The Kwara State Government has directed all nine state-owned tertiary institutions in the state to open single treasury accounts for fees and other payments in a pilot exercise that will eventually extend to all revenue generating agencies in the state. They have also been directed to close all other revenue accounts maintained in commercial banks across the state. The State ... Read More »
NARCOTIC drugs weighing 455.215kg, with a street value of N2.8 billion, as well as $2.5 million, have been confiscated at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) between January and June this year. Also, 75 suspected drug traffickers and money launderers, comprising 62 males and 13 females, were arrested in ... Read More »
One of Nigeria’s most popular actors, Segun Arinze, has been appointed artistic director of the Best of Nollywood Awards 2015 holding in Akure, the Ondo State capital in December 2015. The executive producer, BON Awards, Seun Oloketuyi, made this announcement on Monday, August 10th, in Lagos. In his statement, “The Best of Nollywood Awards is happy to announce that consummate ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that the prosecution of persons who have stolen national resources will begin in a matter of weeks. Speaking at a meeting with members of the National Peace Committee led by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in the Presidential Villa, President Buhari declared that his administration was irrevocably committed to doing all within its powers to break the ... Read More »
A veteran thespian, Lari Williams, on Tuesday urged the government to inquire into the current state of the grant the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration gave to the entertainment sector. Williams told NAN on Tuesday that he and others needed to know what had been disbursed and what had yet to be disbursed. Williams added that a proper management of the sectors’ ... Read More »
After weeks of auditions, trainings, rehearsals and camping, 23 brilliant youths with awesome abilities in the different arts ranging from Music, Dance, Comedy and Modelling finally converged as finalists on Sunday 2nd, August 2015 at the classy Kingscourt Events Centre Ikorodu to slug it out amongst themselves to determine the most outstanding talents to be unleashed. The platform for the ... Read More »
Kola Popson As the preparation for the 80th birthday celebration of Chief Kessinghton Adebutu thickens, the owner of Premier Lotto Nigeria Limited is set to speed up the construction and completion of his mansion at Bourdillon in Ikoyi axis of Lagos State to make the celebration a multiple one. It would be recalled that last week, Naijahottestgist reported that the ... Read More »
Following the recent redeployment of Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola from Lagos State Ministry of Lands to Lagos State Ministry of Youths and Sports by Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, there have been speculations that this development may be due to some political reasons. It would be recalled that last week, the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode had transferred the appointment of ... Read More »
A former governor of Yobe State who is currently representing Yobe-East Senatorial District at the Senate, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, on Saturday said the Boko Haram insurgent group was formed in Egypt decades ago contrary to the belief that it started in Nigeria around 2009. Ibrahim told journalists in Abuja that the ideological movement, which is strictly anti-Western education, had ... Read More »
…berates Jonathan and Wike for frustrating project The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fast-tracking the clean-up of Ogoniland in accordance with the Report and recommendations of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). In a statement signed by the Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, and issued on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers APC ... Read More »
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