Budget proposal: Fashola votes 62% for road projects, 15% for housing
FACED with the enormous need to provide infrastructure across the country, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has voted 62 percent of the mega Ministry to road projects.
Customs intercepts arms, ammunition at Lagos port
THE Tin-Can Island port command of the Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS), yesterday intercepted arms and ammunition concealed in a container just as one suspect was also arrested.
N-Delta Amnesty Programme ends in 2yrs —Boro
The Presidential Amnesty Programme for Niger Delta militants initiated in 2009 by late President Umaru Yar’Adua will end in the next two years.
Siasia lists Iheanacho, Osimhen for Olympics
Ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Chief Coach of the National U-23 side, Samson Siasia has expressed his readiness to include Manchester City 23-man squad.
Siasia however, said he will like the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to streamline issues so as to avoid the situation where he will invite the player and the Coach of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh will also invite him at the same time.
Kachikwu meets Qatar, Saudi over crude crash
As the prices of crude continue to fall in the global market, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said he would meet his Qatari and Saudi counterparts to discuss way forward.
Restoration of sight: Pledge your eyes before death, Nigerians told
WORRIED by the myriad of challenges confronting restoration of sight through corneal grafting also known as Keratoplasty, Nigerians have been urged to leave a legacy of sight by pledging their eyes before death. Making the call in Lagos, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Managing Director, the Eye Bank for Restoring Sight, Dr Mosunmade Faderin-Omotosho, said corneal blindness can be cured through corneal transplant by removing the damaged cornea and replacing it with a healthy one.
