23 Nigerians deported from Spain arrive Lagos Airport
23 Nigerians deported from Spain for committing various offences Tuesday arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMlA, Lagos. This is the third deportation of Nigerians from Europe and Libya after almost a month break due to the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Loan repayment: Banks’ shareholders push for takeover of Etisalat
Some shareholder groups in the nation’s capital market on Tuesday urged Etisalat Nigeria to settle the N1.2 billion debt it owed 13 commercial banks to avoid a takeover. A cross section of the shareholder groups stated this in an interview with the Newsmen in Lagos on Tuesday. They insisted that the company must settle the […]
Council urges youths to disregard plan to divide Nigeria
The National Youth Council of Nigeria has called on youths to disregard any act designed to promote disunity and division of the country.
NULGE says 26 states owe LGA workers’ salaries
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) said that 23 states of the federation currently owed local government workers’ arrears of salary ranging from one to 16 months.
Balogun, Okonjo-Iweala hail Adesina’s emergence as 2017 World Food Prize Laureate
Nigeria’s Chargé d’Affaires to the U.S. Hakeem Balogun and a former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, have lauded the emergence of Dr Akinwumi Adesina as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate.
2017 Budget: Fashola replies NASS, decries resort to name-calling
The Minister of Power Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has expressed concern over the reaction of the National Assembly to his observations on the 2017 Budget as passed the legislature.
