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April 24, 2017 No Responses

FRSC recalls ‘drunk officials ’ for disciplinary action

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recalled some of its operatives in Nteje Unit Command under the Anambra State Sector Command for disciplinary action. A statement issued on Monday by FRSC’s Head, Media Relations and Strategy, Bisi Kazeem...

April 24, 2017 No Responses

BPE boss pledges to step up post-privatization monitoring activities

The new Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex Okoh has formally resumed at the Bureau in Abuja with a pledge to ensure that privatized enterprises in the country give services to the generality of Nigerians. ...

April 24, 2017 No Responses

Daewoo Shipbuilding seeks court approval for debt rescheduling

After collecting the necessary consents for its rescue plan, the financially troubled shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) filed for a court approval for debt rescheduling on April 20, Yonhap News Agency said. An approval from the...

April 24, 2017 No Responses

Edo govt donates N1m to quintuplets’ family

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has paid a surprise visit to the Uduehi family, which recently gave birth to a set of quintuplets at the National Hospital in Abuja. Uduehi, who hails from Ekpoma in Esan West Local...

April 24, 2017 No Responses

Buhari mourns Isiaka Adeleke

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with Osun State Government and members of the National Assembly on the passing away of Sen. Isiaka Adeleke on Sunday. Buhari in his condolences to the family and friends Adeleke said the gentle and kind...

April 23, 2017 No Responses

Group seeks reversal of Cameroonian Journalist’s death penalty

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York Chapter, has called on Cameroonian authorities not to contest Ahmed Abba’s appeal but release him without delay. The Programmes coordinator, Angela Quintal, in a statement explained that the conviction...

April 23, 2017 No Responses

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Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun (Right) with her Angolan counterpart, Augusto Archer de Sousa Mangueira at the Spring Meetings of the IMF/World Bank meeting in Washington DC

April 22, 2017 No Responses

VW diesel whistleblower identified in book

(Auto News)–As Volkswagen’s criminal case closed on Friday, a nagging question persists: Who blew the whistle and first admitted to regulators that VW was lying about its dirty diesels? Volkswagen AG was sentenced in a Detroit courtroom after plea...

April 22, 2017 No Responses

Buhari laments death of football fans in Calabar

Pesident Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shocked to learn of the tragic event that took the lives of several Nigerians at a football viewing centre in Calabar, Cross River State, Thursdaynight. In a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the...

April 21, 2017 No Responses

Volumes in global derivatives hits 24.9b contracts

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) on Thursday published its annual report into the global derivatives market. According to WFE, Thursday’s report coincides with the WFE’s 34th IOMA Clearing & Derivatives Conference, taking place in Frankfurt, ...

April 21, 2017 No Responses

Buhari implores African maritime administrators on security

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged African maritime administrators and regulators to ensure a coherent collaborative continental response to the challenges facing the maritime space. Represented by his Vice, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Buhari gave the c...

April 20, 2017 No Responses

How to spur industrial, economic transformation in Nigeria through gas, by Attah, NLNG MD

By Moses Ebosele – The expansion of NLNG’s Bonny Island Plant with Trains 7 and 8 could be a catalyst to unleashing the country’s gas potentials, Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Tony Attah has said. Speaking in Lagos...

April 20, 2017 No Responses

Edo Govt to clamp down on traffic offenders, street traders

Edo State Government has expressed worry over the malaise of street hawking and the “self-induced chaotic traffic situation” in the state’s metropolis, warning that it would deal ruthlessly with those responsible for the lawlessness. Besides,...

April 20, 2017 No Responses

Buhari suspends SGF, DG NIA

President Muhammad Buhari has appointed Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo to head a three-man probe panel to investigate allegation of graft against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal and Director General (DG), National Intel...