Okowa Signs DESOPADEC Amendment Bill Into Law, Promises Better Life For Oil-Producing Areas
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has signed the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) amendment bill into law. The bill was signed by the Governor in…
Buhari Appoints Kuru as New AMCON Boss
President Buhari has appointed Ahmed Lawan Kuru, the Group Managing Director of Enterprise Bank as managing director of AMCON. Announcing the appointment which took effect immediately, Femi Adesina, Special Adviser…
Buhari Calls for full Report of NITEL Sale, Charges ICT Sector to Increase Revenue Generation
President Muhammadu Buhari has in Abuja directed the Ministry of Communication Technology to work harder to fully develop the revenue-generation potential of Nigeria’s information technology sector. He also wants a…
NNPC GMD Set to Review Joint Venture Partnerships
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has clarified that his mandate in the Corporation is to put in place efficient, transparent and…
Shekau in New Message, Says I’m still in charge of Boko Haram
An audio message has emerged of Nigerian-based Islamist militant group Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau, in which he denies he has been replaced. In the message, addressed to the leader…
Unregistered SIM Cards: We Ordered Deactivation, Not Total Withdrawal, Says NCC
Following the deactivation of unregistered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards by operators, the Nigerian Communications (NCC) says that, only those subscribers who register their SIM cards properly will have them…
National Health Act: Okowa Calls For Reorientation in the Health Sector
Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has called for “a strategic healthcare service reorientation” in the nation’s health sector in order to “achieve the goal of Universal Health Care in…
Four Hacked To Death in Benue Cult War
Four persons were killed on Saturday in Makurdi when rival cult groups clashed in the Benue State capital, this is even as three persons were equally said to have been…
Attacks At US Consulate In Istanbul Leaves At Least 4 Dead
Two women, yesterday opened fire at the heavily protected U.S. Consulate in Istanbul Monday, while assailants exploded a car bomb at a police station then fired on police inspecting the…
WAEC Withholds 118,101 Results
The West African School Certificate has released the May/June 2015 Senior School Certificate Examination results, withholding 118,101 candidates’ results out of the 1.5 million students that sat the examination. WAEC…