The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested and detained the National Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, Halima Shehu, over the ongoing probe into the N37,170,855,753.44 allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian ...
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Feed SubscriptionStakeholders Divided Over Proposed Import Ban On Used Vehicles
The country’s automotive landscape is primarily shaped by imported vehicles. The proposal to ban the importation of used cars that are over 20 years old has drawn mixed reactions, Justice Okamgba writes The National Automotive Design and Development Council has ...
Read More »NRC Commences Night Operations
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has concluded plans to launch night operations before the second quarter of 2024. The Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday. He started, ...
Read More »Marketers Peg Petrol At N1,200/litre, Clash With NNPCL Over Subsidy
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and fuel marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, on Tuesday, clashed again over the removal of subsidy on petrol. This came against the backdrop of the depreciation of ...
Read More »Fake Degrees: FG Shuts 18 Foreign Varsity Campuses
For justice and fairness, FG Should reverse the suspension – NANS The Federal Government has banned 18 foreign universities operating in Nigeria, describing them as “degree mills,’’ warning Nigerians to avoid enrolling in such institutions. The directive affected five universities ...
Read More »163,878 Nigerians Enjoy FG Transportation Rebate In 10 Days
Minister of Solid Minerals Development and chairman of the Committee on the Implementation of the End of Year Transportation Subsidy Programme of the President, Oladele Alake said 163, 878 Nigerians benefited from the federal government transportation rebate across the country. ...
Read More »2024: LP‘ll adjust to new role as Nigeria’s main opposition party — Obi
The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, says a new Nigeria is possible despite the numerous yet-to-be-fulfilled aspirations of citizens. Obi, in his New Year Message to Nigerians on Monday, said that “As Nigeria is the only country ...
Read More »FG Insists On Electricity Subsidy Amid Tariff Review
The Federal Government, on Monday, announced that it was currently reviewing the implementation process for a cost reflective electricity tariff, but stated that it would continue to subsidise power supply for vulnerable citizens in Nigeria. It also announced that it ...
Read More »New Year Fire Destroys Shops, Goods In Enugu Market
An early morning fire on New Year Day razed shops and goods worth millions of naira at the Orba International Market in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The fire which started midnight affected sections of the market where ...
Read More »Dangote Refinery Receives 4th Crude Oil Shipment From NNPC
Dangote Refinery has received its fourth shipment of one million barrels of bonny light crude supplied by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. In a statement released on Sunday, Dangote Oil Refining Company expressed expectations of receiving the fifth shipment ...
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