Category: News

National Assembly passes N7.441tri 2017 Budget
May 12, 2017 No Responses

National Assembly passes N7.441tri 2017 Budget

The 2017 budget of N7.441trillion was on Thursday passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly. President Muhammadu Buhari had on December 14, 2016 presented a N7.298 trillion estimate before the joint session of the National Assembly.  In the...
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NPA, Japanese govt to collaborate on projects
May 10, 2017 No Responses

NPA, Japanese govt to collaborate on projects

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has stated that it would collaborate with the Japanese Government especially in the areas of technical and manpower support.   This assurance was given by the NPA Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman who was represented...
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Minister tasks new NTA board on professionalism, national integration
May 10, 2017 No Responses

Minister tasks new NTA board on professionalism, national integration

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has challenged the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) to leverage on its rich experience and the unique power of technology to enhance its professionalism, while also serving as an effective too...
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Be conscious of your health, Aisha Buhari tells women
May 10, 2017 No Responses

Be conscious of your health, Aisha Buhari tells women

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has stressed the need for women to be conscious of their health, as a precondition for a successful livelihood.   She made the point during a health screening exercise at the Durumi Camp...
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North Korea ratifies wreck removal treaty
May 10, 2017 No Responses

North Korea ratifies wreck removal treaty

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has ratified the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks. This brings the total number of states to accede to the treaty to 35. The convention, which en...
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Buhari hands over to Osinbajo, begins medical-check up in UK
May 8, 2017 No Responses

Buhari hands over to Osinbajo, begins medical-check up in UK

President Muhammadu Buhari has travelled  to the United Kingdom for further medical check-up and consultations with his Doctors.   Already, the President has transmitted letters about the trip to the Senate and the House of Representatives, in compliance wit...
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82 Chibok Girls: Atiku lauds Buhari, security agents, BBOG
May 8, 2017 No Responses

82 Chibok Girls: Atiku lauds Buhari, security agents, BBOG

Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar, received  news of the release of 82 Chibok Girls with great joy and gladness.   In a statement personally signed by the former Vice President in Yola, Adamawa...
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Release of 82 Chibok Girls, pleasant 2nd anniversary gift to Nigerians, says Buhari.
May 8, 2017 No Responses

Release of 82 Chibok Girls, pleasant 2nd anniversary gift to Nigerians, says Buhari.

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the release of 82 Chibok Secondary School Girls as a “pleasant 2nd anniversary gift to the people of Nigeria”.    In his remark on Sunday, Buhari said: “I cannot express in a few words how...
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TCN to invest $200m in power supply
May 7, 2017 No Responses

TCN to invest $200m in power supply

 The Ogun State Government and Transmission Company Of Nigeria (TCN) have concluded plans to construct a $200million  facility in Ogun as part of measures to boost power supply.  According to the Managing Director of TCN, Mr Usman Mohammed, the project,...
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Buhari to receive freed 82 Chibok girls
May 7, 2017 No Responses

Buhari to receive freed 82 Chibok girls

Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, the president’s office says. They were handed over in exchange for Boko Haram suspects after negotiations. The girls will be...
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‘MoU between NCAC, BoI to create 200,000 Jobs’
May 6, 2017 No Responses

‘MoU between NCAC, BoI to create 200,000 Jobs’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) and the Bank of Industry (BoI), which makes available 300 million Naira loan for stakeholde...
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Group unveils project “Touch a life today”
May 6, 2017 No Responses

Group unveils project “Touch a life today”

The Global Initiative for Peace, Love and Care (GIPLC) has launched a new initiative, Project ‘Touch a life’. The GIPLC, which is expected to cater for about 1000 patients, in 3 states, over 3 weeks, kickoff on April 25th and...
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SEC appoints interim Board for Ikeja Hotels
May 5, 2017 No Responses

SEC appoints interim Board for Ikeja Hotels

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the dissolution of the board of Ikeja Hotels Plc due to unresolved internal crisis involving some majority shareholders of Ikeja Hotels Plc  The Commission said this proactive measure has become neces...
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Critical role of Seaports in economic development, by NPA boss
May 5, 2017 No Responses

Critical role of Seaports in economic development, by NPA boss

The strategic role of ports in economic development is that they function as gateways to international trade and are regarded as major accelerators of local economic development, the Managing Director of Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has sai...
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