archiveMay 2019

  Baba Gazazhin to VP: “I told you, the President will win” In fulfilment of the promise he made during the 2019 electioneering campaigns, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN late Friday afternoon, paid a visit to the family of Baba Alagazhin Gazazhin, a 106-year old Gbagyi indigene resident in Kubwa,...

Oando Plc has reacted to the sanction imposed on it by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and said that it is challenging the outcome of the forensic audit. The company made its position on the matter known in a press statement by its Digital & Mainstream Media department and...

  MTN Nigeria Plc says it has paid the sixth and final instalment of N55 billion negotiated settlement to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The Chief Corporate Relations Officer of MTN Nigeria, Mr Tobechukwu Okigbo, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Friday. It would be recalled that MTN...

The Chairman, PDP Governors’ Forum, Gov. Seriake Dickson, has vouched for the governors elected on the platform of the party that they will deliver the dividends of democracy and good governance in their states. Dickson, who is also the governor of Bayelsa, gave the assurance in a statement issued by...

Operators on the nation bourse on Friday said that suspension of two directors of Oando Plc from public companies for five years would bring sanity to the capital market. They spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos in  reaction to the outcome of the Securities and Exchange...

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, June 4 and Wednesday, June 5, as public holidays to mark the Muslim Eid-Fitri Celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement signed by Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press &...

  In a bid to tackle the challenge of impersonation experienced in the conduct of its examinations, the National Examination Council (NECO) has procured 8,000 biometric machines and 20 Toyota Hilux Vans worth over N800 million. Mr Abubakar Gana, the Acting Registrar NECO, made the disclosure at the commissioning of...

  Mr Alex Okoh, the Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), says the future of the Nigerian child is bleak without a solid foundation at the primary school level. He said this while commissioning projects undertaken by the bureau at the Local Education Area (LEA) Primary School, Dutse-Alhaji, Abuja on...

  The Ogun Assembly on Friday passed a bill nullifying all appointments, employments and financial agreements done by former Gov. Ibikunle Amosun between Feb. 9 and May 28. The passage of the bill entitled, “Nullification of Irregularities  (Amendment) Law, 2019,”at plenary followed the suspension of the Assembly’s standing orders 45-48...

BudgIT has called on President Buhari to privatize all government-owned refineries while also fully deregulate the petroleum downstream sector. The body which gave the advise in a press statement on Friday  explained that according to the findings of its new policy brief “Inside Nigeria’s Local Refineries" Nigeria’s government-owned refineries in...