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January 1, 2017 No Responses

Buhari’s 2017 message to Nigerians

I am happy to welcome you to the beginning of a New Year in our beloved country Nigeria. I felicitate with you today at a time when our nation is witnessing a new and impressive turnaround in our security and...

January 1, 2017 No Responses

Buhari begins actualisation of ECOWAS mandate

In the discharge of his mandate as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator for The Gambia, President Muhammadu Buhari has activated the process for the execution of his task. One of the outcomes of the just-concluded ECOWAS Summit...

December 31, 2016 No Responses

VW acquires mobile-payment provider

(Auto News) Volkswagen AG has bought North American parking-payment operator PayByPhone in the latest move by Europe’s biggest carmaker to expand from manufacturing into mobility services. The purchase of Vancouver-based PayByPhone, which processed more th...

December 31, 2016 No Responses

Lagos issues N47billion bond

Lagos State has issued N47 billion Series 1 Bond maturing in December, 2023 under its N500 billion Third Debt Issuance Programme. Speaking during the signing ceremony held at the Lagos House, Ikeja,on Friday, the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode explained that...

December 31, 2016 No Responses

NSE Photo News

(L-R) shows Bola Adeeko, Head, Corporate Services Division, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Executive Director, Capital Markets Division, NSE; Professor Wole Soyinka and Ms. Tinuade Awe, General Counsel/ Head of Regulation, NSE at the Cl...

December 31, 2016 No Responses

‘Ambassador killed by wife’s lover’

(AP) Police in Brazil believe that Greece’s ambassador to the country was killed by his wife’s lover under her orders in a house in the Rio area and have detained three suspects, authorities said Friday. Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis went missing...

December 30, 2016 No Responses

‘FG to revamp, make key festivals attractive’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government is working with the private sector to make major festivals in the country attractive to domestic and foreign tourists. He made the pledge in Offa, Kwara State, at.....

December 30, 2016 No Responses

‘No plastic rice in Nigeria’

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has explained that laboratory result of the suspected fake rice showed that the product was not plastic but rice contaminated with micro organisms. The Acting Director General, NAFDAC, Y...

December 29, 2016 No Responses

Wike presents N470billion budget for 2017

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday presented a N470 billion budget to the State House of Assembly for 2017. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the fiscal policy is christened “Golden Jubilee Budget for accelerated development.” NAN reca...

December 29, 2016 6 Responses

Architect emerges winner of Ships & Ports essay competition

An architect, Sarafadeen Mayowa Bello has emerged best overall winner of the 2016 Ships & Ports Annual National Essay Competition. Bello emerged ahead of six other winners who got the ACG Charles Edike Prize for Outstanding Essays and Princess Vicky...

December 28, 2016 No Responses

FG identifies 50,000 ghost workers

The Federal Government has saved N200 billion by eliminating 50,000 ghost workers from its payroll, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu has said. According to the Government, between February and this month, N13...

December 28, 2016 No Responses

ISPS Code: NIMASA reopens three facilities

Following their partial compliance and written commitments to remedy all identified deficiencies of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has reopened three jetties and po...

December 28, 2016 No Responses

African Food Festival: Ayade, Ita-Giwa, others laud Dangote

Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has commemded Dangote Industries ltd for sponsoring the maiden edition of African Food festival Calabar. Declaring the festival open, the Governor who was represented by his wife, Dr. Linda Ayade lauded the exe...