Dangote will be largest exporter of rice in 5 years – AfDB President
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), says billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote (www.Dangote.com), may become the largest exporter of rice in the world by 2021. Speaking...
View ArticleEconomic Growth in Africa is on the Upswing Following a Sharp Slowdown
Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is rebounding in 2017 after registering the worst decline in more than two decades in 2016, according to the new Africa’s Pulse, a bi-annual analysis of the state...
View ArticleFinally President Buhari bows to pressure, suspends SGF Babchir Lawal and NIA...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday suspended the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir David Lawal and Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele...
View ArticleNigeria’s Greatness Lies in its Diversity-VP Osinbajo
Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice President April 19, 2017/Press Release “A lot of those who say we are better divided as a nation, don’t understand that the greatness of this country lies first...
View ArticleNigerian Journalist Abdullahi Shuaibu Nabbed For Bank Robbery In New York
A man who works for a press agency that covers the United Nations was arrested in connection with a string of bank robberies in Midtown over the past month and a half, law enforcement sources tell...
View ArticleFG Set To Recover Pension Paid To Ghost Workers- Says Adeosun
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has said that the National Pension Commission (PenCom) is set to recover the pensions so far paid into the Retirement Savings Accounts of ghost workers....
View ArticleNEXIM Bank injects $10m in Golden Guinea Breweries
In a bid to restore and rehabilite the abandoned Golden Guinea Breweries Plc, the Nigeria Export Import Bank (NEXIM), says it has injected $10 million the beer company. The loan facility was obtained...
View ArticleNBS Says Daily Power Generation Peaked to 5,846 MW in Q1 2017
Click here to download full PDF report Executive Summary The power generation statistics for Q1 2017 reflected that a total average of 3,687 MW of energy was generated by power stations as Afam VI...
View ArticleFormer NFL star Aaron Hernandez hangs himself in prison
Convicted murderer and former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was found hanged in his Massachusetts prison cell yesterday morning, officials said, just days after his acquittal in a double murder case. The...
View ArticleTennis star, Serena Williams is pregnant
Serena Williams is pregnant with her first baby. The tennis star, 35, made the announcement on Wednesday where she showed off her pregnant belly on Snapchat. Williams wore a yellow swimsuit and said...
View ArticleNigeria Customs Redeployment 48 Comptrollers of Customs
In a major re-jigging of the Service for effective and efficient service delivery the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has approved the redeployment of 48 Comptrollers of...
View ArticleNaira firms on black market as CBN boosts dollar sale
Naira firmed strongly on the black market on Thursday as traders prepared for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to increase the dollar supply for exchange bureaux to keep the official retail rate...
View ArticleLagos Paid N16.9bn To Pensioners In One Year Ambode
*Disburses N2bn In Three Months To Entrepreneurs, Artisans, Others A total of N16.9billion was released as payment of pension arrears to pensioners in Lagos State between April 2016 and March 2017,...
View ArticleOver 30 Football Viewers Electrocuted In Calabar
Over 30 people are feared dead at a football viewing centre in Calabar, the Cross River State capital after being electrocuted by a high tension cable that reportedly fell on them. The football fans...
View ArticleJust In: ‘EFCC raids Senator Danjuma Goje’s house’
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime and Commission (EFCC) has reportedly raided the house of a former governor of Gombe state, accoring to The Nigerian Tribune. The raid took place on...
View ArticleLAGOS DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN DEMOLITION OF BERGER RETAIL MARKET
*We Don’t Demolish Without Adequate Notice, Says Commissioner The Lagos State Government on Friday debunked media reports linking it to the demolition of Berger retail market, saying that the...
View ArticleAdeosun engages G24 on Tax Revenue, Inclusive Growth, Budget transparency
.Calls for focus on non-oil revenue growth, tax compliance and budget accountability to drive sustainable economic development The Honourable Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, met with fellow...
View ArticleLinkage Assurance MD sees sector reform increasing value creation for...
L-R: Mr. Inam Udo Udoma, Non-Executive Director, Linkage Assurance Plc; Mrs Joyce Ojemudia, General Manager, Marketing, Linkage Assurance Plc; Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Executive Director, Capital Markets,...
View ArticleWE’LL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF THREE NEW GENERAL HOSPITALS THIS YEAR- AMBODE
…Orders Contractors Handling Uncompleted Projects Back To Site Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said that plans are already underway to commence construction of three new ultra...
View ArticleL.E.A.R.N HOLDS TIME OUT WITH YOUTHS ON MAY 1
The Leadership Empowerment and Resource Network (L.E.A.R.N), the non-governmental youth development oriented organization of Her Excellency, the former First Lady of Lagos State, Dame Emmanuella...
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