The Ondo State governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko has relieved all his Special Assistants (SAs) and Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) of their duties as his aides. This development made known to the public by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Eni Akinsola in a statement issued to newsmen in Akure. The statement said Mimiko thanked the outgoing aides for their ... Read More »
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Contractor Sues FG Over Jonathan’s N9.2bn Stoves
The contractor handling the N9.2billion worth of clean cook stoves and wonder bags awarded by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan has dragged the Federal Government to court. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Fatima Mede, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday shortly after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of the ministry’s activities inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. ... Read More »
LAGOS INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO CURB MENACE OF TRAFFIC ROBBERS, STREET TRADING
…Arrests 595, Prosecutes 400, Convicts 300 Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday presided over the State Security Council Meeting with a resolve to double up efforts to check the menace of robbery in traffic gridlock in some trouble spots in the state as well as street trading. Briefing Government House Correspondents on the outcome of the meeting, State Commissioner ... Read More »
BUHARI APPOINTS KACHIKWU AS NEW NNPC GMD
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the new Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Kachikwu, who hails from Onicha Ugbo in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, is a First Class Graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School. He also has a ... Read More »
Boko Haram Members Approach Us For a Dialogue With FG – NGO
The Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), an independent Non-Governmental Organisation, on Tuesday, revealed that some Boko Haram elements had approached it for dialogue as a way of ending the insurgency in parts of the country. Executive Secretary of the centre, Air Commodore Yusuf Anas (rtd), who addressed the press on sundry national issues including terrorism, cattle rustling, National Assembly crisis, ... Read More »
DEBT ALLEGATION: ABIKE DABIRI WRITES TO PUNCH FOR CLARIFICATION
The Editor Punch News Paper Dear Sir, RE: EMEKA OFFOR, ABIKE DABIRI’S FIRMS, OTHERS OWE BANKS N143.81BN I was thoroughly embarrassed to see my picture on the front page of Punch Newspaper that Thriller Endeavor Company, claiming me as a director, owes about 100 Million Naira to Diamond Bank. I know nothing about the said company, Thriller Endeavor, ... Read More »
ABIKE DABIRI DENIES DEBT ALLEGATION, AS NIGERIANS URGE HER TO CLEAR HER NAME
Kola Popson A former member of the Nigerian House of Representative, Hon. Kafayat Abike Dabiri-Erewa has debunked a report published by Punch Newspaper that she is among the prominent Nigerians who are financially indebted to banks, claiming that she owes no one. In her swift reaction to Punch Newspaper report that a company named ‘Thriller Eneavours’, whose ownership is credited ... Read More »
CCPL HOLDS 12TH EDITION OF ITS VALUES ORIENTED MONTHLY TRAINING FOR BUSINESS PEOPLE
Customer Passion Point Limited (CPPL) held her July 2015 edition of the Monthly Training Programme for Business People. It was the 12th and anniversary edition. What began as a mission to help Nigerian businesses, large and small, to build staff capacity to win in the Nigerian business space, is fast becoming a phenomenon that cannot be ignored. The monthly training ... Read More »
AMBODE APPOINTS 19 NEW PERM SECS
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the appointment of 19new Permanent Secretaries in the State Public Service. In a statement issued on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, the appointments are in line with the Governor’s drive to restructure the civil service for efficient performance and service delivery. The development is also coming on the ... Read More »
Julius Agwu Plans Big for London Crack Ya Ribs 10th Anniversary
Ace comedian and one of Nigeria’s best comedy exports, Julius Agwu will be staging the 10th anniversary of his annual comedy show, Crack Ya Ribs at the Hackney Empire in London on Sunday August 30th, 2015. The gifted act who is leaving nothing to chance to stage a superlative 10th anniversary comedy concert will start the anniversary tour in Aberdeen on ... Read More »