Category: News

Dangote foundation to unveil private sector strategy against malaria
November 12, 2016 No Responses

Dangote foundation to unveil private sector strategy against malaria

With Nigeria accounting for 300, 000 out of 100 million deaths arising from Malaria complications worldwide annually, the Dangote Foundation is set to launch a private sector policy documents aimed at reversing the trend. The Dangote Foundation said it was championing...
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‘Nigeria has political will to drive sustainable tourism’
November 12, 2016 No Responses

‘Nigeria has political will to drive sustainable tourism’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Federal Government has demonstrated that it has the political will to drive sustainable tourism in the country,  Speaking at a panel of African Ministers of Tourism, who met on the sid...
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Criticism trails FIRS N143B budget
November 11, 2016 No Responses

Criticism trails FIRS N143B budget

The dust raised  by the N143 Billion Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) budget for 2017 continued unabated yesterday in the Senate.   At the end of yesterday’s session, the Senate rejected the budget and the report of its Finance Committee, citing...
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Zuma survives no-confidence vote
November 11, 2016 No Responses

Zuma survives no-confidence vote

A motion of no confidence in South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has been defeated in parliament despite a spate of recent corruption scandals. An anti-corruption probe last week raised allegations of misconduct against Mr Zuma. Mr Zuma’s African N...
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Omar, former Somali refugee elected legislator in US
November 10, 2016 No Responses

Omar, former Somali refugee elected legislator in US

(BBC)Ilhan Omar, 34, has made history by becoming the first Somali legislator in the United States. A former refugee, the Somali-born activist has been elected to serve as an MP in the US state of Minnesota. The Muslim Somali-American woman...
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Senate faults rail track concession deal with General Electric
November 9, 2016 No Responses

Senate faults rail track concession deal with General Electric

Citing lack of due process, the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday commenced investigation into the concession of Eastern and Western rail lines to General Electric (GE).  According to the Senate, the contract entered into with the United States Company did not...
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Dangote to generate another 250,000 jobs
November 9, 2016 No Responses

Dangote to generate another 250,000 jobs

Dangote Group is to generate another 250,000 employment opportunities for Nigerians through new investments in agriculture, sugar, oil refinery and fertilisers.   Quoting the Group, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that the projects sited in some state...
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Rail track concession: Deliberate undervaluation, lack of due process
November 9, 2016 No Responses

Rail track concession: Deliberate undervaluation, lack of due process

By Segun Esan and Romanus Emezie –  On August 12, 2016, the Vice President of Federal Republic of Nigeria announced that the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), in collaboration with Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), established th...
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Ryder re-elected as ILO Director-General for a second term
November 8, 2016 No Responses

Ryder re-elected as ILO Director-General for a second term

The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) has re-elected Guy Ryder as Director-General for a second five year-term to start in October 2017.  Guy Ryder received 54 of the 56 votes cast by the titular members of the...
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NECA lauds suspension of FRCN’S Code of Corporate Governance
November 8, 2016 No Responses

NECA lauds suspension of FRCN’S Code of Corporate Governance

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has commended the Federal Government on its decision to suspend the Financial Reporting Council (FRCN)’s recently released Code of Corporate Governance.   In a statement, NECA considered the action ap...
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DANGOTE, Osundare, Amao bag University of Ibadan Honourary Degree
November 8, 2016 No Responses

DANGOTE, Osundare, Amao bag University of Ibadan Honourary Degree

Foremost entrepreneur and business guru, Aliko Dangote has been named among three eminent Nigerians to be conferred with honorary degrees by the premier institution, the University of Ibadan.  Others to be honoured according the University management are Prof...
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FG inaugurates N510bn water, sanitation scheme
November 8, 2016 No Responses

FG inaugurates N510bn water, sanitation scheme

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo on Monday in Abuja inaugurated N510 Billion partnership for Expanded Water Suppy, Sanitation and Hygiene (PEWASH) Programme.  Under the arrangement, N290.5 Billion is to be set aside for water while for the period 2016.....
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Rail conveys 2,330 cattle to Lagos in two months
November 7, 2016 No Responses

Rail conveys 2,330 cattle to Lagos in two months

Between September and October 2016, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) transported 2,330 cattle from the North to Lagos.   Lagos District Manager, Jerry Oche made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.  He...
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Heritage Centre replaces Presidential Lodge in Lagos
November 7, 2016 No Responses

Heritage Centre replaces Presidential Lodge in Lagos

The Lagos State Government has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the hand over of the Marina Presidential Lodge to the State.    According to the State Government, the gesture followed Governor Ambode’s request to have the lodge released t...
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