a successful automotive sector without a robust vehicle...

    Forty-nine out of the 55 members of the African Union have signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, said AU chairperson Paul Kagame. Kagame, who is also the Rwandan president, made the announcement in Nouakchott during the closing ceremony of the 31st summit of the 55-member...

      The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, at the weekend led a high-powered delegation consisting of top officials from Federal and State Governments on a one-week Bench Marking and Study visit to Malaysia and Singapore. The HoS had, upon assumption of office in...

  Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) said on Monday that it was not convinced that the Federal Government was truly seeking the way to end the wanton killings by Fulani militia in the Middle-Belt region. In a statement signed by the CBCN President, Archbishop Augustine Akubueze, and the Secretary,...

    Launched in Awka, Anambra State in 2016, Digipreneur Week, formerly known as Social Media Hangout, from being a one-day gathering of social media influencers, it has grown to becoming a point of convergence for the best brains in digital entrepreneurship covering Exhibition, Networking, Training, Summit and Hangout. Digipreneur...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) said it secured a total of 139 convictions between January and June 2018. The Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren who disclosed this in a statement Monday, said the figure was indeed significant in many respects, as it included the...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to offer tangible explanation to Nigerians on how its Permanent Voter Card (PVC) allegedly became a commodity for sale online. The party said its position was against the backdrop of apprehensions being expressed by Nigerians regarding possible...

  The Lagos State Government on Monday confirmed 12 casualties in the June 28 petrol tanker explosion on Otedola Link Bridge. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, made this known at a news conference in Lagos. According to him, 10 of the victims, including a minor, died at...

  OPEC oil output rose last month as Saudi Arabia pumped at a near-record rate, a Reuters survey found on Monday, a sign the world’s top exporter is heeding calls from the United States and other consumers for more oil. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 32.32 million...

    The equities market of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) inched up marginally by 0.09 per cent in the first half of 2018 over domestic and foreign macro economy uncertainty. The NSE All-Share Index closed June 2018 at 38,278.55 basis points from 38,243.19 basis points the equities market opened...