archiveSeptember 17, 2019

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) said it had confiscated substandard cables worth more than five million naira during a raid of markets in Ilorin. Mrs Esther Okon, the State Coordinator of the organisation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ilorin, said that...

  The European Parliament on Tuesday backed the choice of Christine Lagarde, the former Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as the next president of the European Central Bank (ECB). In a secret ballot, 394 EU lawmakers voted in favour, 206 against and 49 abstained. Lagarde’s appointment is due...

  Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti  on Tuesday said that the workers in the state civil service were currently being owed  N57billion  as  arrears of unpaid salaries and emoluments. The governor said this  at a meeting he had with the  civil servants as well as a cross-section of labour leaders...

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has forwarded the names of four women to the State House of Assembly as commissioner-nominees, including a 26-year-old Joana Nnazua Kolo from Edu Local Government Area of the state. Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, made the announcement in a statement Tuesday afternoon....

The president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Paul Usoro, has accused the Buhari-led government of undermining the independence of the judiciary. Usoro gave the remark at an event to mark the beginning of the 2019 judicial year in Abuja. He accused the executive arm of government and its...

The Minister of Communications, Dr Ibrahim Pantami on Monday gave the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) September 26 to rectify all improperly registered subscriber identity module (SIM) cards in the country. Pantami, who received the Management Team of the Commission in his Office in Abuja, however, praised the Commission for its...

Celebrated Nigerian entrepreneur and a Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 honoree, Obiwanne Okeke, has pleaded not guilty to two count charges of wire and computer fraud of about $11 million fraud at his first hearing on Monday. United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Okeke and at least six...

  Former minister of education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of a new economic team. Buhari, on Monday, constituted an Economic Advisory Council (EAC), dissolving the one previous led by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. The Presidency had said that the new team is made up...

  The flight billed to airlift Nigerians from South Africa has been delayed because authorities at the OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg is yet to give permit to the airline for the flight. The flight was billed to take off by 1:00am Tuesday and arrive Johannesburg by 7:00 am. The...

  Billionaire philanthropist and former world’s richest man, Bill Gates, has urged the Nigerian Government to endeavour to enhance its credibility in the eyes of its Populace. Gates maintained that the Nigerian Government needs to generate more revenue domestically to fund the nation’s development. Speaking at a teleconference with members...