The Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr Segun Ajayi-Kadri, has praised the Federal Government for adopting measures to improve Nigeria’s ease of doing business rating. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday, Ajayi-Kadri said the improved rating would assureContinue Reading
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), says out of the N1.58 trillion allocated for capital expenditure in 2016, only N1.219 trillion was cash backed. According to the commission’s 2016 Annual Report and Audited Accounts obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, the cash backed amount indicatesContinue Reading
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Tuesday stopped the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Technical and Recreational Employees (AUPCTRE) branch of the Investment and Security Tribunal (IST) from embarking on any strike action. Justice Sanusi Kado, who gave the order, held that the order will be subsisting pending the hearingContinue Reading
15m Nigerians connect to internet daily, say foundation, GoogleConnectivity Abuja, April 29, 2018(NAN) Mimshach Obioha, Programme Director, Ventures Capital Foundation (VPF) says an average of 15 million people use social media in Nigeria but laments that many don’t go beyond sending messaging and making calls.Obioha said this on Sunday during an interviewContinue Reading
The Kano Police Command has denied a media report alleging that its officers shot four persons at Shoporite located in Ado Bayero Shopping Mall Kano on June 17. The denial is contained in a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Magaji Majiya and issued to newsmen inContinue Reading
The absence of an Abuja Federal High Court judge, Justice Silvanus Oriji, on Tuesday, staled the trial of former Inspector-General of Police Sunday Ehindero, and a former police commissioner, John Obaniyi. The Independent Corruption Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), arraigned the duo before the Judge on a five-countContinue Reading
PARIS: Even if marriage is sometimes more a bed of nails than roses, living into old age with a partner may help ward off heart disease and stroke, researchers said Tuesday. A sweeping survey of research conducted over the last two decades covering more than two million people aged 42Continue Reading
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today interacted with young innovators and Start-Up entrepreneurs from across the country, through video bridge. This is the fourth interaction by the Prime Minister through video bridge series with various beneficiaries of Government schemes. Delighted at India’s youngsters becoming job creators, Prime Minister saidContinue Reading
Senator Ahmed Makarfi, a former Governor of Kaduna State and former Caretaker Committee Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has formally joined those jostling for the party’s 2019 presidential ticket. Former Cross River State governor Donald had last week also declared his intention to run for the 2019 presidentialContinue Reading
