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From Left: Ifeoma Okoruen, Head, Human Resource and Admin., Mouka Limited; with Air Vice Marshal Adeniyi Herbert Ameshinlola, Commandant, Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC), Oshodi; Dimeji Osingunwa, Chief Commercial Officer, Mouka Limited; and Major General Emmanuel Anaryu, Officer, NAFRC; during the courtesy visit of the Commandant and his team...

The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO), National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu is set to detail the Agency’s plans and strategies for rural electrification in Nigeria using homegrown technologies. The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, though officially opened today, 30th November 2023,...

Justice A.A Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court, has convicted and sentenced a fake beauty promoter,  Ogunleye Samson Oluwasola to ten years imprisonment  for cheating and obtaining by false pretence. He was jailed after pleading guilty to one-count charge bordering on  cheating and obtaining by false pretense, preferred against...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Start-ups are catalysts for promoting wealth creation, employment generation and economic prosperity. NCC’s Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Ubale Maska, said this at the inauguration of the National SMEs/Entrepreneurship Forum for Start-ups in Emerging Technologies organised by the commission,...

The Federal Government has confirmed 80 per cent increase in food importation to the country between 2019 and 2023. Dr Kingsley Uzoma, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agribusinesses and Productivity Enhancement (SSAP), made this disclosure at the National Policy Dialogue on Thursday in Abuja. He also added that...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday said every former governor and indeed any individual with corruption cases will face the anti-graft agency’s investigation. The commission’s zonal commander, ACE Aliyu Yunusa said this at the opening of a one-day EFCC Civil Society Organisations engagement organised in Sokoto. Yunusa...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday directed banks to continue issuing and accepting all denominations of Nigerian old and redesigned banknotes. The apex bank also directed its branches to accept the notes from deposit money banks (DMBs). This is in response to the Supreme Court’s decision on...

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to work toward meeting its December deadline for the operation of refineries in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. It would be recalled that President Bola Tinubu, during a recent meeting with the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)...

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has warned that there will be no room for internal sabotage in the renewed war against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the country. Marwa gave the warning in his remarks at...

The N27.5 trillion 2024 budget presented by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday was on Thursday passed by the House of Representatives for second reading. House Leader Julius Ihonvbere, who led the discussion on the overall budgetary principles, said that national security and education, which received large funding in the budget...