archiveMay 2019

The Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has appealed to the Federal Government to restrategise and come up with measures that could permanently address the security situation in the north. In an address at a meeting of the forum on Friday...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is worried over the frightening dimension which cyber crime has assumed in the country, especially the South East. The South East Zonal Head of the commission, Mr Usman Imam, expressed the worry on Friday in Enugu while briefing newsmen on...

Britain’s tumultuous divorce from the European Union was again in disarray on Friday after the opposition Labour Party declared last-ditch talks dead due to Prime Minister Theresa May’s crumbling government. Nearly three years after the United Kingdom voted 52 to 48 per cent  in a referendum to leave the EU,...

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Thursday approved N1.8 billion for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of buildings of railway village in Agbo, Delta. The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this to State House Correspondents at the end of the council meeting, which was presided over by...

  MTN Nigeria said on Friday it has signed a 200 billion naira ($653 million) loan with seven local banks, a day after it floated its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange The seven-year loan deal coordinated by Citibank was signed with a consortium of Access Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank,...

Microsoft Corp will invest $100 million to open an Africa technology development centre with sites in Kenya and Nigeria over the next five years, the company has said. Global tech giants, including Alphabet Inc and Facebook, have been increasing investment on the continent in recent years to take advantage of...

  Commissions more projects Few days to the end of his tenure, Lagos Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said he was fulfilled in his administration’s quest to transform the infrastructural landscape of the state. He spoke during the inauguration of the Agric Access Road, Egan, and the Lagos Theatre in Igando...

  Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, has alleged that a General Officer Commanding (GOC), has been running an oil bunkering squad to finance his ambition to be appointed Chief of Army Staff. He cautioned that any attempt to appoint the GOC as Chief of Army Staff, would spell doom for...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to order investigation before the May 29 expiration of his first term in office into the alleged corruption and treasury looting, under his watch, which the party alleged to be  over N14 trillion. The main opposition party also said that...

  Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said defaulting motorists run the risk of N10, 000 fine, as it begins a special patrol code-named “Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence,” on Monday. The operation will run for two weeks. State Sector Commander, Mr. Hyginus Omeje, made...