Police begin 24-hour aerial surveillance on Abuja-Kaduna road
The Police on Saturday has started 24-hour air surveillance on Abuja-Kaduna highway following increase of traffic on the road. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 7, Abuja, Alhaji Salisu Fagge,…
20m people in Nigeria, South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia face starvation, $4.4bn needed -UN
The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, the UN…
Fidelity Bank splashes N16m on seven customers in promo bonanza
Seven customers of Fidelity Bank have won N16 million under the bank’s sixth edition of Get Alert in Millions Promo across the country. The bank, in a statement on Saturday…
Nigeria’s foreign reserve edge up to $30bn
Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves rose above $30 billion as of March 8 to its highest level since October 2015, central bank data showed on Friday. Nigeria’s dollar reserves have increased…
Buhari resumes Monday, to notify NASS of his return
The Presidency has announced that President Muhammadu Buhari will officially resume his duty on Monday next week. Buhari’s resumption was announced by his media aide, Femi Adesina on his twitter…
EFCC charges Yakubu, ex-NNPC GMD, with asset concealment
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has formally charged Andrew Yakubu, the former group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, with asset concealment and money laundering. The six…
NCC, CBN broker reprieve for Etisalat, banks won’t take over telecom firm
Reprieve came for Mobile Network Operator, Etisalat on Friday’s following a meeting convened by financial regulator, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and telecom regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC to find…
Court orders forfeiture of N3.5bn belonging to ex- NAMA chiefs
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of N3.5 billion and 68,000 dollars belonging to the top managers of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and…
Soludo at Vanguard forum, Soludo berates APC economic policy, says the Govt has made naira worse than it met it
By Theresa Igata Nigeria may be at a crossroads in view of the current decline in the price of crude oil and stagflation. But leading economists, financial experts, and political…
I don’t need Customs uniform to do my job, Ali replies Senate
The Senate’s directive, the Comptroller General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, has said that he was not employed to wear uniform but to do his job as Customs boss.it…