Mr. Hakeem Belo-Osagie, the chairman of Etisalat Nigeria, will on Thursday unveil Metropole magazine before the crème of the Nigerian society at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja. Among those expected to grace the event are the Secretary to the Gover...
The Federal Government has abolished payment for electricity metres by consumers, Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr. Sam Amadi, has disclosed. Amadi who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday said provision has been made ...
The Senate yesterday mandated the Nigeria Communication Commission(NCC) to recover over N1.17billion fine imposed on MTN, Etisalat ,Airtel and Globacom for poor service delivery. Nonetheless, NCC demanded N2billion to enable it monitor quality of...
Following her 12-month emergency time line to correct the misalignments in gas to power aspirations, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has directed a team of gas experts to commence a one-week tour of all gas installatio...
Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves rose to their highest in 21-months to $37.02 billion by May 14, from $36.66 billion at the end of last month, the latest figures from the central bank showed yesterday. Forex reserves in Africa’s biggest ...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola yesterday lamented the failure of the nation’s textile industries, urging the Federal Government to revive the sector as way of boosting jobs creation and expanding the country’s economy. The gove...
Though it may sound unreasonable and unbelievable, studies have shown however that rapid national development can be achieved through application of mathematics on the national economy. Statistics have shown that mathematics is closely knitted and has ...
The federal government has said that machineries have been put in place to stamp out the drop out syndrome currently ravaging the education sector. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Education, Barr Ezenwo Nyesom Wike at the 12th Girls&rsq...
Minister of Education, Prof Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, yesterday said University of Abuja is a typical system failure which requires urgent attention and serious overhauling. Rufa’i who disclosed this at the on-going Ministerial Platform on Ke...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is putting in place modalities towards ensuring that disaster management is incorporated into secondary school curriculum. The director general of NEMA, Mohammed Sani Cedi, disclosed this in Abuja at a re...
The persistent efforts by the Zamfara State government to redeem the standard of primary education system in the state are now taking positive shape. For the past one year since assumption of office, Governor Abubakar Yari has repeatedly expressed worr...
Katsina, like most states of the federation, is grappling with challenges posed by youth unemployment. Though it is seen as a common phenomenon, the seemingly good news however is that, the state government has now come up with measures aimed at addres...
The anti-vandal unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has confiscated two fuel tankers used for siphoning crude oil. Parading the tankers at the command’s headquarters in Abuja, yest...
The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) has called on residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to volunteer as members of community disaster management in territory. AMMC Consultant on disaster management, Mr. Joseph Shopade made the c...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has decried the verbal attacks on Gen. Muhammadu Buhari by the presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for no other reason than his timely warning against election rigging in 2015. In a statement issued in...