Category: News

FRSC Argungu Returns N416,000 To Accident Victims.
August 21, 2019 No Responses

FRSC Argungu Returns N416,000 To Accident Victims.

The Argungu Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (frsc) has returned  the sum of four hundred and sixteen thousand naira to victims of road crash that occurred on Saturday 17 August 2019 by 0905 hrs along bye pass...
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NCC Gets 271, 112 Complaints In Four Years
August 21, 2019 No Responses

NCC Gets 271, 112 Complaints In Four Years

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it recorded 271,112 complaints from January 2015 till July 2019 from which 95 per cent has been successfully resolved. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Commission, Umar Danbatta, revealed this on Tuesda...
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Embassy Seeks Trial Of Ekweremadu’s Attackers
August 21, 2019 No Responses

Embassy Seeks Trial Of Ekweremadu’s Attackers

The Nigerian Embassy in Germany has called on German authorities to unmask the identity of and try the August  17 attackers of Sen. Ike Eweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany. In a statement in Berlin, the embassy also demanded that the attackers...
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Catholic Bishops of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province Pastoral Statement
August 21, 2019 No Responses

Catholic Bishops of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province Pastoral Statement

Preamble We, the Catholic Bishops of the Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, held our Second Plenary Meeting for the year 2019 from Tuesday 6th to Wednesday 7th of August, at the Sacred Heart Pastoral and Retreat Centre Orlu. We prayed and deliberated...
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FRSC Officials, Five Others Arrested For Extortion
August 19, 2019 No Responses

FRSC Officials, Five Others Arrested For Extortion

A Joint Inter-Agency Team led by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested 37 officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for allegedly extorting money from motorists on Nigerian highways.The Team, compri...
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AIB Seeks Power To Investigate Road, Rail, Marine Accidents
August 19, 2019 No Responses

AIB Seeks Power To Investigate Road, Rail, Marine Accidents

The Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Akin Olateru, has disclosed that a bill to empower the bureau to investigate rail, road and marine accidents and serious incidents is currently before the Senate. Akin Olateru, who confirmed the developmen...
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Nigeria Faults Report On Food Importation Policy
August 19, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Faults Report On Food Importation Policy

The Presidency has described as untrue the Financial Times report suggesting that Nigeria has placed restrictions on importation of agricultural products into the country. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the article with the headline; ”Muhammadu Bu...
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Senate President Condemns Attack On Ekweremadu
August 19, 2019 No Responses

Senate President Condemns Attack On Ekweremadu

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has unreservedly condemned the shameful assault on former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Saturday in Nuremberg, Germany. Senator Ekweremadu was to give a keynote address at the Second Igbo.....
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UK Firm Gets Court Order To Seize $9b Nigerian Assets
August 17, 2019 No Responses

UK Firm Gets Court Order To Seize $9b Nigerian Assets

A British judge has ordered the Nigerian government to pay $9bn in assets to a gas firm, P&ID. The firm, P&ID, had reached a deal with the Nigerian government in 2010 to build a natural gas plant – but the...
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NPA Boss Implore Stakeholders On Improved Synergy, Efficiency
August 17, 2019 No Responses

NPA Boss Implore Stakeholders On Improved Synergy, Efficiency

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has implored stakeholders in the Port Industry to improve synergy as part of measures to boost efficiency.  Speaking at the quarterly meeting ...
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Fajemirokun Resumes As AIICO Insurance New Managing Director
August 16, 2019 No Responses

Fajemirokun Resumes As AIICO Insurance New Managing Director

AIICO Insurance Plc appointed Babatunde Fajemirokun as its new Managing Director. In a notice to the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), the company explained that the appointment takes immediate effect.  In the notice signed by the company secretary, Donald Ka...
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NYSC Registers 4,664,804 Participants In 46 Years
August 16, 2019 No Responses

NYSC Registers 4,664,804 Participants In 46 Years

More than 4.6 million graduates have participated in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme since inception in 1973.  Speaking in Abuja on Thursday, the Director-General of the scheme, Shuaibu Ibrahim, explained that  the scheme has achieved ...
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Kenya First Green Bond To Raise $48.45 For Student’s Accommodation
August 16, 2019 No Responses

Kenya First Green Bond To Raise $48.45 For Student’s Accommodation

Kenya has approved its first ever issuance of green bond, which will raise five billion shillings ($48.45 million) for students’ accommodation, the capital markets regulator, CMA, said on Thursday. The CMA said in Nairobi that the bond, to be issued...
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Customs, NNPC, CBN Shun Public Hearing
August 16, 2019 No Responses

Customs, NNPC, CBN Shun Public Hearing

An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives has summoned heads of four government agencies to appear before it on August 19. This followed the ruling of the Chairman of the Committee, Yusuf Buba (APC-Adamawa), at a public hearing...
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