President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to review the size and number of Nigeria’s foreign missions abroad. The Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Amb. Paul Bulus Lolo, spoke with State House correspondents after making presentation to President Buhari on the ministry’s activities. According to him, Nigeria needs to review the number of its present 119 ... Read More »
Former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri on Tuesday made a case for Buhari over the president’s alleged lopsided appointments saying appointments should be made on merit and not sectional interests. Omokiri made the statement in his article titled As Buhari blazes the trail for merit. Read his full article Recently there was a big ... Read More »
The new management of the Nigeria immigration Service on Tuesday in Abuja announced Deputy Comptroller Ekpedeme King as the new spokesperson for the Service. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that King is to take over from Assistant Comptroller, Chukuemeka Obua, who had been redeployed to the Lagos Command. Until his deployment, King was the second-in-command at the Murtala Mohammed ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Aburi, Ghana reassured Nigerians and the international community that he will name his cabinet before the end of the month. President Buhari gave the assurance at a joint press conference with President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana. “After I was sworn-in, I said I will have my cabinet in September. I expect that Nigerians should ... Read More »
The Coalition of Civil Societies for the Emancipation of Edo State (CCSE) has requested the governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, to make an apology to Nigerians for misinforming them over his purported proclamation that N140 billion had been spent on consultancy services for the 2nd Niger Bridge project and that $700 million was secretly moved from the Sovereign Wealth Fund ... Read More »
The 3rd Nigeria Pharma Manufacturers and Lab Expo under the theme: ‘The Nigerian Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry and International Competitiveness,’ was declared open Monday by the Director General of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration And Control, NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhi at the The Haven event centre in GRA Ikeja, Lagos. The three-day affair, which runs until 9 September, is ... Read More »
The immediate past Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora and a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in Lagos state, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has called for the creation of Diaspora Commission and Database to know the number of Nigerians abroad. Dabiri made the call in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Monday while delivering a joint Distinguished ... Read More »
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Monday, sentenced 30 ladies to six weeks imprisonment for prostitution. Those sentenced are Funmi Olayemi, Damilola Ibrahim, Blessing Emmanuel, Grace Nwaokoro, Anu Titus, Princess Osu, Cynthian Ozumba, Chindima Eke. Others included Blessing Winwah, Rebecca James, Gift James, Bukola Taiwo, Patience Amos, Oyinda Adesewa, Funmilayo Ajayi, Modinat Bello, Damilola Abiodun, Saki Godwin. Others ... Read More »
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to “thoroughly investigate the role and involvement of the World Bank in the repatriation, management and spending of repatriated ‘Abacha loot’”. In the new report, the group also recommended that the government should probe other similar funds, with a view to ensuring full transparency and ... Read More »
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