The Independent Energy Watch Initiative, an NGO, has launched first Africa indigenous energy management mobile software to fast-track information dissemination in power sector. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Chairman of the organisation, Mr Chidi Ike. Ike said the organisation aimed to facilitate a healthy interchange between the customers and […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said on Tuesday that the lack of a functional national transportation policy was affecting the road transport system. Amaechi said this at a stakeholders workshop on road transport management and mass transit operations in Nigeria held in Abuja. “It is disheartening that after over 50 years of Nigeria’s […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, approved the appointment of Ms Hadiza Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).The information is contained in a statement signed by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Yetunde Sonaike in Abuja. Sonaike stated that others appointed were Mohammed Bello-Koko as Executive Director, Finance; Prof. Idris Abubakar, […]
Continue Reading…Insists on consolidation of charges … Say He is Not Afraid of Trial Immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Mohammed, Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has alleged before an Abuja High Court that the federal government planned to ambush him with double jeopardy in the three criminal charges against him in three different high courts […]
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives, will on Thursday meet the outgoing United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, over the allegation of sexual misconduct levelled against three members of the House. Investigative public hearing on the scandal begins on Thursday and Entwistle is expected to provide video clips of the incident. The incident allegedly occurred […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the appointment of Ja’afaru Ahmed as the Controller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board ( CDFIPB), in an emergency meeting held on the 27th of June, 2016 has approved the retirement of a Deputy Controller-General and an Assistant Controller-General of Prisons from the service. They are […]
Continue ReadingThe outgoing US Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, has compared President Muhammadu Buhari to President Barrack Obama of the United States, saying the Nigerian leader has performed well in his first year in office.Entwistle recalled that when Obama came into office, Americans were “impatient” just as the situation is currently in Nigeria. The American envoy, […]
Continue ReadingLeicester City have completed the signing of Nigeria forward Ahmed Musa from CSKA Moscow for a club record deal worth around £15 million. The 23-year-old Nigerian forward signed a four-year contract with the English Premier League champions after passing a medical on Friday. Musa who has won multiple titles with Kano Pillars and with Russian […]
Continue ReadingProtests in the United States over the deaths of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana, have led to the death of five police officers and six others injured in an ambush that occurred during a protest staged by black men in the US city of Dallas. According to the BBC, gunfire broke […]
Continue ReadingThe president of the Federal Replublic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has sent out a special message to Nigerians, to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr.In his message, the assured Nigerians that he is aware of what they are going through, stating that better days are just ahead. Read the full statement: I felicitate with all Nigerians, especially […]
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