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The National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress will today (Monday) at its meeting take a final decision on the tenure of the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee. Ahead of the meeting, which from all indications will be stormy, governors and state chairmen of the party arrived in Abuja on Sunday. NEC will review the decision it took ...
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April, 2018
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9 April
Why Buhari is travelling to UK today?
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Monday for an official visit to Britain where he is due to hold discussions on Nigeria – British relations with Prime Minister Mrs Theresa May, prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings scheduled for 18th to 20th April, 2018. His Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in ...
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9 April
NNPC flags off Nigeria’s biggest gas pipeline project in weeks
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC) said arrangements were being concluded for the historic groundbreaking of the 40inch x 614km Ajaokuta – Kaduna – Kano, (AKK), gas pipeline and stations in the weeks ahead. The corporation said following last week’s successful execution of contract agreements for the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and financing for Lots 1&3 of the over $2.8billion ...
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8 April
Gbenga Daniel: A Business Colossus @ 62
There is a new phrase amongst young Nigerians, they call it “Public Billionaires.” This term is often used to describe individuals who all of a sudden became stupendously rich without a definitive edge progression. According to the proponents of this theory, individuals within this category lack the practical know-how on how to achieve success and more than often fail when ...
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7 April
Looters’ list: FG compiles fresh names •New list to include former govs, ministers, bankers
As controversy continues to trail the release of looters’ list by the Federal Government in the last one week, there are strong indications that government is compiling fresh names of people alleged to have looted the nation’s treasury. Our correspondents learnt that the fresh list might contain names of those who have yet to be arraigned in courts for corruption.list ...
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7 April
Looters’ list: Secondus files suit against Lai Mohammad
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has filed a suit at the Port Harcourt High Court against the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed, demanding the sum of N1.5 billion damages over alleged defamation of his character. Mohammed had on behalf of the federal government listed the PDP boss as one of ...
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7 April
‘Only 28 pupils registered for common entrance exams in Zamfara’ – Minister
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has disclosed that only 28 candidates from Zamfara State registered for the 2018 National Common Entrance Examination. Adamu, in a statement released in Abuja by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Priscillia Ihuoma, also said the Federal Government was worried about the low number of candidates seeking admission into its 104 colleges ...
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7 April
NNPC signs contract for $2.8bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano pipeline project
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has executed contracts for the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and financing for Lots 1&3 of the 40inch by 614km Ajaokuta – Kaduna – Kano gas pipeline and stations with a consortium of indigenous and Chinese companies under a 100 percent contractor financing model. Under the terms of the contract, Lot 1 with total length ...
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7 April
Presidency attacks Goje for criticising Buhari’s social programmes
The Presidency on Friday slammed Senator Danjuma Goje for saying he was yet to see any beneficiary of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Social Investment Programmes (SIP). Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, also tackled Goje for saying during a Senate Appropriation Committee hearing yesterday that N1.5 trillion had so far been released for the SIP. The vice ...
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7 April
FCMB partners Etihad Airways..see package
Customers of First City Monument Bank Limited (FCMB) who plan to travel abroad for personal or business purposes at very affordable fares now have an opportunity to do so. The Bank and Etihad Airways have launched a partnership that offers discounted, highly affordable and convenient travel packages, including flight tickets, to existing and potential customers who fly on Etihad Airlines ...
