The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a national leather and leather products policy to harness the country’s leather resources. The approval was granted during Wednesday’s FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House Villa, Abuja. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu who briefed State House Correspondents at the
A Spanish magistrate leading an investigation into alleged irregularities in Neymar’s move to Barcelona in 2013 said Wednesday the Brazilian superstar could face up to six years in prison. “The term imposed, in principle, could be between four and six years,” said a decree issued by judge Jose Maria Vazquez Honrubia, a copy of which
Donald Duke, of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are among the few presidential candidates who made public their tax record. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had posted details of 59 presidential candidates at its headquarters in Abuja. While Atiku said he paid N10.2 million as
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) Nkanu East/West constituency candidate for House of Representatives,Mr Anthony Nwafor, has advised the Federal Government to review the continued detention of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, after several court orders. Nwafor, gave the advice in a statement while reacting to pockets of protests by the followers of El-Zakzaky known as Islamic Movement of
Over 1.1 million Nigerians have slipped into extreme poverty in just four months, TheCable can report. This has brought the number of Nigerians living in extreme poverty — or below $1.90 a day — to 88 million. In June 2018, the Brookings Institution named Nigeria as the poverty capital of the world, with 86.9 million
A retired Army intelligence officer has called on the federal government to immediately prosecute the killers of Major General Idris Alkali (rtd), the missing Army officer whose remains was discovered in a well in Jos, Plateau State on Wednesday. “I am calling on the authorities concerned to make sure that the perpetrators of the killing
THE chief executive officer of Mojoy Computers Limited, Nike Shittu, says small and medium enterprises in Computer Village, Ikeja, need help. Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos, is commonly regarded as Nigeria’s largest technology market. “We need help within that cluster, and I don’t think that we can be seen from afar by the Federal Government
President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, in Kaduna, appealed to violence-prone Kaduna residents to preserve the peace and tranquility of the state that used to be the headquarters of northern Nigeria. ‘‘Kaduna, once the home of the Premier and home of the New Nigerian must not earn itself a new name – home of violence. The Federal
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Kano State has called on its members to ignore the story being circulated through the social media that the Federal Government is Planning to reduce fuel pump price from N145 per litre to N95 per litre. The IPMAN Chairman in the state, Alhaji Bashir Dan-Malam, made
Peter Obi, running mate to Atiku Abubakar, presiedential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the period Nigeria is in calls for sober reflection and not for dancing “shaku shaku”. “Shaku shaku” is a popular dance step common among entertainers and young Nigerians. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had said he is learning the dance step