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NNPC Commended For Clean, Updated Audit
Once again, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has received a positive audit report. ‘’Let me at this juncture commend the Group Managing Director,...
Creative Industry Gets Pioneer Status’, Qualifies For Tax Holiday
The Federal Government has granted ‘Pioneer Status’ to the Creative Industry, in a landmark move aimed at transforming the industry to a creative...
Feeding Nigeria’s 200 million people will be huge business- First Bank CEO
Nigeria imports nearly a shipload of rice every week. But it is one of the most agriculturally fertile countries in Africa. The challenge,...
NNPC, Shell, Chevron Sign Agreements to Boost FG Revenue by $16 billion
Two sets of alternative financing agreements on Joint Venture (JV) projects to boost reserves and production in line with government’s aspiration were executed...
Saraki: APC Docile, Inactive And Not Same As Years Ago, Says I’m a Member ‘Body and Spirit’
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]enate President, Bukola Saraki, has revealed that he has no plans to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the he is...
Despite IMF’s Forecast, Nigeria Economy To Grow 2.2 Per cent in 2017 Says FG
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he federal government expects the economy to grow 2.2 percent this year, according to a strategy document cited by Reuters on Thursday. The...
Poverty-stricken Calabar man sells 2-year-old son for just N150, 000
Apparently ravaged by the current economic hardship, 52-year-old Abraham Udoh, has sold off his two-year-old son for N150,000 in Calabar, Nigeria. Udoh bargained...
Energy Integration: Nigeria to Extend Gas Pipeline to Cote d’ Ivoire
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) would be extended from Ghana to Cote d’ Ivoire...
In 2018 No Passport Without Identification Number, Says FG
Nigerians applying for traveling passports will have to obtain identification number from the National Identification Management Commission, NIMC, in order to be eligible...
It’s Luxury in the Sky As Emirates Airline Unveils New Cabin Lounge
Emirates’ premium flyers can now enjoy the airline’s newly revamped lounge aboard the world’s largest passenger plane. The redesigned airplane bar made its...
Buhari has been gone for months. The last Nigerian president absent this long died in office by Kim Dioone
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been out of the country since May 7, seeking medical care in London. He has not disclosed the...
I’m Not Dead: Awujale Denies Death Rumours
Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland, in Ogun State, is alive, hale and hearty, contrary to widespread rumours about his demise....
Half year: Dangote Cement records 12.6% Sales volume increase across Africa
Dangote Cement, Africa’s largest cement producer, has announced its unaudited results for the six months ended 30th June 2017, posting a 12.6 percent...
Sagay’s gobbledygook By Sufuyan Ojeifo
I read the news report credited to the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), wherein he called for stiff...
“We Need More Tony Elumelus to Take Our Children Off The Streets, Says Sultan of Sokoto
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, over the weekend commended the Tony Elumelu Foundation and its Founder, Tony O. Elumelu...
755 U.S Diplomats Must Leave Russia, Says Putin
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ussian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that 755 US diplomats must leave his country, after Moscow announced it would expel American staff in...
