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The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD) has spent N700 million (almost $2 million) to develop an Integrated Automation and Interactive GIS Web Portal to improve `Ease-of-Doing-Business in the mining sector. The Minister Dr Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this at the launching of the portal on Thursday in Abuja. Fayemi said the portal was a cutting-edge initiative that leveraged technology ...
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November, 2017
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10 November
Baru/kachikwu feud : New Contracts Guideline out soon
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) would invite new tenders from the prospective bidders for the sale and purchase of Nigerian crude oil grades in a matter of weeks, a reliable source within the state-owned oil company has disclosed. According to the source the term contract would focus again on refiners, national oil companies, larger international and local oil traders. ...
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10 November
Fashola in $350m Eurobond Scandal, debunks claims
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has described as false claims by the Senate that his ministry had taken from the $350 million Eurobond fund of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) that is deposited in the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) to fund its 240 megawatts (MW) Afam Fast Power project in Rivers State. ...
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10 November
Ex-Super Eagles Player, Godwin Okpara Docked for Wife Battery
Ex-Nigeria Super Eagles Footballer, Godwin Okpara, was on Thursdsay arraigned by Ikeja Magistrates Court, Lagos, for beating his wife, Linda Oladoyinbo Opara. Okpara, 43, was arraigned before Magistrates B.O Osunsanmi on a one-count charge of assault and wife battery. The prosecutor, ASP S.Imhonwa, told the court that the defendant, sometimes in August 2016 at their residence at No 6, 8 ...
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10 November
Britain ends courtroom tradition of wigs and gowns in court
Britain’s lawyers and judges are to break with centuries-old tradition and cease wearing white horse-hair wigs in non-criminal cases, the head of the country’s judiciary announced on Thursday. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, said new dress rules would mean the wigs, which British legal professionals have worn since the 17th century, would not be needed in ...
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10 November
Court orders IGP to unseal peace corps office, awards N12.5m
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Nigeria Police force and the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to unseal the headquarters of the Peace Corps of Nigeria and pay a damage of 12.5 million naira for illegally sealing the office. The Nigeria Police had on February 28, invaded the new headquarters of the corps, alleging ...
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10 November
Why JAMB Banned Use Of Wristwatches In Exam Centres
Determined to curb irregularities and malpractices, in its examinations, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday, revealed that it has introduced electronic signal jammer and will henceforth ban candidates from bring in wrist watch, eye glasses, pen amongst other devices in the examination hall. The registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this at ...
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10 November
Whistle blower on Ikoyi money now a millionaire —EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the “young man” who blew the whistle on the massive stash of money recovered from an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos, is now a millionaire. Acting Chairman of the commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, stated this in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, spokesman of the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement. Uwujaren said ...
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10 November
Scripts Of Teachers Who Failed Primary 4 Test in Kaduna
The Kaduna State government has made public some of the scripts of teachers who failed the competency test conducted for all public school teachers in the state. Some 33,000 public school teachers took the exam in October and 21,700 failed. The gross failure by the teachers prompted Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai to sack those who failed. The government then ...
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10 November
Ambode launches System to help track BRT buses
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says he gets unhappy seeing people in the state standing at bus stops without clue of when the next bus will arrive. He spoke on Thursday while launching the Intelligence Transport System (ITS) and e-ticketing for commuters using the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Queues of Lagosians dot numerous BRT bus stops in several parts ...
