A Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, Thursday, granted bail to Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, after she was re-arraigned before Justice Rilwan Aikawa by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Office. The […]
As part of measures to ensure a peaceful and incident-free Easter celebration, the acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has directed Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) and Command Commissioners of Police (CPs) […]
President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday that the N30,000 new minimum wage should encourage workers at all levels to put in their best in the service of the country and its people. He said this after […]
The Benue State House of Assembly has extended the suspension of six local government chairmen by three months over alleged misappropriation of public funds and gross misconduct. The extension was sequel to a unanimous decision […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Adamawa State Election Petitions Tribunal to upturn the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship election conducted in the state last month because of […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has kicked against the planned supplementary election for the Ajeromi/Ifelodun federal constituency scheduled for April 27. The INEC had declared the inconclusive over alleged violence during the February 23 election […]
Shareholders of the Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) have approved total dividend payout of N2.75 kobo for the financial year ended December 31, 2018. The amount translated into N80.935 billion against N2.70 kobo amounting to […]
Following the injection of $210 million into the wholesale segment of the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange market on Tuesday, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has intervened in the retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) with the sum […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has vowed to appeal the ruling on the ‘No Case Submission’ in the trial of the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), […]
Transactions on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday sustained the growth profile, improving by N43 billion. Specifically, Market capitalisation of listed equities increased by 0.38 per cent to N11.300 trillion from N11.257 trillion […]
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the disbursement of an Eur100 million revolving global credit facility to Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construçáo África, S.A. (Mota-Engil Africa) to support the company to implement key developmental projects […]
The poor implementation of audit recommendations contained in the Auditor-General’s inspections and annual audit reports remain a clog in the wheel of efforts to rid the country’s public sector of corruption. The Auditor-General for the […]
The Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA) has vowed to secure local and foreign investors operating under the Free Zone Scheme. The authority, under the leadership of its Acting Managing Director, Engr Terhemba David Nongo, […]
Board of Directors of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) have assured that work would accelerated to end the perennial traffic gridlock on road leading to Port in Apapa and Tin-Can Island. They promised to continuously […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday appealed to Nigerians not to lose hope in federal government’s ability to deal with the current security challenges in the country. In an Easter message issued in Abuja, the president […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of Oba Folagbade Olateru-Olagbegi, the Olowo of Owo and the people of Owo in Ondo state on the death of the highly revered traditional ruler. The president […]
President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Abuja that Nigeria’s continuous support for policies of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) sometimes discourages assistance from developed countries with wrong assumptions that the country is rich. […]
In his Daily Trustcolumn of April 15, titled Running for the history books, Mahmud Jega raised some critical issues about the Buhari presidency and advised the president to start thinking about the verdict of history on his […]
Director General and Chief Executive, National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Professor Garba Dahuwa Azare, has called on Federal government to as a matter of urgency upgrade the institute to full time university of education for distance […]
Governor Simon Bako Lalong of of Plateau state said Thursday the state government would rebuild the abandoned Jos Terminus Market in order to generate enough revenue to pay the new minimum wage approved by President […]
The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), CP Bala Ciroma, has reassured residents of the territory that the command has deployed adequate security measures to guarantee a hitch free Easter […]
Armed pirates have attacked a product tanker at anchorage off Nigeria, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre has said. This is even as a Spanish warship came to the rescue of the crew […]
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it has impounded 113 expensive vehicles with a Duty Paid Value of N1.3 billion illegally imported into the country between February and […]
The Nigerian Navy with its United States counterparts have intercepted 100 vessels out of which 40 were boarded and 19 suspects arrested in a joint operation tagged “Junction Rain”. Two of the vessels boarded were […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the National Minimum Wage Bill into law, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) Senator Ita Enang said on Thursday. Briefing State House correspondents in Abuja, […]
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