archiveOctober 2019

  President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja approved N10 billion for the take-off of the expansion and rehabilitation work in Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. The airport was shut down seven weeks ago to pave way for its upgrade. Buhari after the approval, remarked that he had an assurance from...

  By Ifeatu Medidem The Federal Inland Revenue Service has intensified its drive to recover outstanding tax liabilities from taxpayers in default of tax obligations. To this end, FIRS has been writing to taxpayers’ bankers, appointing the banks’ agent of the banks’ customer, to collect outstanding tax liabilities from the...

Set to launch OYODASER, Vigilante services Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has revealed details of the state’s security architecture, saying that the state was ready to launch the Oyo State Development Association for Socio-Economic Renaissance (OYODASER) and the state’s Vigilante Services. The Governor, who was speaking during a courtesy...

  The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday, said the Federal Government will be willing to partner with 21st-century innovative companies like Karmod Nigeria in the implementation of the planned national cooperative housing scheme aimed at providing affordable houses for Nigerians. According to Fashola, the scheme will...

No fewer than 70 officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been arrested for alleged extortion during patrol and in the corps facilities, the Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has said. Oyeyemi disclosed this on Thursday during a strategic session with unit commanders at the FRSC Academy, Udi...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has refunded lenders part of the N500 billion ($1.4 billion) taken as additional cash reserves after banks failed to meet a target to provide more credit. Citigroup Inc. and Zenith Bank Plc were among a dozen lenders fined last month for not reaching...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a directive for ministers, directors-general and other top government officials to submit travel plans for clearance. Mr Willie Bassey, the Director of Information to Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, announced this in a statement yesterday. Bassey stressed that henceforth, “travel...

targets 2 million women and families. The W Initiative, a flagship women empowerment programme from Access Bank Plc, has announced plans for its 2019 W Health Month aimed at improving community awareness on health issues that affect women and their families by bridging knowledge gap, providing access to health checks...

  Offers full scholarship to 40% of students The James Hope College (JHC) has announced the acquisition of the American International School Lagos (AISL) Lekki Campus facility to establish James Hope College in Lagos. This was disclosed at the signing ceremony held on Wednesday at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island,...

    Dr Maimuna Habib, Director, Projects Coordinating Unit (PCU) Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has said that Nigeria has attained food sufficiency. She stated that the country had gone into value addition of its commodities from the North to the South. Habib said this in an interview...