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Month: February 2017
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Government
Ladoja’s Alleged N4.7bn Fraud Case Resumes March 1 | Punch
The eight-year-old trial of a former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, for an alleged fraud of N4.7bn, was stalled on Tuesday due to lack of preparation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The […]
Issues/Policy
Buhari Set To Return, Says Presidency | TheNation
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to return from the United Kingdom where he is spending his vacation, Senior Special Assistant (Media) to the president Malam Garba Shehu, has said. In a television interview aired yesterday, […]
Issues/Policy
Militancy Deprived Nigeria of $100bn In 2016 –Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said the country lost as much as $100bn in revenue last year as attacks by militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta cut crude output […]
Issues/Policy
$151m Deposits: Bankers, Civil Servants To Face Trial | TheNation
A LIST of suspects who will face trial over the $151million and N8billion found in fictitious bank accounts is in the works, The Nation learnt yesterday. On the “long” list are bankers and civil servants, […]
Issues/Policy
Reps Query Buratai Over Condition of Military Barracks
Members of the House of Representatives are unhappy with what they consider to be the “horrible” condition of military barracks in the country, particularly those occupied by soldiers. Lawmakers said this on Tuesday during a […]
Education
Parents, Blind Pupils Decry Learning Conditions In King’s College | Punch
Some visually-impaired pupils of King’s College, Lagos State, their special teacher and parents say there are no learning facilities for the blind in the school. The pupils and their teacher accused the school of failing […]
Issues/Policy
SGF Hints Buhari Will Run for Second Term | Punch
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has given a hint of the possibility of President Muhammadu Buhari seeking a second term in 2019. Lawal gave the hint while addressing a pro-Buhari […]
Government
Restructuring Depends On What Nigerians Want, Says Atiku | TheCable
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said any decision on the restructuring of the country would be taken by the people and not by the politicians alone. Abubakar said this in Minna, Niger state capital, […]
Banking
CBN Says Fake Naira Notes In Circulation Less Than One Percent | TheCable
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says fake naira notes in circulation are less than one percent. The CBN was reacting to statement credited to Obadiah Mailafia, an ex-deputy governor of the bank, who claimed […]
Issues/Policy
Looking Back; Why Nigeria Tripped at the AU, By Owei Lakemfa
It is incomprehensible that Nigeria, the largest black nation in the world and a dominant economic and military power in Africa, would roll out its heavyweight leaders, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Africa’s richest […]
Life Style
I Am My Own Master, By Pius Adesanmi
Today, I am sufficiently ideologically rooted in Africa to want to return to Adebola Ifasanmi but I am not going to do that to you. You slept ten years ago happy with your work, Pius […]
Government
The Impervious Pendants Of Aso Rock, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
These are no ordinary times. In the annals of Nigerian history, this time is a terrible period of want, insecurity, economic upheaval and social failure. Nigerians need to be inspired and enthused. No leader, no […]
Video
Need To Reform Our Budgeting System, By Ojobo Atuluku
ActionAid holds firmly to the necessity for public affairs to be made open and fully transparent. It is only when information is laid bare that stakeholders and the generality of citizens are able to make […]
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Aviation
Arik Suspends Flights To London, Johannesburg | PremiumTimes
Arik Air has suspended its international flight operations to the London and Johannesburg routes. The spokesman of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, Jude Nwauzor, made the announcement in a statement issued on Tuesday […]
Issues/Policy
Former NNPC Boss Andrew Yakubu Forfeits N3 Billion To Nigerian Govt | PremiumTimes
A court has ordered that the $9.8 million and 74,000 pounds recovered from a house belonging to Andrew Yakubu be forfeited to the Nigerian government. The anti-graft agency, EFCC, last Friday announced it recovered the […]
Government
Govt: No Plan To Raise VAT
There is no plan to raise Value Added Tax (VAT), Minister of Budget and National Planning Udoma Udo Udoma said yesterday. Senator Udoma spoke during the opening of a public hearing on the 2017 budget […]
Issues/Policy
Ex-Air Force Chief Umar ‘Buys N2.38b Houses In Two Years’
A Federal High Court in Abuja heard yesterday how a former Chief of Air Staff (COAS), Mohammed Dikko Umar, allegedly splashed N2.38 billion on five choice houses in Abuja, Kano and Kaduna. The court was […]