Stakeholders in the telecommunications sector are worried about the negative attitude of some state governments toward the expansion of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure…
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Reps probe $1.4m ‘shady contract’ at defence ministry
The house committees on defence, army and public procurement have been mandated to investigate the $1.4 million contract scandal in the ministry of defence. It…
View More Reps probe $1.4m ‘shady contract’ at defence ministryIndomie buys Dangote plants in Ikorodu, Calabar
Dangote Noodles Limited, a unit of Nigerian company Dangote Flour Mills, has sold two production lines in Ikorodu and Calabar, to rival pasta maker De…
View More Indomie buys Dangote plants in Ikorodu, CalabarNigeria’s debts on the rise N20 trillion, still counting
Data made available by the Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday showed that Nigeria’s debt stock has hit N20 trillion as at September 30, 2017.…
View More Nigeria’s debts on the rise N20 trillion, still countingNigeria’s Super Eagles stun Argentina in Russia
In what analysts said may be a dress rehearsal for Nigeria’s performance in next year’s Russia World Cup, the Super Eagles stunned football superpowers Argentina…
View More Nigeria’s Super Eagles stun Argentina in RussiaTank convoy seen outside Zimbabwe capital
Several tanks were seen moving near the Zimbabwean capital Harare on Tuesday, witnesses told AFP, a day after the army warned it could intervene over…
View More Tank convoy seen outside Zimbabwe capitalYour security aides will be back after Anambra poll- IGP tells Obiano
Ibrahim Idris, the inspector-general of police, says the withdrawal of the security aides attached to Anambra governor Willie Obiano was to prevent the re-occurrence of…
View More Your security aides will be back after Anambra poll- IGP tells ObianoNNPC, WAEC partners to promote technical education
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says it has entered into a partnership with the West African Examination Council (WAEC), the Junior Engineering Technical Society(JETS),…
View More NNPC, WAEC partners to promote technical educationNdume is back from suspension after eight months
Suspended senator representing Borno south,Ali Ndume, has resumed his duties as a legislator on Wednesday. A 90-day suspension was handed to him by the upper legislative…
View More Ndume is back from suspension after eight monthsNigerian agritech firm Farmcrowdy launches mobile app
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform has introduced a new category of funding small scale farming in Africa by allowing Nigerians to venture…
View More Nigerian agritech firm Farmcrowdy launches mobile appMambilla power plant: 40 years after, FG signs $5.79bn contract
The federal government has signed the contract for the Mambilla hydro power project. The project was first designed 40 years ago and is expected to…
View More Mambilla power plant: 40 years after, FG signs $5.79bn contractInfrastructure deficit in South East will be addressed, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged his determination to urgently address the infrastructure deficit and related challenges confronting the south-east. He noted that that the Ibo…
View More Infrastructure deficit in South East will be addressed, says BuhariIGP redeploys Anambra police CP, OC SARS, Obiano’s police aides
The Nigeria police high command has redeployed the Anambra State Police boss, Umar Abubakar. The high command also redeployed the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)…
View More IGP redeploys Anambra police CP, OC SARS, Obiano’s police aidesFanfare in South East as Buhari unveils project
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Abakaliki in Ebonyi state to the warm embrace of a mammoth crowed as he started his two-day official visit…
View More Fanfare in South East as Buhari unveils project28 schools to feature in Bethphage basketball competition
No fewer than 28 secondary schools in Abuja will participate in the 2017 edition of the Bethphage Basketball Academy competition scheduled to take place at…
View More 28 schools to feature in Bethphage basketball competitionOgoni clean-up: Rivers lawmaker calls for patience with FG
Mr Josiah Olu, an APC lawmaker representing Eleme Constituency in the Rivers Assembly has enjoined pressure groups agitating against the delayed Ogoni clean-up to be…
View More Ogoni clean-up: Rivers lawmaker calls for patience with FGMY PACT ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN NIGERIA
Chukwudi-Oracle Nwala Economic recession is a phase in the business cycle defined as the periodic but irregular up-and-down movements in economic activity measured by fluctuations…
View More MY PACT ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN NIGERIAIncredible: Nine ‘whistleblowers’ lay claim to five percent of Ikoyi cash
About nine individuals are currently laying claim to the commission mapped out to the person responsible for the information that led to the recovery of…
View More Incredible: Nine ‘whistleblowers’ lay claim to five percent of Ikoyi cashPound sinks on fears over May’s future
The British pound sank Monday on uncertainty surrounding Prime Minister Theresa May’s future, but the London stock market was buoyed by the sliding currency, dealers…
View More Pound sinks on fears over May’s futureFIFA bribery trial to kick off in New York
The FIFA corruption trial is to get underway with opening statements in New York on Monday, two and a half years after US prosecutors unveiled…
View More FIFA bribery trial to kick off in New YorkBuhari support El-Rufai’s plan to layoff teachers who failed competency test
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja endorsed the ongoing primary school education reforms embarked upon by the Kaduna state government. The President made this…
View More Buhari support El-Rufai’s plan to layoff teachers who failed competency testKatsina Gov presents N211.4bn appropriation for 2018
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Monday presented the 2018 appropriation bill of N211.4 billion at the State House of Assembly. Masari, who presented…
View More Katsina Gov presents N211.4bn appropriation for 2018Obasanjo is the boss of bosses… ignore him at your peril- Jonathan
Nigerian former President Goodluck Jonathan has described ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo as the “boss of bosses”, saying any politician who ignores the elder statesman does so…
View More Obasanjo is the boss of bosses… ignore him at your peril- JonathanTragedy: Soldier commits suicide after killing captain in Chibok
There was confusion in the Chibok local government area of Borno state on Sunday after a staff sergeant identified as Silas Ninyo killed one K.…
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