Category: News

FirstBank offers educational solutions to Schools
September 21, 2016 No Responses

FirstBank offers educational solutions to Schools

It is the beginning of another school term and as students return to school after the long holidays, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, is again set to support schools with their educational requirements to enhance preparations for the school year....
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Photo News
September 21, 2016 No Responses

Photo News

Corps Marshal of  FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi (Right), Comptroller General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (rtd) and Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, after a meeting in Abuja
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Man charged in New York, New Jersey bombings
September 21, 2016 No Responses

Man charged in New York, New Jersey bombings

(Chicago Tribune) Ahmad Khan Rahami vowed to martyr himself rather than be caught after setting off explosives in New York and New Jersey, and he’d hoped in a handwritten journal championing jihad that “the sounds of bombs will be heard...
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Organisers explain new date for SITEI conference
September 20, 2016 No Responses

Organisers explain new date for SITEI conference

To ensure the crucial participation of concerned stakeholders, Friends of SITEI have opted to move the conference to a new date: Tuesday, 25th October 2016.   A statement issued by the organisers explain that the SITEI conference which is an annual multi-s...
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Photo News
September 20, 2016 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Jack Ma, Founder & Executive Chairman of Ali baba Group; Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy for Global Education; Aliko Dangote, President/CE, Dangote Group and Dr. Abdu Mukthar, Group Chief Strategy Officer at United Nat...
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Fowler canvasses autonomy for revenue agencies
September 19, 2016 No Responses

Fowler canvasses autonomy for revenue agencies

To strengthen tax administration and generate more revenue, the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Tunde Fowler has advised African leaders to grant autonomy to their Revenue Authorities.   Addressing Chief Executives of African Tax...
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Buhari speaks on plight of Lake Chad Basin at UN
September 19, 2016 No Responses

Buhari speaks on plight of Lake Chad Basin at UN

President Muhammadu Buhari is to address world leaders at the United Nations 71st session on Monday in New York, United States of America (USA).  Among other issues, the President is expected to address the plight of the over nine million...
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FG targets $8b from post-harvest food storage
September 18, 2016 No Responses

FG targets $8b from post-harvest food storage

AS part of measures to lift the economy and sustain ongoing diversification to agriculture, the Federal Government has unveiled fresh agenda to save not less than $8 Billion from post-harvest food storage.    Specifically, the Federal Government intends to a...
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Court strikes out suit challenging Ali’s appointment as Customs boss
September 17, 2016 No Responses

Court strikes out suit challenging Ali’s appointment as Customs boss

The Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has declined to entertain a suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Hameed Ali as Nigeria Customs Comptroller-General. The Judge, Muslim Hassan said on Friday that the applicant, Ebun-Olu Adeg...
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Plagiarism: Buhari to sanction aides
September 17, 2016 No Responses

Plagiarism: Buhari to sanction aides

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FRSC appoints Ewhudjakpor first female DCM incharge of operations
September 17, 2016 No Responses

FRSC appoints Ewhudjakpor first female DCM incharge of operations

The Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi has approved the redeployment of 32 senior officers comprising 2 Deputy Corps Marshals, 7 Assistant Corps Marshals, 13 Corps Commanders and 10 Deputy Corps Commanders. Following the retireme...
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Anxiety at Customs as Court rules on Ali’s qualification today
September 16, 2016 No Responses

Anxiety at Customs as Court rules on Ali’s qualification today

Barring any last minute adjustment, judgment will be delivered today in a suit challenging the appointment of Col Hameed Ali (rtd) as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).   The suit was instituted in November 2015 at a...
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‘Let’s think out-of-the-box’
September 16, 2016 No Responses

‘Let’s think out-of-the-box’

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to partner all stakeholders as part of measures to find permanent solution to the economic challenges confronting Nigeria.   Speaking at a retreat in Abuja attended by Ministers, representative of the private sectors, am...
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Minister faults report on excessive rice consumption
September 16, 2016 No Responses

Minister faults report on excessive rice consumption

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has dismissed news report quoting him as saying ‘Nigerians eat too much rice, that’s why it is expensive’. A statement issued by his Adviser on New Media, Aishat Ayijimoh Onusi,....
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