AfDB approves $500m for Development Bank of Nigeria to support MSMEs
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group unanimously approved a financial package of 500 million dollars to support the establishment of the Development Bank of Nigeria PLC...
View ArticlePVC: Niger Govt declares Friday, Monday work free days
Gov Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger state Niger State Government has declared Friday Dec. 19 and Monday Dec. 22 as work free days, to enable civil servants obtain the Permanent Voters Card (PVC). This...
View ArticleGuess what D’banj got Mr President for Christmas?
Popular Nigerian entertainer, D’banj, who recently became the African ambassador for Dr Dre’s luxury head phones ‘Beats by Dre’ has just blessed his country’s President, Goodluck Ebere Jonathan with a...
View ArticleNigerian musicians smile home as COSON pays their salaries
The Oranmiyan Hall of Lagos Airport Hotel was bustling at its seams this past Tuesday, December 16, 2014 as musicians of all generations from every nook and cranny of Nigeria stormed the COSON...
View ArticleApple defeats $1bn court case alleging anti-competition
Apple has been found not guilty of engaging in anti-competitive behaviour by a jury in California. The long-running suit focused on Apple’s 2006 update to its iTunes software which meant only iPods...
View ArticleFG denies 1bn dollars missing from ECA
Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday said that there was no money missing from the Excess Crude Account as reported in some...
View ArticlePastor Adeboye, RCCG says tweet endorsing Osibajo as APC VP candidate is fake
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has denied that the church endorsed the aspiration of one of its pastors, Prof. Yemi Osibajo, as the...
View ArticleNFA invites 24 players to camp for Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali friendly
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA), has invited 24 players ahead of Super Eagles international friendly with Cote d’Ivoire and Mali in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in Jan. 2015. A statement...
View ArticleNCC, NESREA agree on 7 meters setback for base stations
Telecommunication service providers are now expected to comply, in extreme cases, with minimum of seven meters setback guideline when citing their base stations. The Nigerian Communications Commission...
View ArticlePort reforms: Committee, stakeholders seek system automation, improved human...
Mr Gabriel Ajuda, Head, Sub-committee on Port Reform of the National Economic Management, on Wednesday identified the need to fully integrate automation and improve human capability in running the port...
View ArticleHow my wife died few hours after delivery- Comedian Elder O
If only he could turn the hands of the clock. If only he could question God, budding comedian Elder O, would have questioned the Almighty for taking the life of his beautiful wife at the time their...
View ArticleI will win 2015 Imo governorship election – Iheanacho
Mr Emmanuel Iheanacho The governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo, Mr Emmanuel Iheanacho, said he would win the 2015 governorship election because his party’s programmes...
View Article2014’s hottest fashion trendsetters
Guess who tops the list of fashion trendsetters in 2014…did i hear you say Kim Kardashian? You are wrong and she’s not even one of the first five. The crown goes to Jennifer Lopez,45, and she’s closely...
View ArticleNITEL/MTEL for finally sold at $252m
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) on today approved the sale of the liquidated Nigeria Telecommunication Plc. and its subsidiary, Mtel, to NATCOM Consortium for $252million. The Chairman of...
View ArticleMinistry meets with NUPENG, PENGASSAN
Malam Kabiru Turaki, Supervising minister of Labour and Productivity The Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity on Thursday in Abuja, met with oil workers union NUPENG and PENGASSAN over the three...
View ArticleGynaecologist links heavy menstrual period with fibroids
Photo credits: http://uterusissues.blogspot.com Dr Durojaiye Korede, a Gynaecologist at the National Hospital Abuja on Friday said that heavy menstrual flow was sometimes due to fibroid in women....
View ArticleObanikoro is possessed, PDP leader says
George also stated that Obanikoro is “possessed and obsessed” and in need of “immediate psychiatric treatment.” A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George has described Lagos...
View ArticleSydney police investigates the stabbing to death of 8 children
Police and emergency workers are investigating a horrific scene in northern Australia after eight children were found stabbed to death inside a home on Friday morning. Police say a 34 year old woman is...
View ArticleBlackberry records marginal profit, amid projected dwindling 2014 third...
BlackBerry Q5 Global mobile phone manufacturer, BlackBerry Ltd, on Friday reported a small adjustment in its third-quarter profit and returned to positive cash flow position. The adjustment, which led...
View ArticleNigeria sees brighter chances of foreign exchange earnings from gas
Nigeria’s chances of earning foreign exchange from gas had brightened with the efforts the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) is making to stabilise the global market, a top official has said. The...
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