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Audio: NO! To 200 Naira To A Dollar For Pilgrims, Senate Playing To The Gallery
FPN: NO! To 200 Naira To A Dollar For Pilgrims, Senate Playing To The Gallery
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Government
NDDC Revokes 600 Contracts Worth N200 Billion | PremiumTimes
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it has revoked more than 600 contracts and projects as part of efforts to restructure the commission. The NDDC Managing Director Nsima Ekere told newsmen in Port Harcourt […]
Education
HURRAY! CRK, IRK Reinstated As Separate Subjects | TheCable
The federal government has asked the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to reinstate the Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) and Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK) as separate subjects in education curriculum. Adamu Adamu, minister of […]
Health
NHIS Acting Boss Talks Tough, Warns Staff Against Abuse of Office | PremiumTimes
The Acting Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Attahiru Ibrahim, on Thursday vowed to deal decisively with any worker that abuses his or her position. Mr Ibrahim disclosed this in his first […]
Government
Nigerians Criticise Senate For Asking CBN To Give Dollars At N200 For Pilgrimage
The Nigerian Senate was heavily criticised by Nigerians on Thursday for asking the federal government to direct the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to supply dollars at N200 to those going on pilgrimage either to […]
Politics
Amending Electoral Law Three Days To Election Is Dangerous, TMG Warns Lagos Assembly By Jamilah Na
Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a civil society organisation, says it is worried about the speed with which the Lagos state house of assembly passed an amendment to the Lagos electoral, law just three days to […]
Security
Nigeria Not Mature For State Police, Says IG | TheCable
Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, has asked those agitating for state police to consider the “political maturity” of Nigeria. Speaking at a meeting with governors in Abuja on Thursday, Idris said federal police system is […]
Government
Reversing Electricity Tariff Was A ‘Patently Bad’ Decision, Says Ex-NERC Commissioner | TheCable
Eyo Ekpo, former commissioner of market competition and rules (MCR) at the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), says the reduction of electricity tariff in March 2015 was a “patently bad decision”. The current situation in […]
Issues/Policy
Audio: Why Did The Vanguard Carry This Kanu Story?
Audio: Why Did The Vanguard Carry This Kanu Story?
Front Page News
Audio: Medview Management Needs A Complete Overhaul, The Current CEO Can No Longer Cope
Audio: Medview Management Needs A Complete Overhaul, The Current CEO Can No Longer Cope
Issues/Policy
Nigeria Clears Cameroon In Bakassi Deaths, Says Citizens ‘Drowned’ | PremiumTimes
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Wednesday said there was no evidence of 97 Nigerians being killed by Cameroonian Gendarmes. He said the 97 deaths represented the accumulation of all the Nigerians that […]
Lagos Talk91.3; Morning Digest
Audio: Muiz Banire; Kehinde Bamigbetan On APC Lagos Crisis On Morning Digest
Audio: Muiz Banire; Kehinde Bamigbetan On APC Lagos Crisis On Morning Digest
Government
Local Content Programmes Must Be Produced In Nigeria, Alhaji Lai Mohammed Insists
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reiterated the government’s decision that any programme meant for Nigerians must be produced in Nigeria, saying he was not appointed Minister to develop the economy […]
Government
Osinbajo: Nigeria One Of World’s Greatest Countries — No Question About That
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is one of the greatest countries in the world and will “probably” measure with the 15th largest economies in 10 years time. According to VON, Osinbajo said this on […]
Business
With N1.7trn In 6 Months, FIRS Records Significant Increase In 2017 Revenue | TheCable
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it collected a total of N1.782 trillion as tax revenue between January and July 2017. This is even as it has projected a total of N1.8 trillion value […]
Government
LG Election: Lagos Extends Restriction Of Movement | PMNews
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday extended the restriction of movement across the State noting that it had been slightly expanded and will now be enforced between 7 am and 3pm on Saturday July 22, […]
Health
Beware! Lagos Court Insists Taking Fanta, Sprite With Vitamin C Is Poisonous
A Lagos high court has insisted that its order that the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) must mandate the Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC) to include on all bottles of Fanta and […]
Issues/Policy
Incredible! See Photo Of Diezani Alison-Madueke’s $37.5m Banana Island Property Forfeited To Federal Govt
This is the $37.5m Banana Island, Lagos property belonging to former petroleum resources minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, which a Federal High Court in Lagos ordered should be temporary forfeited to the Federal Government.
YOUTH Matters
Why Every Nigerian Youth Should Support The Biafra Agitation By Ij Onuigbo
Bottom-line up front, if things don’t change quickly in Nigeria, your future is at risk if not completely doomed. I was alarmed to hear the Nigeria minister of finance, few days ago, along with other […]
Government
Concerned Nigerians: If Buhari Doesn’t Return In 18 Days We’ll Take Over N’Assembly
Concerned Nigerians, a pro-democracy group, has threatened to begin a daily sit-in at the national assembly if President Muhammadu Buhari does not return in 18 days. On May 7, Buhari left the country for the […]