The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has justified its June remittance of N147 billion to the Federation Accounts and Allocation Committee (FAAC), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs of the NNPC, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, said in a statement that the June remittanceContinue Reading
Max Air By Sumaila Ogbaje The owners of Max Air Limited have concluded plans to venture into the Nigerian domestic air transport market in addition to its usual Hajj and Umrah operations. Alhaji Bashir Mangal, Vice Chairman, Max Air, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), onContinue Reading
The Nigerian police have deployed Special Intervention Force led by Deputy Inspector General of Police in-charge of operations, to restore peace to troubled Plateau State. Mr. Jimoh Moshood, Force Public Relations Officers, said on Monday in a statement, that the special force had been mandated to restore lasting peace toContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari told a shocked nation today how the National Assembly mutilated and rewrote the budget proposals for 2018 as presented by the Executive last November. In a brazen usurpation of executive powers, the National Assembly slashed 347 billion Naira in the allocations to 4,700 projects submitted to it forContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N9.12 trillion into law after seven months of its submission to National Assembly (NASS). The President, however, expressed concern over changes made by NASS to the budget proposal. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had on Oct. 26, 2017 approvedContinue Reading
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun command, said it had returned over 65,000 Euros recovered from an accident scene to the victims. Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s Public Education Officer, Mrs Florence Okpe, in Abeokuta on Friday. The News AgencyContinue Reading
The Ogun State Police Command have arrested the proprietor, the principal and a teacher of Metorite Standard School, Ayetoro, for allegedly tying two pupils of the school to ‘crosses’ and flogging them with a horsewhip. It was gathered that the proprietor identified as Afolayan Joseph, and two others were saidContinue Reading
The Lagos State Police Command have exhumed the body of the singer Ilerioluwa Aloba widely known as Mohbad. The police said an autopsy would follow after the exhumation was accomplished. Mohbad’s death last Tuesday has raised concerns, as an accusing finger was pointed at the Marlian Record Label’s owner AfeezContinue Reading
