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October 14, 2018 No Responses

PDP Faults Travel Ban On 50 Nigerians

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected reported plan by the Nigeria Government to place travel restrictions on 50 prominent Nigerians. The party in a statement on Saturday said: “This draconian step is clearly targeted at members of the opposition...

October 14, 2018 No Responses

Buhari: APC Deserves Re-Election In View Of Its Achievements

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Abuja, insisted the All Progressive Congress (APC) deserved re-election in 2019, in view of the achievements of the APC-led Federal Government. Buhari then advised religious leaders and traditional rulers to encourage ...

October 13, 2018 No Responses

Delta Explains N51billion IGR

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Friday disclosed that the state’s annual Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has hit N51 billion. The governor stated this at the 14th All Nigeria Editors Conference in Asaba. According to him, the IGR was as...

October 13, 2018 No Responses

Why Atiku Picked Peter Obi As Running Mate

The Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, Otunba Gbenga Daniel on Friday evening gave reasons why former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi was picked as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Demo...

October 13, 2018 No Responses

NNPC Tasks Host Communities On Pipeline Fires

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has urged host communities to create avenues to avoid continuous destruction of oil pipelines by bad elements in their midst. The Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru made the call following an oil pipeli...

October 12, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Targets $22b Foreign Investments In Two Years

The Nigeria Government will attract $22 billion private sector investments through the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) “Focused Laboratories” in two years, Budget and National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma has said. According to th...

October 12, 2018 No Responses

APC: Nigerians Must Choose From Candidates That Can Pass Integrity Test

The All Progressives Congress(APC) has re-emphasised its position that Nigerian electorate must have opportunity to choose from candidates that could pass the integrity and anti-corruption test in 2019 general elections. Mr Yekini Nabena, the APC Acting Nation...

October 12, 2018 No Responses

Obasanjo: Atiku’s Administration Will Be Business-Friendly, Boost Economy

I am happy to welcome the distinguished leaders of goodwill who have led the PDP Presidential Candidate and my former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, to my humble abode and I welcome the Presidential Candidate himself. Let me start by congratulating President-...

October 12, 2018 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), HadizaBala Usman (Middle) with the victorious NPA Football Team (Hadiza Warriors) and top Management of NPA, when the team paid a courtesy call on the MD at the NPA Corporate Headquarters...

October 11, 2018 No Responses

CABOTAGE: NO MORE WAIVERS, DAKUKU TELLS OIL COMPANIES

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said the Agency will no longer encourage the application of any form of waivers under the Cabotage Act, particularly from the oil firms operation...

October 11, 2018 No Responses

How Discrepancies In Vote Tally Scuppered PDP’s Aniocha/Oshimili primary

Discrepancies in vote tally and emerging proofs that unaccredited persons may have voted in the inconclusive primary election to pick a flag bearer in the Aniocha-Oshimili federal constituency for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led to the stalemate. The pr...

October 11, 2018 No Responses

IMF To Nigeria: Increase Non-Oil Revenue

Nigeria should explore ways of increasing revenue outside its traditional base of oil proceeds, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. Speaking during a press briefing at the on-going 2018 IMF/World Bank Meetings in Bali, Indonesia, IMF’s Deputy...

October 10, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Rallies Support For SIFAX Group’s Multi-Million Dollar Inland Container Depot In Gambia

Ambassador Oluwasegun Ibidapo-Obe, the Nigerian High-Commissioner to Gambia, has commended SIFAX Group for its planned multi-million dollar investment plan in The Gambia. The company recently signed an agreement with the government of The Gambia to build a...

October 10, 2018 No Responses

Innovation In Energy Storage Wins NLNG’s $100,000 Science Prize

The Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Science today announced“Nanostructured metal hydrides for the storage of electric power from renewable energy sources and for explosion prevention in high voltage power transformers”, a work by Dr. Peter Ngeneas ...