Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has reacted to media reports that she said ex-President Goodluck Jonathan lacked the political will to save for raining days for Nigeria, which has now plunged the country into its present economic woes. Okonjo-Iweala spoke through her media aide, Paul Nwabuikwu, in a statement issued on Friday. The former…
Acting Director General of the National Centre for Women Development, NCWD, in Abuja, Abdulmalik Dauda, has died. His death was announced in Abuja on Friday by his Protocol Officer, Mohammed Aliyu. It was disclosed that Dauda was involved in a fatal road mishap, which claimed his life. According to Aliyu, his boss had an auto…
Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, has restated the Agency’s commitment to ensuring the welfare of all Dockworkers at the Nation’s Seaports. The DG made this known while addressing protesting Dockworkers from the ENL Terminal at the NIMASA Headquarters in Lagos. While briefing the DG on the reasons…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of his working visit to China, which he said has yielded additional investments in Nigeria exceeding $6 billion. President Buhari said he believes that the several agreements concluded with the Chinese during the visit will have a huge and positive impact on key sectors of the…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has again lost his bid to stop his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Saraki ran to the Federal High Court in Abuja to his trial at the tribunal citing an infringement on his fundamental human rights. But at the hearing on Friday, April 15, 2016, Justice Abdulkadir…
Governor Ayodele Fayose is presently in China, where he is attending an event aimed at boosting the economy of his state. It was learnt that the governor was at the Multinationals Sourcing Service Centre, PAzhou Trade Complex in Guangzhou, China. At the event, Fayose tried to woo the Chinese business community on the need to support…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured parents and relations of the kidnapped Chibok girls that he frequently reflects on the ordeal of the captives in the hands of Boko Haram terrorists and shares the pain of their continued absence from home. The President made this known in a statement issued by one of his media aides,…
The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of Ikenne Division of Ogun State, Patrick Onwu, who allegedly beat a female traffic warden to coma few days ago has been demoted. Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, ordered the demotion in rank of Onwu after he reportedly got to know about the ugly incident in the…
senate The National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno; and service chiefs have been directed by the Senate to appear before it for questioning. At the plenary on Thursday, the lawmakers said they want to hear from the NSA and the security chiefs on their efforts to rescue over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists…
An alleged strategic accomplice of Khalid Al-Barnawi has been arrested and paraded by the Department of State Security, DSS. The suspect, one Bello Danhajiya, a Fulani from Zamfara State, was shown to the media on Wednesday. He is presumed to be second in command. It was disclosed that he confessed his involvement in gun-running, cattle…