State of the nation: Secondus lauds Obasanjo for speaking up
…Chides Presidency for not appreciating reality By Dirisu Yakubu National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has commended former President Olusegun Obasanjo and some Nigerian elders for speaking up and drawing the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state of affairs in the nation. The former President had on Sunday […]
Palm wine seller docked for allegedly beating police officer in Osun
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A palm wine seller, Florence Samuel 28, was arraigned before an Osun State Magistrate Court, sitting in Osogbo on Friday for allegedly beating a policewoman and tearing her cloth. Florence was charged alongside a 59-year-old man, Ogundipe Ayodele for allegedly conspiring to steal N150,000 belonging to one Yusuf Taiwo at […]
How govt can grow steel industry— Nourelddine, Standard Metallurgical chief
Hussein Nourelddine, General Controller of Standard Metallurgical Company Limited, speaks on the sale of its steel plant assets to KAM Steel, an indigenous iron and steel products manufacturing company. Nourelddine also urged the Federal Government to encourage patronage of local products in the industry.
Finance Ministry cuts 2021 Presidency budget to N10bn
As agencies at Aso Rock hold budget considerations By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning has put the expenditure ceiling of the 2021 pre-bilateral proposal for the Presidency at N10 billion against the N15.3 billion of the revised 2020 budget passed by the National Assembly. This was contained in […]
How we swap real phones with fake ones – suspects
By Evelyn Usman Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command have smashed a syndicate that specialized in advertising telephones on an online marketplace- Jiji.com, only to exchange it with a fake one , while delivering them to customers in Lagos. Arrested were two suspected members of the syndicate : […]
Farmers assure Buhari on production of enough maize, availability
Pledges support for FG’s agric policies, programmes By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Farmers under the auspices of Maize Association of Nigeria, MAAN, Sunday, assured President Muhammadu Buhari, on the production of enough maize and availability for the country. This was contained in a statement signed by the National President, MAAN, Dr Bello Abubakar Funtua, where […]
