Year: 2017
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Business and Economy
NIQS Appoints New Executive Secretary
The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) has appointed Mr. Danladi Mohammed Ndayebo as its new Executive Secretary. This is…
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Arts & Entertainment
Onukaba: Never in the ‘Past Tense’, By Asiwaju Tinubu
Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has lamented that with the demise of former Managing Director of…
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Business and Economy
Mining: Local operators to benefit from N30 billion intervention fund – Minister
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said that the ministry would commit part of the…
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Local
Lagos and the National Stadium By Tayo Ogunbiyi
The National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, was built by the General Yakubu Gowon military administration in 1972 as a 55,000 capacity…
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Education
Lagos needs N60bn to revamp public schools – Ambode…Says N10bn already spent on rehabilitation…Reveals plan for a-meal-a-day programme
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has said that his administration would require about N60billion to give public schools in…
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Local
Akwa Ibom gets new Police Public Relations Officer
The Commissioner of Police Akwa Ibom State, CP Don Awunah has appointed a new Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for…
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Arts & Entertainment
Kaduna Gov., El-Rufai is mastermind of allegations against Apostle Suleman – Omega Fire Ministries
Omega Fire Ministries has accused Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of masterminding the recent series of spurious allegations…
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Business and Economy
NASS-NCS impasse: NCS suspends motor duty payment
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has announced suspension of the planned motor duty payment which has pitched it against the…
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Save my son’s life! – Mother of 9 months old boy whose penis was cut off by herbalist cries to Gov. Dickson’s wife, others
CHINEDU WOSU, YENAGOA Following the circumcision – gone wrong of Oyintari Michael, a nine months-old boy, by a 59 year-old…
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Local
86 political associations have applied for registration; 40 parties in existence today – INEC Chairman
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that as at March 13,…
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Education
AUN to host 10th Career & Graduate Fair in Lagos
On March 23 and 24, the American University of Nigeria, AUN, will host its yearly career and graduate fair in…
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Lead Story
Ijaw group calls on Federal Govt to implement International Oil Companies’ relocation to Niger Delta
CHINEDU WOSU YENAGOA Ijaw Professionals Association (IPA) on Tuesday called for the implementation of the Federal Government’s directive to International…
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Local
EFCC intercepts N49m at Kaduna Airport
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna zonal office, on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 intercepted a sum…
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Business and Economy
National Assembly support critical to success of Economic Plan
The support of the National Assembly is very critical to the successful implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan…
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Education
Obi celebrates World Freedom Day with children in Sokoto
The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi Tuesday celebrated World Freedom Day with pupils and students of Holy…
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Business and Economy
Again, CBN boosts FOREX supply with $195m
As anticipated last weekend, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, sustained the supply of foreign…
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Education
NBTE says Ugwuanyi’s support to educational sector exemplary
The chairman of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Alhaji Garuba Mohammed, has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of…
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Local
Obaseki, Okowa eulogise late Ogbemudia
AGENE GODWIN, Benin Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his Delta State counterpart, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa have said that…
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Local
Police Officers’ Wives Shopping Mall in Benin gutted by fire
AGENE GODWIN , Benin The Police Officers Wives Association, POWA, shopping mall located near the Zone 5 headquarters of…
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Lead Story
President Buhari receives Senate President, Saraki, Speaker, House of Reps, Dogara
President Muhammadu Buhari who returned to the country from London last Friday and started work Monday, received Senate President…
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Faith
Tambuwal to Nigerians: Don’t get tired of praying for the President
Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has urged Nigerians, especially the Christian faithful, not to relent in their prayers for total…
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Business and Economy
KWSG earmarks N12b for infrastructure
Kwara State Government has earmarked an additional N12b for funding new infrastructure under the state’s infrastructure development fund, IF-K. The…
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Business and Economy
Ekere orders immediate payment of NDDC scholarship fees
Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Nsima U. Ekere, has directed the immediate payment of all outstanding…
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Business and Economy
Ajaokuta to function as private entity – FG
The Ajaokuta Steel Company is to function as a purely private entity, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development.…
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Local
ONSA restricts helicopter flights over Abuja
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has reminded aviation authorities of the restriction of helicopter ferry flight over…
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