FG to expand NYSC scheme – Minister
Ramon Oladimeji The Minister of Youth Development and Sports, Mr. Solomon Dalong, has said the Federal Government plans to expand the National Youth Service Corps scheme to include skill acquisition...
View ArticleTribunal submits report on Disu’s killing
Folashade Adebayo A tribunal of inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government to investigate the circumstances which led to the death of the Managing Director of Lekki Worldwide Investment Limited,...
View ArticleETF gets chairman, board members
Sesan Olufowobi Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday appointed a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, to head the Board of Trustees for...
View ArticleLassa fever kills 35, infects 76, says FG
Friday Olokor, The Federal Government has put the number of reported cases of Lassa Fever outbreak in eight states at 76 with 35 deaths already recorded and 14 cases confirmed by laboratories. The...
View Article$2.1bn arms probe: EFCC traces N400m to army officer’s account
John Alechenu, Olusola Fabiyi, Fidelis Soriwei, Adelani Adepegba and Ike Mowete There were indications on Wednesday that the 27-man task force investigating the $2.1bn arms procurement scandal under...
View ArticleI got N150,000 to install Radio Biafra transmitter – Suspect
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A telecommunication maintenance engineer, David Nwawuisi, has revealed that he got an initial payment of N150,000 to install a Radio Biafra transmitter on an MTN mast in Ngwo,...
View ArticleShipowner petitions Amaechi against NIMASA
A shipowner, Twinstomp Energy Limited, has through its lawyer, Andrias & Co, petitioned the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, against the investigation into a ship collision handled...
View ArticlePolice arrest five for planned attack on Jonathan’s house
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Five persons have been arrested in Bayelsa State for an alleged plan to attack the house of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Yenagoa. The suspects were said to have been...
View ArticleIMF wants flexible exchange rate, higher VAT for Nigeria
Sunday Aborisade and Ifeanyi Onuba The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday advised the Federal Government to consider a flexible exchange rate policy rather than outright devaluation of the naira...
View ArticleDPR begins enforcement of new fuel price
The Department of Petroleum Resources on Wednesday said it had commenced the enforcement of the new price regime for Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol. This is coming six days after the...
View ArticleNIMASA collected revenue in dollars, remitted naira – FG
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Wednesday, said the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency had not been remitting the revenues generated to the government’s coffers. The...
View ArticleFrance to help Cameroon to combat Boko Haram
French Chief of the Defence Staff, Pierre de Villiers, says France will help Cameroon to battle Boko Haram terrorist group that had carried out a spate of attacks in the country over the past two...
View ArticleBREAKING: Iran bans all products from Saudi Arabia
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View ArticleOne-year-old girl dies of heroin overdose
Provo police in the United States are investigating the death of one-year-old girl, Penny Cormani, whose body an overdose of heroin was found. The Desert news reported that four search warrants...
View ArticleCourt grants ex-PDP chairman, Bello, son N600m bail
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted bail to each of a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party,Haliru Bello, and his son, Abba Bello, in the sum of N300m...
View ArticleArms scandal: No $2.1bn is missing, FG’s lying, says Dokpesi
John Alechenu, Olusola Fabiyi, Fidelis Soriwei, Adelani Adepegba and and Ike Mowete Former Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has described the alleged missing $2.1bn arms fund...
View ArticleJigawa inaugurates 12-man consumer protection committee
Jigawa State Government has constituted a 12-member Consumer Protection Committee that will monitor the prices of foodstuffs and goods across the state. This is contained in a statement from the Office...
View ArticleWidower nabbed for forging CAC document in Edo
Alexander Okere, Benin A 53-year-old man, Francis Wilson, has been arrested by men of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly forging a Notice of Approval for the registration of a business firm...
View ArticleINEC to conduct 78 re-run elections
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission is to conduct 78 re-run elections this year. The re-run elections which will take place across the country are based on verdicts...
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