NIMASA targets N109bn revenue in 2018 – DG
Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says the agency is targeting N109 billion as revenue in 2018.
Group urges Rivers Govt. to be more open in budget implementation
The Founder of Integrity Group, Livingstone Wechie, has urged the Rivers Government to make its budget implementation more open in line with fiscal democracy to carry the people along
Dangote Cement gets SON’s new quality certification
STANDARDS Organisation of Nigeria, SON, has certified Dangote Cement as having passed the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme, MANCAP, a development the agency said has stood out the company among its competitors in the industry.
EKITI 2018: I nominate Fayemi
This is a short message to the people of Ekiti State. To begin with, I want to express my utmost gratitude to all of you for your support and prayers since the unfortunate incident of Friday, 1st of June 2018 when I suffered multiple gunshot injuries.
Osinbajo advocates entrepreneurial training from pry schools
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for intensification of sound entrepreneurship training from Primary schools to enhance the capacity of Nigerians in the globally competitive economic environment.
CSO faults FG on number of security men deployed
THE Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, has decried the large number of security personnel deployed to Ekiti State to provide security in the Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
Nigeria now shadow of its former self – CAN
CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria, CAN, Wednesday prayed for a positive change in the state of the nation, saying it is shameful that the country is now a shadow of its former self.
Buhari creates unit to snoop on illegal money transfers
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit bill (NFIU) 2018 into law, creating a body that will henceforth monitor illegal money transfers and money laundering.
Executive Order No. 6 of 2018: Between corruption and national security
WHEN he ran to be Nigeria’s president for the fourth time in 2014, Muhammadu Buhari pleaded that he was a converted democrat. Since Nigerians granted him his wish in 2015, he appears to have found it difficult either to show off the new livery of a converted democrat or to shake off his old habits as a humorless dictator. In his Presidential Executive Order, PEO, No. 6 of 2018, President Buhari buries any illusions as to his preference.
Military equipment: Delta assembly approves $1bn from excess crude account
PEEVED by the spate of killings in some parts of the country, the Delta State House of Assembly, has authorised the Federal Government to deduct Delta State share of the sum of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account for the procurement of military equipment to fight insurgency and other security challenges in the country.
Twitter begins operation to wipe out millions of “fake” followers
Twitter will on Thursday run a major operation to delete accounts of fake followers, its president in charge of trust and safety has announced.
