Buhari approves new measures to check terrorist activities
November 22, 2017 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the request of the Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen. Mansur Dan Ali (rtd) for the stationing of a full battalion of Special Forces…
N220bn fund: Fidelity Bank disburses N2.5bn to 500 SMEs operators
November 22, 2017 Fidelity Bank Plc says it has disbursed the sum of N2.5 billion out of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) N220 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…
NSE index rises by 0.02% in cautious trading
November 22, 2017 Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday ended on a cautious note with Nestle Nigeria leading the gainers’ table for the third consecutive day. The…
Facebook to open Nigeria hub next year, 50,000 Nigerians for training
Facebook will open a “community hub space” in Nigeria next year to encourage software developers and technology entrepreneurs and become the latest technology giant to pursue a training program in…
Pastor dies in sex romp with a teenager in hotel
A Pentecostal pastor (name withheld) has been reported dead during an alleged sex romp with a 19-year-old-girl in a hotel room in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta….
IS SIMON LALONG, GOVERNOR OF PLATEAU STATE, A ONE-TERM GOVERNOR? PART ONE(1)
By Emmanuel Ado But for what most Plateau State indigenes perceived as David Jona Jang’s “Berom Supremacy Agenda”, Simon Bako Lalong, wouldn’t have been elected Governor of Plateau State in…
Shuaib vs Okonjo-Iweala: Court Orders FG to Reinstate NEMA Spokesperson 4 Years After Compulsory Retirement, FG to pay his Salaries and Allowances within one Month
Justice David Isele of the National Industrial Court (NIC) has ordered the immediate reinstatement of former Spokesperson of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Yushau A. Shuaib back into the public…
GEF/SGP spends $39,000 on reclamation project in Delta
November 22, 2017 The Global Environmental Facility/Small Grant Programme (GEF/SGP) says it has spent $39,000 dollars (about N14 million) to execute land reclamation in Delta. Mrs Ibironke Olubamise, the GEF/SGP’s…
Buhari vows to check looting of public funds
November 22, 2017 President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday inaugurated a 3-man Audit Committee on Recoveries made by the federal government and vowed never to allow wanton diversion and embezzlement of…
Senate investigates alleged EFCC, DSS, NIA fued
November 22, 2017 The Senate on Wednesday announced that it would probe alleged feud among Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Directorate of State Security (DSS) and National Intelligence Agency (NIA)…