archiveJune 2021

  Minister of Defence Bashir Magashi says the ministry will strengthen Nigeria’s defence cooperation with the armed forces of other countries participating in the  Multinational Joint Task Force.He explained that the defence cooperation would invigorate the fight against insecurity. Mr Mohammad Abdulkadri, Special Assistant to the Minister of Defence on...

  The House of Representatives has commenced investigative hearing into alleged 30 billion dollars annual revenue leakages arising from payments on account of foreign currency-denominated contracts by companies. James Faleke, Chairman, House Committee on Finance and Victor Nwokolo, Chairman, House Committee on Banking and Currency led members to commence the...

  Beni, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo woken up to a curfew on Monday after three bombs rocked the east of the country, with authorities warning they had reports more attacks were being planned. The makeshift bomb went off in a Catholic church in the city,...

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has announced plans to commence payment of liquidation dividends to uninsured depositors, creditors and shareholders of additional 14 banks in-liquidation. In a release by the Director, Communication and Public Affairs Department, Bashir Nuhu, the NDIC stated that while stakeholders of eight closed banks are...

The Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank Plc, Mr Herbert Wigwe, has been named as the African Banker of the Year for the second consecutive year. Wigwe disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. He was recognised at the...

The Presidency on Sunday said it was curious that the Niger Delta Avengers issued threats to resume bombing of critical oil and gas installations less than 48 hours after the President Muhammadu Buhari met with the leadership of the Niger Delta and Ijaw National Congress and the major issues responded...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Prof. Melaku Desta, a professor of International Economic Law, in the United Kingdom, are expected at a two-day physical and virtual capacity building programme for Nigerian negotiators, beginning on Monday, June 28. Osinbajo would deliver the opening address at the event, while Desta would present...

The family of late Usifo Ataga has appealed to the Police to go beyond the arrest of his suspected murderer by conducting an in-depth investigation to get to the bottom of the case. The appeal is contained in a statement signed by Olusegun Jolaawo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, on...

 Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said that the country accidentally discovered 206 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves while in search of crude oil.Sylva, who disclosed this in Abuja at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum, said that the country could discover an additional 600...

  The University of Lagos is test-running its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) it initiated in 2018. The institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Academics and Research), Prof. Oluwole Familoni, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, the production is an invaluable...