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May 8, 2017 No Responses

Buhari hands over to Osinbajo, begins medical-check up in UK

President Muhammadu Buhari has travelled to the United Kingdom for further medical check-up and consultations with his Doctors. Already, the President has transmitted letters about the trip to the Senate and the House of Representatives, in compliance with Section...

May 8, 2017 No Responses

82 Chibok Girls: Atiku lauds Buhari, security agents, BBOG

Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar, received news of the release of 82 Chibok Girls with great joy and gladness. In a statement personally signed by the former Vice President in Yola, Adamawa...

May 8, 2017 No Responses

Release of 82 Chibok Girls, pleasant 2nd anniversary gift to Nigerians, says Buhari.

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the release of 82 Chibok Secondary School Girls as a “pleasant 2nd anniversary gift to the people of Nigeria”. In his remark on Sunday, Buhari said: “I cannot express in a few words how...

May 7, 2017 No Responses

TCN to invest $200m in power supply

The Ogun State Government and Transmission Company Of Nigeria (TCN) have concluded plans to construct a $200million facility in Ogun as part of measures to boost power supply. According to the Managing Director of TCN, Mr Usman Mohammed, the project,...

May 7, 2017 No Responses

Buhari to receive freed 82 Chibok girls

Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, the president’s office says. They were handed over in exchange for Boko Haram suspects after negotiations. The girls will be...

May 6, 2017 No Responses

Brake malfunction investigation underway for Nissan Muranos

The United State safety regulators are conducting a preliminary investigation into complaints of faulty brakes in the 2009 Nissan Murano line. The inquiry covers 110,000 Murano crossovers, the Associated Press reported. The National Highway Traffic Safe...

May 6, 2017 No Responses

‘MoU between NCAC, BoI to create 200,000 Jobs’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) and the Bank of Industry (BoI), which makes available 300 million Naira loan for stakeholde...

May 6, 2017 No Responses

Group unveils project “Touch a life today”

The Global Initiative for Peace, Love and Care (GIPLC) has launched a new initiative, Project ‘Touch a life’. The GIPLC, which is expected to cater for about 1000 patients, in 3 states, over 3 weeks, kickoff on April 25th and...

May 5, 2017 No Responses

Shippers Council unveils agenda for Truck Transit Park, Container Depot in Edo

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has indicated his administration’s readiness to support the Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC) to establish an Inland Container Depot and a Truck Transit Terminal, which would facilitate diversity in economic activities. ...

May 5, 2017 No Responses

SEC appoints interim Board for Ikeja Hotels

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the dissolution of the board of Ikeja Hotels Plc due to unresolved internal crisis involving some majority shareholders of Ikeja Hotels Plc The Commission said this proactive measure has become neces...

May 5, 2017 No Responses

UBA revolutionises mobile payments with *919# magic banking

In line with its determination to dominate Africa’s mobile banking space with the introduction of cutting edge technology-driven products and services, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group, leading African financial institution, has introduced a full-fledg...