General News (Page 673)

By Racheal Ishaya The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has imposed a N5.87 billion fine on Standard Chartered Bank, Stanbic-IBTC, Citibank, and Diamond Bank over alleged illegal remittance of foreign exchange to offshore investors of MTN Nigeria Communications Limited. This is even as the  CBN has directed MTN to refundContinue Reading

A non-governmental organisation, Healthy Sense Initiative (HSI), says Nigerians, especially youths,  who fail to vote in 2019 will lack the grounds to complain of bad leadership. “Politics has always been a game of numbers, which is domiciled in the youth as they are more than a half of Nigeria’s population,’’Continue Reading

Denmark will presently  have to get used to being a net oil importer according to  figures released by Denmark’s energy agency Energistyrelsen. It said that  2017 was the last year when more oil was produced than was used on the Danish domestic front. At least the gas scene looks aContinue Reading

The Federal Government said on Thursday that it would explore all possible avenues to ensure that Nigeria benefitted immensely from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The Minister of State for Environment,  Mallam Ibrahim Jibril, stated this at a Gala Dinner and Certificates Award Night organised by the African Union’s (AU)Continue Reading

The East African movie 18 Hours, which tells an authentic African story has been crowned the Overall Best Movie at the 6th annual Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, which held Saturday night at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The director of the movie, Phoebe Muguru was aroundContinue Reading

Public Complaints Commission (PCC)  Boss,  Barr Chille Igbawua has began moves for effective resolution of a barrage of complaints to the commission by aggrieved Nigerians. Igbawua who spoke at a PTAD programme in Lagos said that “despite the various reforms in the pension sector in recent past, the Commission isContinue Reading

The AMVCA 2018 held Saturday night at Eko Hotel and Suites. But on the sidelines of the main event, the female celebrities had their own grand slam of the most fashionably dressed for the night. From social media threads, CeeC (Cynthia Nwadiora) of the BBNaija 2018 fame appeared to haveContinue Reading

Development By Admin Abuja, Sept.2,2018(Flowerbudnews) As the battle  for Presidency  gains momentum, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State promises to tackle economic, security and technology challenges of the nation differently, if given the support. This was said on Sunday in a statement signed by Mr.  Ayoade Adewopo, Director of CommunicationContinue Reading

The Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has said that the  Muhammadu Buhari  administration will award the contract for Eastern Corridor Railways before December. Okechukwu gave the assurance in a speech he presented at the  annual World Igbo Congress (WIC) which was held in Nashville TennesseeContinue Reading