There are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan is wooing senators and members of the House of Representatives to support his planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products. Also the Senate may debate the subsidy issue today after...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday presented 10 witnesses before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting before the Court of Appeal in Abuja and officially closed its defence. One of the witnesses called yesterday by the PDP, Mr. ...
The Director of FCT Water Board, Mr. Jibril Ibrahim, has attributed broken and leaking pipelines to the dirty water sometimes supplied to consumers in Abuja. Jibril, however, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the pipes were flushed periodicall...
Over 60 per cent of the containers entering Nigeria are not inspected at the ports. The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has revealed. Director- General, SON, Dr. Joseph Odumodu, said these containers were sneaked into the...
The global community can help poor countries weather the current slowdown in the world economy by keeping trade flowing, encouraging investment and making good on aid promises, the head of the International Monetary Fund said yesterday. IMF Managing Di...
The National Automotive Council (NAC) said that the bulk of Nigeria resources were expended annually on importation of vehicles into the country. The Director - General of NAC, Aminu Jalal,made this disclosure recently when he received in audienc...
Leading telecoms operator, Globacom, and global airtime remittance hub, TransferTo, have announced the launch of Glo Mobile International Airtime Transfer service. The service enables the transfer of small amounts of money, in the form of prepaid airti...
There are strong indications that Deposit Money Banks may reduce lending to firms polluting the environment.The Bankers’ Committee is currently in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria to work out a framework that would assist DMBs t...
As part of its resolve to treat every customer as unique, Sterling Bank is partnering with Phebean Films in collaboration with Paradise Entertainment, Davis Media Group and Tracey Moore bring to the viewing public ‘The Spirited Actor” The S...
Activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Market yesterday further plummeted by N55 billion. Market analysts attributed the downward slide to the hike in the monetary policy rate. The Central Bank of Nigeria, had on Monday increased the inter...
Barring last minute changes, the gubernatorial election petition tribunal sitting in Katsina will adopt written addresses of lawyers in the petition filed by former speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Bello Masari, challenging the election of Go...
Disruptions to BlackBerry services spread to Latin America yesterday, more than a day after users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India suffered extended outages. BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion Ltd, which is losing share of the corporate e...
It’s normal to demand pilgrimage seats – Dep Speaker, A serving sole administrator in one of the 23 local governments of Kaduna State has raised the alarm over the alleged extortion of monthly allocation by the members of the Kaduna State A...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, arraigned former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, and two other persons; Senator Hosea Ayoola Agboola and Mr. Olufemi Ademola Babalola, a private businessman before Justice Mos...
Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar, Commissioner of Operations, National Hajj Commission, has announced that two Nigerian pilgrims have died so far during this year's hajj in Saudi Arabia. Mukhtar told newsmen on Monday in Abuja that one of the ...