2015: Jonathan can run-Atiku
As national leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, seek for resolution of the crisis rocking the party, the leader of the parallel ‘New PDP’ and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has...
View ArticleWhy aggrieved members of PDP should shift ground–PDP chieftain
Dr Agbo Emmanuel, Benue State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who is also the chairman of the congress of state chairmen of the party spoke with newsmen recently on the crises rocking the...
View ArticleJonathan presents 2014 Budget today
President Goodluck Jonathan will today present the 2014 Budget to the joint session of the National Assembly today. The President had in a letter to both chambers of the National Assembly on October 23...
View ArticleJimoh Ibrahim arrested over N6.8bn tax fraud
Special Enforcement Unit of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, yesterday stormed the NICON Luxury Hotel in Abuja and arrested business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim, over alleged N6.8billion tax fraud....
View ArticleIjaw president, Sekibo slumps, dies
Bayelsa State capital has been thrown in disquiet following the collapse and death of the president of the umbrella body of Ijaw ethnic group known as Ijaw National Congress, INC, Senator Tari Sekibo....
View ArticlePrivatisation of refineries begins 2014
M inister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said that plans are underway to privatise four state-owned oil refineries, including the two-unit 210,000 barrel-a-day Port Harcourt...
View ArticleTask Systems acquires Buyright Africa in its expansion
As part of its ambition to launch the biggest Online and ICT Retail Smart Shops Network in the country to compliment its leadership position in the ICT solution sector, the Board of Task Systems has...
View ArticleWaveTek to deliver Microsoft IT Academies in Anambra
Microsoft certified partner, WaveTek Nigeria Limited, is working closely with Microsoft, HP and TD to deliver Microsoft IT Academy for the Anambra State government. The State Government signed a school...
View ArticleNokia gives reasons for sponsoring the mobile stream at this year’s Global Forum
Nokia has disclosed reasons for the sponsorship of the mobile stream at this year’s Global Innovation & Technology Entrepreneurship Forum which took place recently in East London, South Africa– the...
View ArticleIFC, AfDB plan $2.5bn bonds
THE International Finance Corporation, IFC and African Development Bank, AfDB have started arrangements to issue Naira-denominated bonds worth $2.5 billion, about N400 billion, in landmark bond issues...
View ArticleZinox, Nigcomsat in partnership to enhance broadband deployment in Nigeria
Zinox Technologies, Nigeria’s foremost Integrated ICT solutions company has entered into a strategic agreement with NIGCOMSAT, operators of Nigeria’s communications satellite. Nigerian Pilot gathered...
View ArticleFG promotes local products for export
As Marks advocates ban on imported military booths The federal government yesterday reiterated its commitment to continue to promote locally-manufactured products for export so as to create more jobs...
View ArticleDeveloping solid minerals for economic growth
The transformation agenda of the Jonathan administration has been equivocal in its determination to liberate Nigeria from the shackles of the nation’s mono-economic dependence on the oil sector. It is...
View ArticleTackling shortage of seafarers in Nigeria’s maritime sector
Lack of indigenous vessels to provide the needed sea training opportunities remains the major problem in the maritime sector but stakeholders had consistently urged the federal government to formulate...
View ArticleAn agenda for youth engagement
Let us begin with a necessary clarification, one that qualifies for a disclaimer on behalf of youth! I am not a youth, or better put; I am no longer a youth! By no stretch of the imagination, however...
View ArticleBrigade Commander assures on improved security in Abuja
Commander of the Presidential Guards Brigade, Brigadier General Emmanuel Atewe yesterday attributed the improved security situation in the nation’s capital, Abuja to the synergy between his Command and...
View ArticleOsun to spend N5bn on tourist sites
Osun State government has reiterated its readiness to develop all tourist centers across the state. The state Commissioner for Home Affairs, Tourism and Culture, Alhaji Sikiru Ayedun stated this...
View ArticleCholera: More casualties as WHO, NIMR inspect victims in Otukpo
Even as officials of the Benue State Ministry of Health continue to deny the existence of cholera epidemic in Otukpo local government area of the state, the level of casualty from frequent stooling and...
View ArticleAnambra: IG redeploys 5 AIGs, 2 CPs
Ahead of the supplementary election in Anambra State, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar yesterday redeployed the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State and five Assistant...
View ArticleEkiti to initiate process of new local councils before 2014
Ekiti State Government has promised to initiate the process for the creation of more local governments from the existing sixteen local government councils before the expiration of its tenure in 2014....
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