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3 Shares Share Tweet Share Email President Muhammadu Buhari declared on Monday that Nigeria remains fully committed to free international trade, despite its present economic circumstances. President Buhari spoke at an audience in the Presidential Villa with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, his spokesman Femi Adesina said in a […]

Lagos Govt: Our Mobile Court Will Respect Rights Of Defendants – SIMONATEBAnews 2 Shares Share Tweet Share Email The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, assured residents on Monday that the Mobile Court recently inaugurated would dispense justice in accordance with the dictates of the law and respect fundamental human […]

Budget Scandal: Buhari Sacks Budget Boss, Appoints New DG – SIMONATEBAnews 4 Shares Share Tweet Share Email Presidency Statement President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Tijjani Mohammed Abdullahi as the Director-General (Budget). Mr. Abdullahi, a fellow of the Certified National Accountants of Nigeria, and a banker of repute with experience in managing […]

The trial of Gabriel Suswan, a former governor of Benue State and his Commissioner of Finance, Okolobia Okpanachi, continued onMonday, February 15, 2016, with a prosecution witness, Brijid Shiedie, managing director and chief executive officer, Benue Investment and Property Company Limited, telling Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja, how the sum […]

Breaking Pictures! Ambode, Ajimobi, Ikuforiji At Burial of Father Of Ambode’s Chief Press Secretary – SIMONATEBAnews 1 Share Share Tweet Share Email L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left), with Senator Olamilekan Solomon of Lagos West Senatorial District; Wife of Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Felicia Aruna; her husband, Mr. […]

EFCC Disclaims Recruitment Adverts – SIMONATEBAnews 1 Share Share Tweet Share Email EFCC Statement The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to alert the general public about the activities of some unscrupulous elements who have cashed in on the plan by the Commission to recruit more personnel to defraud unsuspecting job seekers. In recent […]

More Nigerians have been added to the nation’s financial system, as data on the website of the Nigeria Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) indicate that total active accounts stood at 59 million, higher than the 47.2 million active accounts which the country had at the beginning of 2015. This corroborated the Bankers’ Committee meeting earlier […]

Nigerians can heave a sigh of relief as Huawei is launching the Huawei G-Power #ThePowerOfSharing exclusively on Jumia in Nigeria today, Monday, 15th of February, 2016. Huawei is currently one of the top suppliers of the android smartphones all over the world and their epic antecedents in world Technology leaves much to be anticipated and desired even […]

“One candidate, current Managing Director Christine Lagarde, has been nominated,” reads a statement by the IMF executive board confirming of a second five-year term for IMF chief Christine Lagarde last Thursday. The new term begins in July, five years after she was first named to head the IMF in July 2011. Lagarde, 60, also has […]

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has said that Nigeria’s debt exposure to the World Bank now stands at $6.29 billion as at December 31, 2015. Nigeria’s exposure to World Bank loans has increased by $2.35bn (59.64%) in four years, from $3.94bn as at December 31, 2011 to $6.29bn as at December 31, 2015. According to […]Read More

Anambra State and ABX World, in alliance with Arik Air and Skyway Aviation Handling Company have signed a deal to start exporting agro-allied produce worth $5.2 billion to European countries. According to Anambra State Commissioner for Africa, the government’s priority for agricultural development was to eliminate poverty, enhance job creation, and improve the internally generated […]

Minister of state for Petroleum resources Dr.Ibe Kachukwu, disclosed on Sunday that he was losing a whopping $1 million annually since he was called upon to serve in the Buhari’s cabinet amid the continuous drop in oil prices. The Minister who was formerly the Vice President of Exxon Mobil West Africa was the first to […]