Category: News

Osinbajo Chopper Crash: Firm Blames ‘unusual weather conditions’
February 3, 2019 No Responses

Osinbajo Chopper Crash: Firm Blames ‘unusual weather conditions’

The management of Caverton Helicopters has attributed the chopper crash involving Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to “unusual weather conditions.”  In a statement signed by its Managing Director / Accountable Manager, Capt. Josiah CHOMS, the company said: “An Augusta AW139 Helicopter,...
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INEC Trains 74, 436 Presiding Officers, Assistant Presiding Officers
February 3, 2019 No Responses

INEC Trains 74, 436 Presiding Officers, Assistant Presiding Officers

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has commenced training of 74, 436 Presiding Officers (POs) and Assistant Presiding Officers (APOs) ahead of the upcoming general elections. Mr Femi Akinbiyi, INEC Public Relations Officer in t...
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Coca-Cola Acquires Chi Limited
January 31, 2019 No Responses

Coca-Cola Acquires Chi Limited

Cola-Cola has completed the acquisition of Chi Limited. In a statement on Wednesday, Coca-Cola explained that it has extended its minority investment in the company to full ownership. In 2016, the company acquired a 40% minority stake in Chi and...
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Dufil Prima Foods Acquires 17,954 Hectares Of Land In Edo
January 30, 2019 No Responses

Dufil Prima Foods Acquires 17,954 Hectares Of Land In Edo

Dufil Prima Foods has acquired 17,954 hectares of land in Edo State  to operate an oil palm plantation. The plantation, according to the management of Dufil Prima Foods, will serve as the company’s source of raw materials for its products...
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Reps Approve N30,000 Minimum Wage
January 30, 2019 No Responses

Reps Approve N30,000 Minimum Wage

The House of Representatives Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday approved and adopted the report of the ad hoc committee on a bill for an Act to repeal the National Minimum wage act to prescribe a New National Minimum...
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NLC Insists On N30,000 Minimum Wage
January 29, 2019 No Responses

NLC Insists On N30,000 Minimum Wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday in Abuja pleaded for N30,000 as minimum wage for Nigerian workers in a public hearing on the bill. The NLC had rejected the N27, 000 proposed by the government as the new minimum...
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CJN Suspension: NBA Orders Court Boycott
January 29, 2019 No Responses

CJN Suspension: NBA Orders Court Boycott

THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday in Abuja rose from its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen with a five-point demand. It ordered a two-day court...
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Edo, CBN Partner On Development Of 100,000-Hectare Plantation
January 28, 2019 No Responses

Edo, CBN Partner On Development Of 100,000-Hectare Plantation

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government is in discussions with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to develop a programme that will see investors taking up 100,000 hectares of agricultural land in the...
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Aisha Buhari Denies Condemning CJN’s Suspension
January 28, 2019 No Responses

Aisha Buhari Denies Condemning CJN’s Suspension

The Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has denied condemning the  suspension of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. Mrs Buhari in a statement through her Director, Information, Mr Suleiman Haruna, on Sunday  described the news m...
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Acting CJN Swears In Members Of Election Petition Tribunals
January 27, 2019 No Responses

Acting CJN Swears In Members Of Election Petition Tribunals

Justice Tanko Muhammad, Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) has urged the 250 appointed Chairmen and members of the Election Petition Tribunals to be guided by the fear of God in the performance of their duties. The new Acting CJN,...
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NPA Begins Onne Port Water Channel Clean-Up Operations
January 26, 2019 No Responses

NPA Begins Onne Port Water Channel Clean-Up Operations

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commenced the Onne Port Channel Oil spill clean-up operations at the Federal Oceans Terminal (FOT) Onne. According to NPA, the project of water channel clean-up is the first of such project being executed by...
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FG, States, LGs Share 649.19B In December
January 26, 2019 No Responses

FG, States, LGs Share 649.19B In December

The Federal Government, states and local governments have shared N649.19 billion as revenue for the December 2018. The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, who disclosed this on Friday in Abuja, said the figure showed a decline of N163.57...
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NDDC Gets Acting MD
January 26, 2019 No Responses

NDDC Gets Acting MD

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of an acting Managing Director for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). He is Professor Nelson Braimbraifa. The President, following a Federal Executive Council (FEC) resolution, has equally ves...
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Buhari Appoints Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed Acting CJN
January 26, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Appoints Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed Acting CJN

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen and immediately swore in an acting CJN. He is Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed,who is next in ranking to Onnoghen at the Supreme Court.  Buhari,in a 20-para...
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