The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has finally signed a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with its consultant, 3R Company Nigeria Limited, for the execution of the Revenue Assurance Solutions (RAS) to …
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The Nigerian government has increased its stake in Shelter Afrique, a pan African housing development financier, with about $7.15 million in additional capital subscription, moving its equity from 13.27 percent …
The Head of Commercial Section/Commercial Counsellor, Lagos US Consulate, David Russell, yesterday, stated that the current visa environment between Nigeria and the United States of America was the biggest limiting …
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The impact of IPOB’s sit-at-home order on businesses in South-east Nigeria
Traders, transporters and hotels lament the impacts of the sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on their businesses in Nigeria’s South-east. When the outlawed indigenous People of Biafra …
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Accountant General, Ahmed Idris gets arrested by the EFCC for alleged N80b fraud
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested serving Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities …
The $23.5 million Abacha loot recovered this month by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) was forfeited by Mohammed Abacha and an offshore company Mecosta Securities Inc., the British agency has …
Sources at the presidency disclosed that nine of the ministers were hoping to hang on to their positions, until the president dropped the bombshell directing them to resign by Monday. …
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday in Abuja, said a significant number of the outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council have been sufficiently equipped to aspire …
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Nigeria’s President Buhari tells cabinet ministers with plans to run for election to resign
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that any cabinet minister seeking to run for 2023 elections should resign before May 16, the minister of information said on Wednesday. Nigerians will vote …
The head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, visits Algeria on Tuesday, a key ally of Moscow and a gas exporter increasingly sought after by Europe seeking to reduce its dependence …