“Council approved that the various MDAs should fast-track the processes for release of their capital budget so that the economy can be quickly reflated.”
Author: NAN
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the incident took place at about 4am at her Apo residence in Abuja
He said this year’s theme: “Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet”, which emphasised the creation of awareness on the harmful effects of plastics to water bodies, was very germane
Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of an Ikeja High Court, who gave the order, said the men should remain behind bars pending when their bail applications would be heard
Obi, who was a former NIMASA Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Service, took over from Patrick Akpobolokemi, the immediate past DG of NIMASA, who is facing six separate charges of conversion and theft
Senior advisor to Obama, Valerie Jarrett, will deliver remarks and read a statement from the president at the service
Jalingo, while addressing journalists who had laid siege to the Hilltop Mansion area on Wednesday waiting for Babangida’s arrival, said: “General is alive.”
The Real Madrid forward is the first footballer to ever top the annual list of the world’s 100 highest-paid athletes, having earned $88 million in the last 12 months – $6.6 million more than Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, who is second
Dalung said the news of Keshi’s death came to him as a big surprise as the former coach was neither sick nor had any health issues before his demise.
Mrs Buhari’s position opens her to attacks, it is to be expected. The others before her, who used the title of “First Lady” anyway, were easily sucked in by the leeches of our political sphere. They were drawn into the circle of unbridled acquisition by these same persons who later used that same fact as the shackles that ensured compliance from women who had direct access to the leaders of Africa’s most populous nation. What followed for each of these wives were compromised litanies of stories that made Presidents look bad using wives as their leverage.
Speaking on the relationship between Britain and Guinness Nigeria, Arkwright noted: “Guinness Nigeria has been here since 1962 when the very first brewery was built, which shows the very long history between the UK, Diageo, a proud British company, and the Nigerian market
Ikpeazu said these artisans needed machinery that would enable them to mass produce their products and with precision in design that would meet international standard
“What we are trying to achieve is that agriculture is our main stay and we are trying to evolve a strategy for our economy, a strategy for employment and a strategy for feeding our people,” Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) stated on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa at the inauguration of the Task Force
He said the essence of the restructuring was to reduce the cost of governance and create a situation where there would not be duplication of functions in the civil service
The Chairman of the committee, Hon. Bukar Lawan, disclosed this after a meeting with the two NFF factions led by Chris Giwa and Amaju Pinnick in Abuja on Tuesday
Market analysts attributed the development to sell pressure embarked by fund managers due to delay in the release of flexible exchange rate guidelines by the Central Bank of Nigeria
Ngige was reacting to a statement by the Director General of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, Segun Oshinowo, who was quoted as saying that it was the inalienable right of an employer to determine the optimal staff level it requires to sustain its operations
According to him, soldiers were killed during a recent mayhem unleashed by cultists in some communities in Ikwerre and Emuoha Local Government Areas of the state
The statement said the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, deployed Commissioners of Police to the various centres to join the commission in the screening
Moving the motion, Dandutse expressed concern over the prevailing situation after the takeover of privatised Power Holding Company of Nigeria by the successor companies