The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Monday advised Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to patronise local meter manufacturing companies in the country. He gave the advice while inaugurating the Mass Meter Deployment programme in Kano on Monday. The minister said such patronage was necessary to encourage the production of meters by the […]
Continue ReadingReputation Management agency, Magna Carta, won the Africa PR Consultancy of the year category at the SABRE Awards in Berlin, Germany recently . The awards were hosted by the Holmes Report, with their editors having reviewed the performance of 400 agencies based on their Report Card research process. The judging process was extensive, involving hundreds of […]
Continue ReadingAli Modu Sheriff, former Borno state governor and ousted Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared that he remained the chairman of the opposition party until 2018, arguing that the court did not recognise the Senator Ahmad Markafi-led Caretaker Committee.“As you may be aware, that we have been facing some challenges since we […]
Continue Reading… Introduces COMPLAN as a nutritional support for management of hypertension ‘’which is a risk factor for stroke the major cardiovascular disease in Nigeria’’ Kraft Heinz Company, manufacturers of Complan ‘’complete meal in a drink’’ has organized a scientific symposium on cardiovascular diseases in Lagos recently to educate health care professionals on the impending epidemic […]
Continue ReadingThe Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Monday announced a seven-member team, led by Odein Ajumogobia, a former Minister of Petroleum, to dialogue with the Federal Government.Jomo Gbomo, MEND’s spokesman, said in an online statement on Monday that other members of the group, tagged, “Aaron Team 2”, are Bismark Rewane (Delta) […]
Continue ReadingThe Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, said it has observed with disappointment the continuous churning out of white lies to unsuspecting Rivers people, Nigerians and the world at the slightest opportunity by the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike. The party in a statement signed by its spokesman, Senibo Chris Finebone and […]
Continue ReadingThe Sub-committee on Payments Systems and Infrastructure of the Bankers Committee, last week sent a proposal to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), seeking to limit over the counter cash withdrawal by bank customers to N10,000. The proposal was presented at the committee’s meeting but it is not clear whether it was considered. The CBN […]
Continue ReadingThe outspoken Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, pointed out that the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government’s school feeding programme must be achieved without the proposed 40 per cent counterpart funding from States.He alleged that all the Federal Government is doing, is looking for an excuse for the impending failure of the programme by asking […]
Continue ReadingIslamic State’s Amaq News Agency on Sunday said the Islamist militant group was responsible for the shooting that killed at least 50 people in a massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The Islamic State media outlet said the perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub attack was a member of the extremist organisation. “The armed […]
Continue ReadingThe attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to speculations and rumours regarding the number and names of the senior Army officers affected in the recent retirement exercise. This is worrisome as some individuals and media houses went to the ridiculous extent of publishing outrageous figures and names of serving officers as being retired. […]
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