Manufacturing: AFREXIM Bank lists strategies to facilitate AfCFTA in Nigeria
The African Export Import Bank (AFREXIM) says it has created trade financing programmes to facilitate the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in the manufacturing sector in…
Girls who dress indecently fall victim of rape, molestation – Queen Moremi
Queen Moremi Ajasoro (QMA), Oreoluwa Toluhi, has called on girls to uphold the dignity of womanhood in society to avert the rise in sexual harassment and rape cases in the…
BBNaija is immoral, evil, shameful; ban it now: CLO chief charges FG
Reality TV show Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, is immoral, shameful and evil and should be banned by the Federal Government from the nation’s television telecast space. The Chairman of Civil…
In the past, seized assets were secretly returned to those who stole them, never again; vows Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has given instructions that all forfeited assets be sold, “and the money put in the Treasury Single Account.” “Let’s see who will now take back…
Jonathan in closed door meeting with Buhari; declines comments
Immediate past president of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan, was a surprise guest of President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock on Thursday. The meeting was brief and lasted for barely 15…
Nigeria to borrow from Chinese bank to finance $3.9bn rail contract awarded to China firm
The Federal Government has signed a 3.9 billion dollar agreement with the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) for the construction of the Abuja-Itakpe railway. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi…
Alleged $8.4m scam: Absence of Ajudua’s lawyer stalls trial
The absence of a defence counsel, Mr Olalekan Ojo, SAN, in an Ikeja High Curt on Thursday stalled the trial a former Lagos socialite accused of defrauding Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi,…
Seven years after, Lawan files no-case submission in Otedola $3m bribe saga
Seven years after, Farouk Lawan, a former Chairman of the House or Representatives Ad hoc Committee on fuel subsidy, on Thursday filed a no-case-submission in the alleged $3 million bribe…
Two brothers allegedly behead teenage boy for ritual; remanded
Two brothers, Saheed Obadimeji and Ayodeji Obadimeji, were, on Thursday, remanded in prison by an Igbosere High Court in Lagos for allegedly beheading a teenage boy in what appears to…
Okowa brokers peace between NPDC and Ubogo community
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has waded into the crisis between Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Ubogo community in Udu Local Government Area of the state. Okowa commended…