A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to account for the N360 billion allegedly withdrawn from the account for security. In a statement, he claimed that there ...
Read More »Excess crude account depletes amid oil price volatility
Programme Coordinator of the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter (NNRC), Tengi George-Ikoli, has expressed fears that the dip in oil prices could send the country back to recession going by the depletion of the Excess Crude Account (ECA). Recalling the calls ...
Read More »2019 polls worst in nation’s history, says Senator Shehu Sani
Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central has described the last general elections as the worst ever in the country’s annals, following the irregularities that trailed it. The activist, who lost his return bid to the Senate, has challenged the result ...
Read More »Ecobank Drives Financial Inclusion in S’East, Launches EcobankPay Zone at Ariaria Market, Aba
Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan, has assured businesses at Ariaria Market in Aba, Abia State of better ease in receiving their payments. Akinwuntan, who launched the Ecobankpay zone at the market, said it will facilitate easy, secure and convenient ...
Read More »Cargo congestion looms at ports as truck owners threaten strike.
Controversy trails customs distribution of relief materials in Kano The Association of Maritime Truck Owners has threatened to stop lifting of cargoes in and out of the nation’s seaports, if the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) does not end ‘illegal’ auction ...
Read More »Nasarawa govt uncovers 200 ghost workers in payroll
No fewer than 200 ghost workers have been uncovered on the Payroll Vouchers (PV) of various Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nasarawa State. Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Haruna Osegba, disclosed this at the weekend during a Joint ...
Read More »Five persons feared killed in Maiduguri bomb blasts
No fewer than five persons were reportedly killed at the weekend, when two suspected suicide bombers detonated their strapped Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at Muna Garage in Maiduguri, Borno State. Another 46 persons also sustained various degrees of injuries in ...
Read More »No mercy for oil thieves, says new JTF commander
New Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) codenamed Operation Delta Safe Rear Admiral Akinjide Akinriade, yesterday said the task force in the Niger Delta will have no mercy for oil thieves and other criminals in the region. Speaking during ...
Read More »Dickson offers automatic employment to medical doctors, PHD, MSC holders
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has offered automatic employment to 307 products of the state Scholarship Scheme who have completed their doctorate and master’s degree programmes in various disciplines in universities across the world. A statement issued by his Special ...
Read More »FG, NACCIMA laud Ugwuanyi for ease of doing business in Enugu
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah and President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Iyalode Alaba Lawson have commended Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for enhancing the ease of doing business in ...
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