FRC to grill Sanusi, Alade, Lemo, Akingbola, 10 others
The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) will tomorrow and Thursday question the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; CBN Acting Governor, Dr. Sarah Alade;...
View ArticleFIRS gets N4.21tn revenue target for 2014
The Federal Government has given the Federal Inland Revenue Service a N4.21 trillion revenue target for 2014, the Acting Executive Chairman of the Service, Alhaji Kabir Mashi, has said. Mashi stated...
View ArticleInsurgency displaces three million people in three months –NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday said three million people were displaced by insurgency in the North-East between January and March. NEMA Director-General Mohammad Sani-Sidi made...
View ArticlePolice foil plot to bomb Kaduna
The Police in Kaduna State, on Tuesday, foiled a plot to bomb the state capital by detonating a suspected substance believed to be a high caliber Improvised Explosive Device wrapped in a polythene bag...
View ArticlePanic as fire razes Lagos CBN office
The Central Bank of Nigeria building at Marina, Lagos State, went up in flames ...
View ArticlePolice didn’t receive N19.7bn from Sanusi, IG tells Reps
There was a new twist to the N19.7bn Police Equipment Fund on Tuesday ...
View ArticleDismissal saga: Court bars EFCC from arresting Olotu
The former Federal High Court judge who was recently sacked by the National Judicial Council, NJC, on Tuesday approached a court a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to procure a blanket order to...
View ArticleMan City trounce Man Utd 3-0
Manchester City increased the pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea by disposing of Manchester United with almost embarrassing ease at Old Trafford. Edin Dzeko scored early in each half – the...
View ArticleGovt expenditure on East-West roads scales N250bn – Ishaku
The Supervising Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Arc. Dickson Ishaku said that it has so far expended over N250 billion on the construction of the East-West roads. This came as he gave a breakdown...
View ArticlePAN Nigeria pledges support for educational institutions
PAN Nigeria Limited says it will continue to support educational activities in the country as part of the plans to build a vibrant human capacity that can be absolved in the Nigerian auto industry. The...
View ArticleMalaysia plane: 122 new objects spotted, says minister
A further 122 objects potentially from the missing Malaysian plane have been identified by satellite, the country’s acting transport minister has said. The images, taken on March 23, showed objects up...
View ArticleImo Assembly denies plot to Impeach Speaker
The Imo House Assembly on Wednesday denied hatching any plot to impeach the Speaker, Dr Benjamin Uwajumogu. The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Dr Acho Ihim told newsmen in the premises of...
View ArticleMy husband wants divorce because I refuse him sex, says 69-year-old
A 69-year-old housewife, Mrs Simbiatu Oduntan, on Wednesday told an Orile Agege Customary Court in Lagos that her husband, Alhaji Mustairu Oduntan, 84, wanted to divorce her because she refused him...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan departs Abuja for ECOWAS Summit in Cote D’Ivoire tomrrow
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will depart Abuja Thursday for Yamoussoukro, Cote D’Ivoire to participate in the 44thOrdinary Session of the Conference of Economic Community of West African States...
View ArticleForfeiture proceedings: US to handover Abacha loot to Nigeria — AGF
The Federal Government on Wednesday said that the objective of the forfeiture ...
View ArticleFRSC: Court declares new number plates illegal
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday held that it was unconstitutional ...
View ArticleSultan leads Muslims delegation to Jonathan over alleged marginalisation
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Wednesday led some prominent Muslims in the country to meet President Goodluck Jonathan to protest alleged marginalisation of the Muslim community....
View ArticlePPMC, LPG marketers seek removal of kerosene subsidy
The Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and Liquefied Petroleum Marketers have called for the total removal of subsidies on kerosene based on the government’s explanation that it was no...
View ArticleResident doctors urge govt to honour agreements
The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to implement all agreements reached with the association on the welfare and training of resident...
View ArticleNERC licenses Bauchi to build power generation plant
Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued a license to the Bauchi State Government for the construction of 35MW gas-fired Independent Power Plant (IPP) through Yankari Power Company Limited. Presenting...
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