We budgeted N19.2bn for capital expenditure in 2017, we got only N3bn – Minister
Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment plans to spend N26.1billion for its operations in 2018, Minister of State in the ministry, Hajia Aisha Abubakar, has said. Abubakar made this…
Dangote Refinery: Investment to revamp oil, gas industry- Soyode
December 14, 2017 Mr Babajide Soyode, the Technical Consultant on Refinery to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said the Dangote Refinery, Petrochemical and Fertilizer projects would solve half of Nigeria’s crude oil…
FG to spend $1bn on insurgency war as Excess Crude Account Balance Now $2.317 billion
The National Economic Council (NEC) has granted approval to the Federal Government to spend $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) on the fight against insurgency. The Edo Gov….
ADP to enthrone a “new Nigeria’’, launches online registration
December 14, 2017 National Chairman, Action Democratic Party (ADP), Alhaji Yabagi Sani, said the party was prepared to make sacrifice that would ensure the enthronement of a new democratic culture…
PDP, S/Africa chapter, supports reconciliation
December 14, 2017 Mr Ekos Akpokabayen, Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South Africa chapter, says the post-election reconciliation by the new national executive of the party is a welcome development….
Assault: prosecution of Abia Speaker ongoing – FRSC
December 14, 2017 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has assured that the case of alleged assault on its officials by the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly and…
Murder: Court orders remand of policeman in prison
December 14, 2017 An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded in prison a 30-year-old police officer, Famodimu Ayo, over alleged murder and attempted murder. The Prosecutor, Insp Johnson Okunade,…
NSCDC inaugurates Task Force on fuel distribution in Kano State
December 14, 2017 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kano State Command, on Thursday, inaugurated a Task Force Committee to monitor distribution and sales of fuel in the…
50 prison inmates to write 2018 UTME
December 14, 2017 No fewer than 50 prison inmates will sit for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), according to an official. The Principal, Ikoyi Prisons School, Mr Idris…
NASME scribe urges FG to reform developmental banks
December 14, 2017 An entrepreneur, Mr Nerus Ekezie, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to reform developmental banks to ensure they granted loans to small business owners without collateral. Ekezie,…