CBN Further Crashes Dollar To N360/$ At Banks
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has pegged dollar sale to invisibles such as Basic Travel Allowance (BTAs), medicals and school fees abroad at N360 per dollar. This is even as the apex bank said...
View ArticleEffective Service Delivery, Pivot Of PMB’s Change Agenda –SGF
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal has said that effective service delivery is tantamount to good governance, and is the pivot of President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
View Article‘AMCON Recovers N681bn From Debtors’
The managing director/chief executive officer, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Ahmed Kuru has disclosed that the corporation has recovered over N681.5billion in the last six years...
View ArticleBuba Galadima Loses First Son
The former, national secretary of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) party, Engr. Buba Galadima has lost a son Aliyu Buba Galadima, to a ghastly car accident along Kaduna-Abuja...
View ArticleTransactions On Stock Market Rises By N11bn
At the close of trading, yesterday, the daily traded shares value on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) increased by N11 billion. In summary, the All-Share Index (ASI) gained 30.24 absolute...
View ArticleInstant Payment Hits N38.2trn Transactions in 2016 – NIBSS
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) has said total volume of Instant Payment (NIP) transactions recorded 154.5 million with value of N38.2 trillion in 2016. This is an increase of 117...
View ArticlePDP, Still Bent On Self-annihilation
It is amazing that the camps, or is it factions, of Ali Modu Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi are bent on squeezing life out of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a gladiatorial conflict that has, at the...
View ArticleINEC Denies Suspension Of 202 Staff
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied reports in the media that it has suspended 202 staff indicted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The commission in a...
View ArticleParis Club Refund: Govs Insist Nothing Illegal Was Done During Disbursement
Governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors Forum ( NGF) yesterday maintained its earlier position that it has done nothing illegal as far as the disbursement of the Paris Club Refund to states...
View ArticlePMB Is Curing Injury Ceding Of Bakassi Inflicted On C/River – Gov Ayade
Cross River State governor, Prof. Ben Ayade yesterday said that President Muhammadu Buhari has reduced the pains inflicted on the state by the ceding of the oil rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon....
View ArticleFinally, ABU Clears Melaye Of Certificate Forgery
The Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Prof. Abraham Garba, yesterday told the Senate committee on ethics and privileges that the Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, graduated...
View ArticleAdamawa Govt Kicks As Ex-governor Nggilari Gets Bail
A Yola High Court, yesterday, granted bail to former governor Of Adamawa State, Balla James Nggilari who was sentenced to five years imprisonment for violation of procurement law and other corruption...
View ArticleEFCC Boss Denies Owning Houses In Maitama
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has denied owning any house or houses in the Maitama area of Abuja. Reacting to a report captioned, “Magu Under...
View ArticleCustoms Impounds 13 Jeeps Belonging To Kano Senator
By NAN The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Compliance Task Force has disclosed that it has impounded 223 vehicles, 13 of which belong to a senator in Kano State. The task force...
View ArticleNo life, Sensitive Materials Lost To Fire At INEC Headquarters – Director
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said no life or sensitive materials was lost at the fire outbreak that occurred at the commission headquarters on Monday in Abuja. Mr Oluwole...
View ArticleIfe Crisis: Aregbesola Inaugurates Commission Of Enquiry
Osun State government, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has reiterated the commitment of his administration to the promotion of communal peace in the state, even as he called for cooperation with security...
View ArticleOrtom Knocks Wike Over Calls To Probe Benue’s Paris Refund Refunds
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has described a statement credited to his River State counterpart, Nyesome Wike, calling on EFCC to probe him on the Paris club refund to Benue as a poor diversionary...
View ArticleNiger To Spend N500m On College Of Agric
Niger State government is to spend over N500 million to upgrade the entire infrastructural facilities of the College of Agriculture, Mokwa to create a conducive atmosphere for learning. The governor of...
View ArticleReps To Probe Alleged N.4m Expired Drugs At Lagos Hospital
Following allegations of financial improriety leveled against the National Orthopedic Hospital, Igbobi Lagos, the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Monday, set up an ad hoc panel...
View ArticleCustoms Intercepts N242.6m Banned Drugs In Ogun, Lagos
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday said that it intercepted truck loads of smuggled prohibited drugs worth over N242,688,000. The drugs identified as Tramadol Hydrochoride tablets in the range of...
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