The call to states by the chairman of Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Engineer Elias Mbam, to limit their external and domestic borrowing to not more than 20 percent of their monthly allocation from federal account yester...
Dare-devil armed robbers, yesterday, resumed their gruesome operation in Ekpoma, Edo State after some break, killing one person and carting away undisclosed huge sum of money. The robbers, numbering about 10, attacked two commercial bank for about 30 m...
The Rivers State government is to embark on the demolition of more structures along Aba Road in Port Harcourt to pave way for the extension of the State monorail project from the UTC Junction to Waterline axis of the State capital Already, it had made ...
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday gave a directive to all police commands across the country to establish Special Protection Units (SPU) to take charge of bank security. The directive is aimed at...
The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated the sum of N1.7 Billion as revenue in the last two months. This was made known in Ibadan yesterday by the Customs Area Comptroller for Oyo/Osun command, Alha...
The Chairman, House Committee on Steel Development, Hon. Sadiq Asema Mohammed has said that only $513 million( US) was required to complete the Ajaokuta Steel Company. The chairman who fielded questions from Journalists at a stakeholder’s worksho...
The Comptroller-General, Federal Fire Service, Mr Olusegun Okebiorun, in this interview with GABRIEL EWEPU and CHIBUNMA UKWU, speaks on the challenges facing the fire-fighting agency and the efforts it is making to deliver on its mandate. Sir, we...
Unless the current short term structure of bank deposits is reversed, banks in the country would remain unable to extend longer tenure loans. A recent report from the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shown that short term deposits of less than 30 days...
Fiancee of late rapper MC Loph has put to bed, LEADERSHIP gathered. Nkiru was in the process of marrying the popular celebrity before he died in a fatal accident on his way to their traditional wedding six months ago. Nkiru, who was pregnant at the tim...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Thursday called for the resumption of talks between the Federal Government and the Boko Haram to resolve the rising wave of insecurity in the country. The ACF made the call in a communiqué issued by its Nati...
A group of writers, including Prof. Pat Utomi, on Thursday reiterated the need for the creation of Anioma State. The call was contained in a multi-authored book ``Anioma in Contemporary Nigeria`` edited by Kunirum Osia which was presented to the public...
The All-Share Index of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed higher on Thursday at 21, 261.28 The index rose by 193.38 points from the 21,067.90 recorded on Wednesday. The market capitalisation also appreciated by N61 billion or 0.91 per cent to close a...
Aliero announced his defection along with the leadership of CPCin Kebbi during the launch of the PDP gubernatorial campaign in the state by President Goodluck at Halliru Abdu Stadium in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. Aliero, who was accompanied...
The House of Representatives Committee on Education on Thursday in Abuja called for closer ties with the United Kingdom to nurture democratic institutions in Nigeria. Rep. Farouk Lawan, (PDP-Kano), the Chairman of the Committee, made the request when M...
One person was confirmed dead and another injured when a storey building under construction at NITEL Training School Cappa, Oshodi, Lagos, collapsed on Thursday. The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Mr Joseph Jaiyeoba, confirmed the inciden...