President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly redeployed top budget officials to other parastatals that have no connection with their former office. Vanguard reports that this is connection with the padding of the 2016 budget, which brought embarrassment to the government. About 184 officials were said to be affected by the reshuffling. The reputable publication quoted a…
The Fedearal Government, on Thursday, March 10, 2016, commissioned the veterinary complex and state-of-the-art dog breeding centre at Deidei in Abuja. The commissioning was performed by the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau. The dog breeding centre is for the Nigeria Police and it is hoped to be used to fight crime in the…
Daughter of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, on Thursday expressed her frustration over what she called the non-inclusion of market women in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari Folasade, who is the Iyaloja General of Nigeria, led a protest of market women to the National Secretariat of…
Trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for alleged false declaration of asset will commence today, Friday, March 11, 2016. The trial was initially fixed for Thursday, March 10, 2016, but Saraki’s new lead counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN) wrote the tribunal for a change of date for a…
The Dangote Women Network was recently launched in Lagos amid pomp and pageantry. The launch was attended by some important personalities from different fields in the society. At the occasion, which precisely took place on Thursday, March 10, 2016, several issues bordering on women were discussed. Guest Speaker of the event, Mrs Bola Adesola, who…
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshal Alex Badeh, has had his bail application granted by the court. The former military officer was granted bail on Thursday by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The court, presided over by Justice Okon Abang, granted Badeh bail in the sum of N2 billion. Badeh was…
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last governorship election in Rivers State in 2015, Peterside Adol Dakuku, has been appointed as Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. Dakuku was appointed on Thursday by the Federal Government to take charge of the agency. A statement signed by the…
FremantleMedia International (FMI) and Genesis Studios have announced a partnership to bring a local version of the classic game show format; The Price is Right, to Nigeria. The deal will see Genesis Studios produce three series of the show, taking the total number of adaptations of the format to 41 versions worldwide. The US version…
For Nigerians to have confidence in the service provided by the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, the organization must curb activities of touts procuring fake travelling documents for people. This was the observation of Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, when the Passport Control Officer of Alausa Passport Office, Alhaji…
Driver of late Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi, Taiwo James Elegbede, will be taken to court on allegation of overspeeding and driving without a license, the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has hinted. Presenting the accident’s Road Traffic Crash Investigation Interim Report to the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Presidential Villa,…