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A former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, has advised the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to go and make peace with his former boss, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Fashola, who has been in the news for spending N78.3m of taxpayers’ money on a personal website, www.tundefashola.com, and for spending N139m on the drilling of two boreholes ...
August, 2015
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24 August
Okagbare targets World Championships 100m final
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare has said she will not allow her poor start in Sunday’s heat of the women’s 100m affect her performances in the semi-final and finals of the event at the ongoing IAAF World Athletics Championships. Okagbare’s weak start from the block saw her struggle to an 11.07secs finish in the second heat of the event on Sunday ahead ...
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24 August
More Shocking Revelation On Fashola’s Bogus Spending! Spent #139M On Borehole
The immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, spent N139m on the drilling of two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja. The project was completed by Deux Projects Limited according to a report published by the state government The report, which was part of the awarded contracts by the Lagos State Tenders Board in 2013, was seen on ...
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21 August
President Appoints Fowler As FIRS Chief Executive, Gusau As DG Budget
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed Dr. Williams Babatunde Fowler as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). This was announced in a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. Fowler will serve as Acting Executive Chairman until his appointment is confirmed by the Senate. Before his appointment, Dr. Fowler was the Chief ...
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18 August
From 245 To 217 Again Dollar, Naira Raises Hope, Excites Nigerians
The naira appreciated against the United States dollar at the parallel market on Monday to 217, from 221 recorded on Friday. The naira rose on the back of weak demand for the dollar at the foreign exchange markets. Forex traders linked this to an improved dollar liquidity occasioned by the sustained sales of the greenback by the Central Bank of ...
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18 August
The 3 Reasons For Custom Chief Resignation Raises Suspicion. Probe Expected!
The resignation of the Comptroller General of Nigeria Custom Service, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi with three reasons is believed by many to be an act to escape probe and move on before the probing officers of the law move in. The need to give younger officers a chance, software computer savvy officers to take charge and that he has done well ...
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18 August
Abdullahi’s Final Legacy at Nigeria Customs Service
DikkoAbdullahi, comptroller general, bows out of Nigerian Customs Service in style as he performs his last official function by inaugurating a three-storey state-of-the-art hospital facility. It is one of the lasting legacies he left behind in Customs where he worked for 27 years. Dikko Abdullahi bowed out of service after six years in the saddle as comptroller general of Nigeria Customs ...
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17 August
Over A Million Children Reached With Life-Saving Malnutrition Treatment
The Government of Nigeria and UNICEF announced that they have reached more than a million Nigerian children with a highly successful and cost-effective treatment for acutely malnourished children, saving over 200,000 lives in the past six years. Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) was piloted in Gombe and Kebbi States in 2009 and has now been introduced in 11 northern ...
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15 August
Buhari Will Not Ask Media To “Kill” Any Story – Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina has disclosed that the President will have no cause to want any story about his official assignment to be “killed.”Speaking at a dinner with executives and members of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) in Abuja on Thursday night, Adesina said that the first thing the President ...
July, 2015
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10 July
Buhari, Osibajo Lead By Example, Cut Own Salary By 50%
President Muhammadu Buhari will only receive 50% of the salary paid to his predecessor The President’s decision to take a 50% pay cut according to a statement by the Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu, was conveyed to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Friday by the Permanent Secretary of ...
