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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr Garba Abari, said the Federal Government is set to launch the “Change Begins With Me’’ campaign. The ministers who said this in Abuja said that the aim of the campaign is to install the values of accountability, integrity […]

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC)  on Monday  said it has began investigation into the operations of Resort Savings and Loans Limited (RSL) over allegations of diversion of depositors’ monies and mortgage loans. The probe follows many complaints from the bank’s customers to the council. Mrs. Dupe Atoki the Director General of the CPC disclosed  this […]

Operators of hotels, hospitality centres and other recreational facilities have been warned by the Lagos State Government to register their companies or face sanction. The state Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture who gave this warning  through his spokesman, Mr Ganiyu Lawal, said the registration would afford the state government to monitor activities at such […]

Although former Delta Governor, James Onanefe Ibori, is about to serve out his prison term, the United Kingdom says it will investigate claims that his prosecution and conviction was supported with funds made available by the Department for International Development (DfID). That notwithstanding, the U.K’s Minister for International Development, Mr. James Wharton, said last night […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has reacted to today’s visit of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying it was a coming together of collaborators in the plot for total annihilation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The governor said it was on record that both Obasanjo and Sheriff collaborated to […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has on Friday explained that the looted money recovered so far was so little compared to what the people needed on a continuous basis to revive the economy  The minister Mr. Mohammed said Nigerians should rest assured that every penny recovered will be adequately spent and the […]

The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday insisted on dollarisation of transactions and urged terminal operators to pay up to date. The Managing Director of NPA, Ms Hadiza Usman, stated this at a Stakeholders meeting in Lagos to round off her two-day tour of the Western ports in Lagos. She said that […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) media director, Deji Adeyanju, on Friday lamented that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is doing significant harm to the economy and that it can not rescue Nigeria from economic recession. Adeyanju stated that Buhari’s government was not taking the right steps to save the economy. In addition the PDP had […]

Following the appointment of a Governing Board for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Executive Directors have assumed their respective duties. In their letters of appointment signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Bashir Yusuf Jamoh is the Executive Director Finance and Administration, Mr. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja commended the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of social networking website, Facebook, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg for sharing his wealth of knowledge with Nigerian youths, and inspiring a new generation of entrepreneurs. Receiving the internet entrepreneur in the State House, President Buhari said the various meetings held with Nigerian youths […]

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), on Thursday in a statement signed by its Director General, Capt. Muhtar Usman dismissed the claims in Lagos that some airlines were winding down their operations in the country. The director general stressed that contrary to the earlier report, the airlines were merely suspending their operations temporarily to enable […]

Chief Anthony Ndubuka, a major rice dealer in Umuahia, has expressed optimism that the price of rice would soon fall in Nigeria. Ndubuka expressed the optimism in Umuahia on Thursday while speaking on the high price of the grains in the country. He said that the grains would become affordable as soon as farmers began […]