2019 Budget: FG to Boost Energy Sufficiency
The Director-General, Budget Office, Mr Ben Akabueze, said on Thursday that the Federal Government has made provision in the 2019 budget to boost energy sufficiency, so as to reduce…
Ugandans Kick Against ‘Miss Curvy Uganda’ Beauty Contest, Call for Resignation of Tourism Minister
Uganda must cancel a beauty contest that seeks to attract more visitors by showcasing “curvy women” because it objectifies women and promotes sex tourism, campaigners said on Thursday. Tourism…
Pension fund: Assets Hit N8.6trn, as at December, 2018
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) says total pension fund assets have grown to N8.63 trillion as at December 2018. Ms Aisha Dahir-Umar, its Acting Director-General, disclosed this at the public…
FG Inaugurates Egbaoma Gas Plant, to Complete OB3 Pipelines Project Q2, 2019
GMD, NNPC, Maikanti Baru Dr Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the Federal Government’s “OB3” gas pipelines project will be completed in…
Lagos Riverine Community Gets Transmission Substation
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Raji Fashola, on Thursday inaugurated a 1×30MVA/132/33kv built by Transmition Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Ilashe riverine community in Oriade Local Council Development…
Jos Gets ‘Garden of Forgiveness’, Feb. 7 Declared Day of Forgiveness
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau on Thursday begged for forgiveness from all those who lost loved ones in the persistent crises that rocked the state for many years. Lalong who…
Whistle Blowing: EFCC Recovered N527bn, $53m, £123 as at May 2018 – Magu
Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the commission recovered over N527 billion, 53 million dollars and £122.89 through the Whistle Blowing Policy…
President Bio Declares Sexual Violence a National Emergency, Attracts Life Sentence
The brutal rape of a young girl by her uncle in Sierra Leone became the rallying point for a campaign that on Thursday pushed President Julius Maada Bio to…
South Korea Partners AfDB to Step up Technology Transfers to Africa, Expand Use of Drones in Agriculture
AfDB President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina South Korea in partnership with the African Development Bank, is ready to step up technology transfers to Africa, officials have said in Seoul….
Man shot dead by unknown gunmen in Asaba
A middle aged man was shot dead by unknown assailants at about 6:30p.m.on Thursday at Ibusa Junction in Asaba, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The deceased, popularly known…