Category: News

FG to NBC: Sanction erring stations
August 25, 2017 No Responses

FG to NBC: Sanction erring stations

The Federal Government has directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction any radio or television station that broadcasts hate speech, as part of efforts to stem the growing tide of hate speech in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji...
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Worldstage CEO implores Nigerians on innovation for collective economic development
August 24, 2017 No Responses

Worldstage CEO implores Nigerians on innovation for collective economic development

The President/CEO of Worldstage Group, Mr. Segun Adeleye, convener of the Worldstageeconomicusummit2017 has charged all Nigerians and business owners within the country to imbibe innovation for economic development.   According to him, diversification into no...
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Customs intensifies probe of N1.3b smuggled Toyota LandCruisers, others
August 23, 2017 No Responses

Customs intensifies probe of N1.3b smuggled Toyota LandCruisers, others

The ongoing investigation into the circumstances surrounding the smuggling of Thirty-seven new vehicles into the country through land borders is to take into account previous activities of the alleged smuggler.   Valued at N1.3Billion, the smuggled vehicles i...
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Minister explains agenda to lift broadcast industry
August 23, 2017 No Responses

Minister explains agenda to lift broadcast industry

The Federal Government is to organize an Audience Measurement Conference to provide broadcast industry stakeholders the opportunity to contribute to efforts to establish a scientific Audience Measurement System for radio television broadcasting in the count...
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LCCI, SME Group to hold annual seminar on ease of doing business
August 22, 2017 No Responses

LCCI, SME Group to hold annual seminar on ease of doing business

The Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), the premier Chamber of Commerce and a leading voice in the organized private sector (OPS) in Nigeria, is set to hold its annual seminar....
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IITA-CWMP signs agreements with 136 farmers
August 22, 2017 No Responses

IITA-CWMP signs agreements with 136 farmers

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture led Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) has commenced signing of agreements for the setting up of 136 demonstration plots with farmers across four states in Nigeria.   The  for states are Abia, Ben...
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Buhari’s Return: A Nation’s Hope Fulfilled, Says Tinubu
August 20, 2017 No Responses

Buhari’s Return: A Nation’s Hope Fulfilled, Says Tinubu

All Progressives Congress national stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed joy at the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to the country after his medical vacation in the United Kingdom, saying the president’s return is a nation’s hope fulfille...
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Resumption: Senate bars PenCom, CBB, ICPC bosses
August 20, 2017 No Responses

Resumption: Senate bars PenCom, CBB, ICPC bosses

THE Senate has warned nominees into the leadership position of three Federal Government institutions whose names were recently announced not to resume until their nominations are confirmed in accordance with the provision of the Constitution. The nominees affe...
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150 traders benefit from Taiwo Afolabi Free Health scheme
August 19, 2017 No Responses

150 traders benefit from Taiwo Afolabi Free Health scheme

Over 150 traders at the popular Gbagi market in Ibadan have enjoyed free medical and dental care at the community health outreach sponsored by SIFAX Group in the market.   Taiwo Afolabi Community Dental Outreach, which is organised by the...
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Aisha Buhari condoles with Sierra Leone over landslide
August 18, 2017 No Responses

Aisha Buhari condoles with Sierra Leone over landslide

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has extended a message of condolence to the government and people of Sierra Leone over the disaster caused by a landslide in the Regent region of the country. The message was conveyed...
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Dickens Sanomi Foundation sponsors medical bill of 6 year old Boko Haram victim.
August 18, 2017 No Responses

Dickens Sanomi Foundation sponsors medical bill of 6 year old Boko Haram victim.

The Dickens Sanomi Foundation has offered to pay the medical bill of Ali Ahmadu, a six year old boy from Borno State, who was run over by Boko Haram terrorists when they invaded Chibok village three years ago. The medical...
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Obaseki partners COREN to check inflated road contracts
August 17, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki partners COREN to check inflated road contracts

The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday demonstrated his administration’s commitment to the frugal allocation of the resources accruing to the state by setting up a contact group with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in...
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Put hate speech on your agenda, Osinbajo tells IPI
August 17, 2017 No Responses

Put hate speech on your agenda, Osinbajo tells IPI

The Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has urged the local organizing committee of International Press Institute (IPI) to consider putting on the agenda of their proposed event  the issue of hate speech and its implications for our polity and for...
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Ambode implores NYSC members on community development
August 16, 2017 No Responses

Ambode implores NYSC members on community development

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has advised members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to embark on development projects as part of measures to impact positively their host communities.   Speaking at the NYSC Orientation Camp during the formal....
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