Benue Commences Training To Identify Poor, Vulnerable
In preparation for the full take off of the federal government interventions and social Investments programmes in Benue State, governor Samuel Ortom yesterday flagged off a 4-day training on community...
View ArticleAdeosun Intervenes In PenCom/Naicom Feud Over Annuity Asset Holdings
In an apparent move to ensure harmonization of pension and insurance regulatory operations in Nigeria, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has intervened and brokered a resolution in the dispute...
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Remita Seed Fund Invests N3m In 3 Nigerian Startups
Remita Seed Fund, a venture capital arm of SystemSpecs, leading financial technology firm and owner of Remita, has given financial support of N3 million to three technology startups. Each of the...
View ArticleECOWAS Wants Nigerian Religious Leaders To Become Whistle Blowers
The Inter-governmental action group against money laundering and terrorism financing in West Africa (GIABA), an arm of ECOWAS, yesterday announced its plans to engage Nigerian religious leaders as...
View ArticleFresh Suicide Attacks Kill 6, Injure 16 In Borno
Six persons including four suicide bombers were yesterday confirmed dead while 16 persons sustained various degrees of injuries in fresh suicide attacks In Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. According...
View ArticleFG Saves N60bn Through Presidential Fertiliser Initiative – FEPSAN
The President, Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEBSAN), Thomas Etuh has said that Presidential Fertiliser Initiative has eliminated subsidy on fertiliser by saving at least...
View ArticleThe Oddity Of Dollar-charging Schools
Finally, members of the House of Representatives have decided to do what they should have done a long time ago, which is, look into the oddity of foreign schools demanding that parents pay their wards’...
View ArticleFG Okays Advisory Council On Industrialisation
The federal government yesterday approved the establishment of the Nigeria Industrial Council to stimulate the activities of industries in the country. This was disclosed by the minister of Industry,...
View Article‘NAHCON Determined To Bring Down 2017 Hajj Fares’
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has expressed readiness to bring down hajj fares for the comfort of intending pilgrims to the 2017 holy pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Making this...
View ArticleFG Recants, Lifts Ban On Kaduna To Abuja Helicopters Shuttle
The federal government has backed out of its earlier decision to ban commercial helicopters shuttling between Abuja and Kaduna. LEADERSHIP recalls that National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana...
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Gov Bello Demolishes Kidnappers Den In Kogi
Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, yesterday, in Okene in the central senatorial district of the state pulled down buildings used by suspected kidnappers, terrorists and armed robbers in...
View ArticleSheriff Assures Of Level Playing Field For All PDP Members
National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff yesterday assured all members of the party a level playing field to realize their political ambitions. Sheriff ,who...
View ArticleAbuja Airport: Over 1200m Runway Mailed In Week One
In the first one week of the ongoing reconstruction of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, LEADERSHIP findings have shown that a little above 1200 meters have been mailed, with the...
View ArticleKano Creates Grazing Reserves For Herdsmen
The Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has identified five locations within forests in the state to serve as grazing reserves, even as the minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh has...
View Article…As Makarfi Accuses Him Of Sabotaging Peace Process
Chairman of the national caretaker committee, Sen Ahmed Makarfi, yesterday threw more light into how national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Sen Ali Modu Sheriff, backtracked on the...
View Article2019: PDP Fortifies Alliance With LP, SDP Leaders, Others
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the aegis of Strategy Review and Inter-party Affairs met with leaders of some political parties, as part of measures to return to power in 2019. Speaking at the...
View ArticleAbubakar Bello: Doing Governance With The People
Towards actualising his primary avowal to do governance with and not for the people of Niger State, the state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello recently started a working tour of the 25 local governments...
View ArticleTelecom Consumers To Spend Over N3.3trn In 2017
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta, has projected that telecoms consumers in Nigeria are expected to spend more than N3.3trillion on...
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Budget 2017: PMB Writes NASS For Additional $500m Eurobond
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly to seek for approval to issue an additional $500 million Eurobond to fund capital projects in the 2017 budget. This was revealed during a...
View Article2019: CSOs Back INEC On Fixing Of Election Dates
Civil Society Organisations, (CSO) yesterday backed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the announcement of dates for 2019 general elections recently. They, however, condemned the...
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