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Because of the frequent fire outbreaks that affect markets in Sokoto state, governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said that the state government would modernise all markets in the state in order to avoid incidences of fire as recorded in the state in recent months. Speaking when he visited the scene of the latest fire incidence […]

In a bid to consolidate on the gains of the recent new foreign exchange policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Monetary Policy Committee(MPC) in its meeting no.108 voted to increase the Monetary Policy Rate(MPR) 200 basis points from 12 percent to 14 percent. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele who briefed […]

Engr Elias Mbam RMAFC Boss President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Engr Elias Mbam as Chairman, Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) after his first tenure that ended in November 2015. The announcement was made through a statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OSGF. A […]

Col Sani Kukasheka The Nigerian Army said it has increased investment in public relations, promising to place premium on the training and retraining army spokespersons. Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman stated this at the inauguration of the Strategic Communication Course (SCC) 01/2016 of the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and […]

The Nigeria’s United Bank of Africa, UBA, has denied involvement in the funding of the failed coup plot in Turkey. A Turkey-based newspaper, Yenisafak, had reported that some of those arrested in connection with the July 15, 2016 failed coup plot had told their interrogators that UBA Plc and a United States of America Army […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the $1.46bn Abuja-Kaduna train service. After series of postponements, the President finally signalled the commencement of the rail project. The railway modernisation project commenced with the signing of the contract for the construction of the Abuja (Idu) to Kaduna (Rigasa) rail line in 2009. Buhari said the Abuja-Kaduna train for […]

The wife of the President of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, will declare open the Women in Management and Leadership Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Management on Thursday. A statement  stated that Buhari, who would be the special guest of honour at the two-day conference, would unveil the official plaque and slogan of the conference […]

The Federal Government has declared that it would no longer condone substandard electrical installations and the use of poor materials on the power network. It also warned that it would prosecute power equipment contractors who use substandard materials, stressing that no life must be lost due to someone’s negligence or poor judgement. The Minister of […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said despite the current harsh economic conditions in the country, there was hope for Nigeria. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, Osinbajo gave the assurance while granting audience to a delegation of the Muslim Lawyers Association at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The […]

One of the leading Global System for Mobile communication service providers (GSM companies), and an indigenous telecom brand, GLO, has written to all its out-of-home contractors nationwide to cancel all the outdoor advertising contracts with the telecom company has with them. The affected outdoor advertising agencies include Invent media, Executive Options Media, Fulham Nigeria, Capital […]

The referendum of June 23, 2016 regarding Britain’s remain at or exit from the European Union, through its subversive BREXIT result – the first major, painful defeat for the under German control European Union of the banks and multinationals,- undoubtedly shook the dominant British and European political and economical system. The British, taken as a […]

The Ekiti State House of Assembly has described a report in The Punch newspaper of Monday, July 25, 2016 that nine of its lawmakers are being investigated over certificate forgery as “baseless,” adding that it is a “figment of the imagination of the authors.” The Assembly also noted that the rumour that the lawmakers were […]