Category: News

Facebook promotes safety online in Lagos, Kenya
November 5, 2016 No Responses

Facebook promotes safety online in Lagos, Kenya

Two months after Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg traveled to Nigeria and Kenya to meet with developers, partners, and entrepreneurs, Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer at Facebook, gave a keynote address at the CyberXchange  security conference in Lagos, Nigeria...
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Lagos to deliver Badagry Expressway by 2019
November 4, 2016 No Responses

Lagos to deliver Badagry Expressway by 2019

The Lagos-Badagry Expressway is to be delivered before the end of 2019, State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has said.  Speaking in Lagos on Thursday during an inspection tour, Ambode said the project was a major economic catalyst for Lagos, adding that...
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Lagos international trade fair begins today
November 4, 2016 No Responses

Lagos international trade fair begins today

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) will on Friday, November 4 commence the 30th edition of the Lagos International Trade Fair. According to the organisers, the Opening Ceremony is scheduled to take place by 10am at the Tafawa...
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Customs impounds 11,315 cartons of imported frozen poutry products
November 4, 2016 No Responses

Customs impounds 11,315 cartons of imported frozen poutry products

The newly appointed Area Controller of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ Owerri, Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba has intercepted a DAF Truck loaded with eleven thousand, three hundred and fifteen (11,315) cartons of impor...
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10 students gets NLNG post graduate scholarships
November 4, 2016 No Responses

10 students gets NLNG post graduate scholarships

Nigeria LNG Limited has so far awarded a total of three thousand and fifty-three (3,053) scholarships to Nigerian students. This is part of the company’s education intervention programme for deserving students at Post Primary, Undergraduate and Post Graduate...
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FG to leverage on power of music to promote national re-orientation campaign
November 4, 2016 No Responses

FG to leverage on power of music to promote national re-orientation campaign

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the government will leverage on the power of music to promote theNational Re-orientation Campaign tagged “Change Begins With Me.” The Minister said this in Abuja when he received a gr...
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FBN Holdings takes financial literacy to youths
November 4, 2016 No Responses

FBN Holdings takes financial literacy to youths

In its sustained commitment to encourage savings culture among Nigerians, FBN Holdings Plc joined the rest of the world on Monday in celebrating the 2016 World Savings Day by engaging children and youths on the rudiments of savings in line...
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Pension scheme hits N5.9tr in 12 years
November 3, 2016 No Responses

Pension scheme hits N5.9tr in 12 years

For the past 12 years, the National Pension Commission (PenCom) realised over N5.9 Trillion from 7.2 million contributors under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS).  Speaking at a PenCom workshop for Journalists in Calabar, Cross Rivers State on Wednesday, ...
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BPE boss gets excellence award
November 3, 2016 No Responses

BPE boss gets excellence award

The Acting Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Dr. Vincent Onome Akpotaire, has said that the Bureau is a unique public institution with well-groomed workforce positioned to drive the nation’s economy.   He likened the work ethics, orienta...
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700,000 Nigerians apply for 500 FIRS jobs
November 3, 2016 No Responses

700,000 Nigerians apply for 500 FIRS jobs

(NAN) The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Tunde Fowler, has said that the organisation received more than 700,000 applications from the recent job advert it placed. Mr. Fowler made this known on Wednesday in Abuja when he appeared before...
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Experts task FG on threat to Nigeria’s cassava industry
November 2, 2016 No Responses

Experts task FG on threat to Nigeria’s cassava industry

Experts in cassava research have identified low productivity of cassava roots as major threat to Nigeria’s cassava industry.  According to the Researchers, the development if not curtailed could impede gains made in the sector, thereby putting Nigeria at ri...
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TUC decries sexual abuse at IDP camps
November 2, 2016 No Responses

TUC decries sexual abuse at IDP camps

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has criticized sexual abuse, rape and exploitation of women and girls living in seven Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital allegedly by camp leaders, vigilante groups, policem...
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Minister takes change begins with me campaign to Police headquarters
November 2, 2016 No Responses

Minister takes change begins with me campaign to Police headquarters

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday formally presented the Federal Government’s NationalRe-Orientation Campaign, Change Begins With Me, to the top brass of the Nigeria Police Force, including Inspector-General of Po...
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Presidency to offer more explanations on quest for $30B loan
November 2, 2016 No Responses

Presidency to offer more explanations on quest for $30B loan

The Presidency is to further brief the National Assembly on the urgent need for Nigeria to secure $30Billion international loan.   The Nigeria Senate had on Tuesday unanimously, threw out President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for external loan of $29.96 bill...
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