While other foreign missions in Nigeria embrace online visa appointment system, the South African embassy in Nigeria is still operating the old manual system where applicants have to queer in front of the embassy early in the morning everyday to get appointment.

ILORIN- The Kwara State Government has approved the commencement of construction work for the International Aviation College, Ilorin, scheduled to take off in February 2010 just as it revoked two road contracts in the state. Briefing newsmen on the outcome of the state Executive Council meeting at Government House, Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr […]

FORMER deputy governor of Edo state, Reverend Peter Obadan, and former Chief whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, yesterday joined other Nigerians in mourning the death of Edo North leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Chairman of Setraco Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Inu Umoru.

ABAKALIKI – Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi state has charged the young in the state to concentrate their efforts on how to create jobs for themselves, especially through agriculture, rather than wait for none existent white collar jobs that he said creates shadow or disguised unemployment. The Governor bemoans situations where university graduates wait endlessly […]

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry(LCCI), yesterday, called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to expedite action on the audit of the remaining 14 banks.

Gombe – The Gombe State Ministry of Health has taken pro-active measures to handle any outbreak of diseases in the state, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Mohammad Umar, has said. Umar said in Gombe yesterday that the state government had released N3 million for the re-stocking of the state medical stores adding that the stores […]

Speaking shortly after his inauguration, Chairman of the executive committee of the chapter, Prince Ben Oru, expressed happiness and said they adopted consultation amongst Urhobo people and other ethnic groups in the state and maintained that the UCF “recognizes that even in physical weakness of ones neighbors’ attributes, that could be harness for common good”.

NIGERIAN Medical Association, Oyo State Chapter has warned about the danger inherent in the recent increase in government hospital bills across the country, saying this could deny people access to health care and force them to consult unorthodox healing houses.

The Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has granted approval to GT Assurance Plc and Beco Petroleum Products Plc to list their shares by introduction on its Daily Official List of the NSE.

Amid fear of uncertainty and tight security, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital literally went asleep Thursday as the governorship election petition tribunal delivered judgment in a re-trial petition filed by All Nigeria Peoples Party candidate in the 2007 election, Senator Ibikunle Amosun against Governor Gbenga Daniel, whose election was upheld.

ThE Managing Director of Deap Capital Management and Trust Plc has petitioned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the publication of his name as a director of Falcon Securities Limited, linking him with a N29.5 billion loan owed Afribank Nigeria Plc, by Falcon Securities.

The Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria (ISAN), yesterday, stepped into the controversy between the Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE ) over the listing of Transnational Corporation (Transcorp) shares on the Exchange, accusing the apex regulatory body of the capital market of insincerity.

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has said it would sanction any of its members found guilty of any unethical practices in any of the five troubled banks.

Umuchinemere Pro-credit Microfinance Bank (UPMFB), Enugu, in keeping with the microfinance policy of empowering the ‘active poor’, has opened a Credit Relations Office (CRO) in Umana Ndiagu Autonomous community, Ezeagu LGA, Enugu State.

An Abuja Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kado, Life Camp, will Friday decide on whether or not to grant a request by the Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate in Osun State in the 2007 general election, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, to travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform this year’s lesser hajj.