Speaking on Tuesday, after he was decorated anti-corruption ambassador by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu noted that if war against corruption must be achieved in all its ramifications, there was the urgent need for the establishment of Special Anti- Corruption Courts. Senator Ekweremadu who […]
Continue ReadingThe acting Director-General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Paul Angya, has revealed that the agency would need additional 10,000 staff to fight substandard products in the country. Mr. Angya, speaking in Lagos, said if more staff were employed, they would be able to go far places in the country to check substandard products. “We have […]
Continue ReadingIbrahim Gobir, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Services, has defended the Senate’s decision to pay N36.5 million for each of the recently acquired Toyota Land Cruisers for senators. Mr. Gobir told journalists on Tuesday in Abuja that the specification of the acquired vehicles were higher than those reported in the media. According to him, […]
Continue ReadingSaturday, April 9, 2016 was an exciting evening, as staff of pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc gathered at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, Nigeria, to celebrate the bank’s staff that have performed exceptionally well in the 2015 financial year. It is a tradition that the bank has maintained since […]
Continue ReadingAs contained in an official statement by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman Acting Director Army Public Relations, troops of 113 Battalion at Kareto Northern Borno State, were attacked by Boko Haram terrorists in the early hours of today. The troops are reported to be in fierce battle with the insurgents. The Army spokesman promises to release […]
Continue ReadingThe media has been rife with information Ngozi Okongo-Iweala’s revelation of how former President Goodluck Jonathan landed Nigeria in her current economic morass. The former finance minister of finance, has however, denied blaming the former president. “In my second time as a finance minister, from 2011 to 2015, we had the instrument, we had the means, […]
Continue ReadingThe Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Maimala Buni, on Sunday stated that Nigeria’s economy would get a boost as a result of President Muhammadu Buhari’s foreign trips. Alhaji Buni, said this in Damaturu in an interview “Nigeria is in dire need of partners with technical expertise to develop its infrastructure. “There is […]
Continue ReadingInformation from the Nigerian Army on Sunday, disclosed the recovery of large cache of arms buried in Borno State at a spot made to look like a graveyard. Leo Irabor, Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, said it took the vigilance of soldiers to notice the grave, which concealed a cache of high calibre ammunition, […]
Continue ReadingAmnesty International, has asked the Nigerian army to come out clean on the alleged massacre of some members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Amnesty International described the revelation on how 347 members of the sect were allegedly buried as disturbing. Amnesty International said […]
Continue ReadingThe leadership of the house of representatives committee on appropriation, has posited that the presidency is not telling Nigerians the true story about 2016 budget. There was an alleged reallocation of funds for Lagos-Calabar rail project to Lagos-Kano rail project. Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, chairman of the committee, in a series of messages on his Twitter […]
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