Category: News

Ease Of Doing Business: Nigeria Targets Sub-100 Ranking
January 16, 2019 No Responses

Ease Of Doing Business: Nigeria Targets Sub-100 Ranking

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has announced a goal to move Nigeria into the top-100 on the 2020 World Bank Doing Business Index (DBI). The Presidency in a statement said the target was disclosed at the 10th Presidential...
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INEC Releases Guidelines For 2019 General Elections
January 15, 2019 No Responses

INEC Releases Guidelines For 2019 General Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday released the regulations and guidelines for the conduct of the general elections. The 33 pages document obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja explained that  Smart Card Readers...
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Group Tasks CBN, MTN On $8.13b Out-Of-Court Settlement
January 14, 2019 No Responses

Group Tasks CBN, MTN On $8.13b Out-Of-Court Settlement

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre (HEDA) has challenged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria to make public  more details on the $8.13 billion out-of-cou...
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INEC Reproduces 2,045 Stolen PVCs
January 14, 2019 No Responses

INEC Reproduces 2,045 Stolen PVCs

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Mike Igini has said that the commission has reproduced  2,045 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) stolen in the Okobo Local Government Area of the state.  In an interactive session with Journalist...
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INEC: PVC Collection Ends February 8
January 12, 2019 No Responses

INEC: PVC Collection Ends February 8

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would devolve Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collection to Registration Areas and Wards across the country, from January 16, 2019.  The commission said in a statement by Mr Festus Okoye, National ...
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Nigeria Deploys N100b Sukuk Fund For 28 Road Projects
January 11, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Deploys N100b Sukuk Fund For 28 Road Projects

The N100  billion Sovereign  Sukuk bonds proceeds will be used to construct 642.69km roads across Nigeria, Minister of Power, Works & Housing Babatunde Fashola, said at the presentation of the cheque by Finance Minister Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, in...
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Air Peace Donates 550KVA Generator To Unizik Hospital
January 11, 2019 No Responses

Air Peace Donates 550KVA Generator To Unizik Hospital

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema on Wednesday extended his philanthropy to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik) Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State with the donation of a 550KVA generator to the facility. Making the donatio...
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World Bank President Steps Down
January 8, 2019 No Responses

World Bank President Steps Down

World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim has made the surprise announcement that he is stepping down after six years in the post. His resignation will take effect from 1 February. Mr Kim, 59, was not due to leave until 2022,...
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Buhari Meets Borno Leaders
January 8, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Meets Borno Leaders

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja met a delegation from Borno, and restated his administration’s unwavering determination to equip the military to overcome the insurgency in the northeast. The President also told the delegation led by Gov. Kashim...
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INTELS Empowers Fresh Batch Of 92 Women On Tailoring, Fashion Design
January 6, 2019 No Responses

INTELS Empowers Fresh Batch Of 92 Women On Tailoring, Fashion Design

Nigeria’s leading oil and gas logistics company, INTELS Nigeria Limited, has completed the training of a fresh batch of 92 women under its Women Empowerment Programme Scheme Synergy (WEPSS). A Corporate Social Responsibility programme of INTELS, WEPSS was es...
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Buhari Greets NIJ Provost, Ogunleye At 60
January 6, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Greets NIJ Provost, Ogunleye At 60

President Muhammadu Buhari sends warm felicitations to the Provost of Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Mr Gbemiga Ogunleye, on his 6oth birthday. President Buhari joins staff members and students of NIJ, Nigerian Union of Journalists, the Nigerian Guild...
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Buhari Approves N161b For 2019 TETFund’s Interventions
January 5, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Approves N161b For 2019 TETFund’s Interventions

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N161 billion for the 2019 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Intervention activities in Nigerian universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Dr Abdullahi Baffa, made the d...
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2019: Lagos Budgets N852.317b
January 3, 2019 No Responses

2019: Lagos Budgets N852.317b

Lagos State Government has send an appropriation Bill of N852.317 billion to the House of Assembly for consideration and approval.  The estimate is N194b less to  last year’s N1.046 trillion. The Commissioner for Budget & Economic Planning, Mr....
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Opens Applications for 5th Cycle of $100m Entrepreneurship Programme
January 2, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Opens Applications for 5th Cycle of $100m Entrepreneurship Programme

The Tony Elumelu Foundation, the leading African-funded and founded philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, is now accepting applications for the 2019 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme.  The Programme is a 10-year, $100...
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